Web browser will not load youtube?

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Web browser will not load youtube?

Hello,
After watching this http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=79Sd1UBhbXo and a few other videos off of youtube about building a web application in xcode I tried it myself. I did all the steps said and everything seemed to work. Except, when I try to open youtube, it begins to load, then freezes and quits. Is there something that I did wrong or is this a known issue? The only thing that i saw was that they all say to open mainmenu.xib for the interface builder. However, i do not have that, i have mainmenu.nib? Could this be the problem?

Does anyone else have a web browser that they created that can run youtube? If so, please respond.

Mac Book Pro, Mac OS X (10.6)

Posted on Sep 2, 2010 8:28 PM

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Answer 1

Sep 3, 2010 4:08 PM in response to filmmakerc14

I think you need to load the flash plugin manually, I'm not sure how you would do that but that seems like the only thing that would cause youtube to crash in this situation

Update: According to this [http://tetontech.wordpress.com/2009/07/02/cocoa-webview-and-the-adobe-flash-pl ugin> you may be out of luck if you're creating a hybrid app

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Sep 3, 2010 8:18 PM in response to EDLundquist

I believe I have found the problem. After trying to get it to work in a cocoa application and being unsuccessful, I tried it on a cocoa-applescript application. The only difference that I physically see is the change in the main menu's name from mainmenu.nib to mainmenu.xib. I did the same steps as before and it actually allowed me to load youtube, really fast. I am not sure the real reason behind this but im just glad I have gotten it to work.

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Sep 4, 2010 8:36 AM in response to filmmakerc14

Hmm that's interesting, I tried an ASOBJC browser a while back ago and I couldn't load youtube or facebook chat.

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filmmakerc14 Author

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Sep 4, 2010 6:20 PM in response to EDLundquist

With further experiment, although the cocoa-applescript application now opens youtube, it does not play any of the videos. It just loads a large black box where the video would be.

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Sep 4, 2010 7:10 PM in response to filmmakerc14

I hadn't notice before, but YouTube videos do play in an ASOC Web VIew if you use the ClickToFlash plug-in - apparently it handles the flash loading (if desired). Of course, it also helps get rid of it as well...

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filmmakerc14 Author

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Sep 5, 2010 9:28 PM in response to red_menace

Alright I took a look at it and downloaded the plugin. Now does the plugin get added automatically? Or is the plugin for safari?
I also noticed that they do share the source code. I am not sure about the parts that are needed and not needed.
Could you let me know what to add?
Thank you

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red_menace

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Sep 5, 2010 10:30 PM in response to filmmakerc14

The package will automatically install a single plug-in into your user's *~/Library/Internet Plug-Ins* folder. It works for Safari and other applications that use WebKit (such as your web browser application).

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filmmakerc14 Author

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Sep 5, 2010 10:52 PM in response to red_menace

The only problem i have with the idea is that it only works on my computer. Is there a way to just add the flash loading script part into my cocoa-applescript web project that way if it goes on another cof my computers it works?

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red_menace

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Sep 5, 2010 11:54 PM in response to filmmakerc14

The same thing can be said for the Flash plugin - it also needs to be installed. As a test, since other topic replies indicated that Flash normally doesn't play from ASOC, I uninstalled ClickToFLash and tried my ASOC WebView application. YouTube videos load and play just fine on my machine (I have Flash Player plugin version 10.0.45). Do Flash videos play OK from Safari?

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filmmakerc14 Author

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Sep 6, 2010 8:11 AM in response to red_menace

Yes in safari they play fine without any plugins. Is there a difference between asoc and cocoa-applescript?
How can i add a flash plugin to the script then?

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red_menace

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Sep 6, 2010 9:33 AM in response to filmmakerc14

There shouldn't be a difference with the ASOC application, as it calls the same Cocoa methods. If you already have a Flash plugin, it looks like it should be used automatically. I'm not sure about including the Flash plugin in your application, since it has its own installer.

Since YouTube works in Safari on your machine, you might take a look at your web view code. For comparison, the WebView example that works for me can be downloaded here. It was originally designed as a conversion example from AppleScript Studio/Objective-C to AppleScriptObjC, but it is a functional browser - it even runs a Flash game included in the bundle (sorry, that was the only one I had lying around).

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filmmakerc14 Author

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Sep 6, 2010 10:44 AM in response to red_menace

I tried your WebvView example and still got the black box. Mabey it is something with my xcode or computer then?

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red_menace

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Sep 6, 2010 11:33 AM in response to filmmakerc14

It looks like the latest version is 10.1 - what version are you running? You might try updating or reinstalling your Flash plug-in.

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filmmakerc14 Author

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Sep 6, 2010 11:42 AM in response to red_menace

I installed the latest flash player and still got the black box. And It is not just youtube, all flash content or video content will not play. Since I am testing with your example and you say it works on yours then I am very unaware of the cause of this.

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Sep 6, 2010 12:00 PM in response to filmmakerc14

Hello,

Could you tell us if there are error messages in debugger console when done in your app, or in Mac OS X console when using Safari ?
Also what happens in FireFox (or any other web browser) ?.
Did you try to re-install Flash plug in ?

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