Flash Player issues

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Flash Player issues

I tried to watch a video today but instead a window popped up and said "you need the latest Flash Player to see the video" then right below it in the same window it went on to say "click here to get Adobe Flash Player". I clicked "here" and the Flash Player download screen appeared and asked me to select the proper OS but there was no listing for my Power PC only Intel OS.
I searched everywhere i could think of before posting this and what i found was it seems FP no longer supports my Power PC, just my luck.
My old G5 works great for my needs and i really don't want to retire it. My question is what are my choices meaning is there some other way to see videos or is this the end of my G5.
Thanks in advance.

btw it was a golf video not ****. 🙂

iMac G5, Mac OS X (10.4.11), 20", 2 GHz PowerPC G5, 2 GB DDR SDRAM

Posted on Feb 9, 2011 3:17 PM

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Answer 1

MGW

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27,041 points

Feb 9, 2011 3:30 PM in response to John Rost

Unfortunately, a lot of apps are intel only now, the PPC architecture is being gradually abandoned. You can try using Quick Time. Try right clicking on the video and see what choices you have for opening it.

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Klaus1

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Feb 9, 2011 4:11 PM in response to John Rost

Flash Player remains available for PPC Macs (G4 and above, G3s are no longer supported) and you should have no problems viewing Flash videos on a G5.

The latest version of Adobe FlashPlayer can be obtained from here:

http://www.adobe.com/shockwave/download/download.cgi?P1ProdVersion=ShockwaveFlash

(You can check here: http://www.adobe.com/products/flash/about/ to see which version you should install for your Mac and OS.

You should first uninstall any previous version of Flash Player, using the uninstaller from here (make sure you use the correct one!):

http://kb2.adobe.com/cps/865/cpsid_86551.html#prob1=uninst,os=m10.6,

and also that you follow the instructions closely, such as closing ALL applications first before installing. You must also carry out a permission repair after installing anything from Adobe.

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John Rost Author

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Feb 9, 2011 4:58 PM in response to John Rost

Klaus,
Thanks but I have been to the Flash Player download web page the problem is with the Step 2 selection there is no PPC offered only Intel. I also checked System Requirements and there is also no listing for PPC.
Now what?

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Answer 4

WZZZ

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Feb 9, 2011 4:59 PM in response to Klaus1

Latest version of Flash Player just released is no longer compatible with PPC.

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Answer 5

Klaus1

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Feb 10, 2011 2:10 AM in response to John Rost

Yes, WZZZ is correct, version 10,1,102,64 is the last version available to PPC Mac users. The latest version, 10.2.152.25 or later, is for Intel Macs only, as Adobe no longer support the PPC platform.

Sorry, I had overlooked that!

So the next question is: what kind of video were you trying to watch, can you provide the URL?

Message was edited by: Klaus1

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Answer 6

Steve M.

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Feb 10, 2011 12:59 PM in response to John Rost

It is unfortunate that you aren't able to view as much internet video as you would like to with your G5. I ran into the same problem with Flash videos on my old lamp shade iMac G4 before I upgraded to my new iMac about a year ago. PPC is just no longer supported or supported very well by the video formats out there, especially Flash.

I've kept my trusty old G4 iMac for other uses, just not watching internet video. It's a shame, but...

Regards,
Steve M.

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John Rost Author

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Feb 10, 2011 3:19 PM in response to John Rost

I knew this day was coming but i'll have to wait a while before i can leave 2005 and join all of you in 2011. 🙂
My wife has a MacBook Pro and i can use it if needed.

Thanks to all for the help

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Answer 8

Casey67

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Mar 1, 2011 10:23 AM in response to John Rost

So there is no way to work around this at all? I have a PPC G5 and am suddenly completely unable to use it for a huge variety of my internet uses, not just watching video clips - e.g. I can't view online adds for my local supermarket, my daughter can't watch videos or play games on her educational website, the list goes on. In the course of a week my computer has gone from perfectly functional to borderline useless. Any ideas at all???

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Answer 9

jstoneob

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May 9, 2011 9:14 AM in response to Casey67

Please let me know if you find an answer. I'm in the same boat. There must be a way to watch flash videos using some other plug in. I'll do the same if I can obtain any info about this. It *****

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Answer 10

Allan Jones

Level 9

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May 9, 2011 8:12 PM in response to jstoneob

I needed an older version of Flash when I upgraded a PowerPC Mac to Leo, and searched the Adobe site for "flash older version." That showed this page:

http://kb2.adobe.com/cps/142/tn_14266.html

I'd get the second link labeled Flash Player 10.1.102.64 and 9.0.289.0. Looks like the highest version for PPC is 10.2.102.64.

Once you get the new version, start a video like on YouTube and then pause the playback. Control-click in the video and pick "Settings..." from the contextual menu. Make sure "hardware Acceleration is checked as "on". Video may not be a smooth as on an Intel Mac but it should be at least acceptable.

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Answer 11

jstoneob

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May 10, 2011 8:38 AM in response to Allan Jones

Thanks Allen, working well as of now.

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Answer 12

pjm361

Level 1

39 points

Nov 30, 2011 11:21 AM in response to John Rost

I tried , even did permissions repair but, still can't see videos from facebook. Are there any new ways to fix this?

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Answer 13

sdfox7

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158 points

Nov 30, 2011 8:36 PM in response to pjm361

If you are running the latest version of Flash 10.1.102.64 then I'm guessing your problem is browser-related, since Firefox 3.6.24, Safari 3.1.2 and Flash work fine on my PowerBook G4 with OS X 10.5.6. The newest version of Flash won't work properly if the browser you are running is too old, like Safari 1.x or 2.x. Even the 3.1.2 that came with my retail version of 10.5.6 works fine.

The latest and final version of Safari that will run on Leopard 10.5.x PowerPC/Intel is 5.0.6 from July 2011 and you can download it here: http://appldnld.apple.com.edgesuite.net/content.info.apple.com/Safari5/041-1604. 20110720.2HQcx/Safari5.0.6Leopard.dmg

Apple is no longer developing Safari for Leopard, but Mozilla is continuing to develop updates for Firefox into 2012, with 3.6.25 coming in December 20, 2011 and 3.6.26 in January 31, 2012. Don't know where the cutoff is for 3.6 but the 3.6 is only a year old and I'm guessing not everybody is upgrading their browser that quickly.

If you want the latest Firefox 3.6.24, download it here: ftp://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/firefox/releases/3.6.24/mac/en-US/Firefox%203.6.24.dmg

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