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Why after years of doing so, are FLV files not playable via QuickTime, and suddenly become a "format Quick Time Player no longer understands"? What happened? Why? This is ridiculous.....
iMac, Mac OS X (10.6.8), 21.5in. ,3.2 GHz i3, 12GB Ram,
AFAIK Quicktime has never natively played Flash files. For that you need Flash Player.
Two bugs, one affecting Apple's Mac platform and another attacking Microsoft's Windows, exploit certain Flash player vulnerabilities to install malware onto users' systems, reports ArsTechnica. While users of other operating systems like Linux have yet to report attacks, Adobe's advisory notes the exploit affects all platforms.
Designated as CVE-2013-0634, the first vulnerability targets the Safari and Firefox Web browsers running on OS X, and is also being used as a trojan to deploy Microsoft Word documents containing malware. For Mac users, the flaw affects Adobe Flash Player version 11.5.502.146 or earlier.
On March 1, 2013 Apple again blocked Flash Player for Lion and Mountain Lion:
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5660
The Adobe Flash patch can be found on Adobe’s website, and users can visit this page to check if their software is the most curent version.
You should uninstall any previous version first, and repair permissions after installing the new version.
If you still get a ‘plug-ins blocked’ message:
I don't know, I have the most up-to-date flash player, and I don't have Lion or Mountain Lion, and QT has always played FLV files on my iMac, until today....
QuickTime Player 7 (Utilities folder) can play .flv files when you add the free Perian component.
QuickTimeKirk wrote:
QuickTime Player 7 (Utilities folder) can play .flv files when you add the free Perian component.
Perian is no longer being actively supported, it's advised it to be uninstalled for security reasons alone and the free VLC used to play files Quicktime doesn't.
Open the System Preferences. Select the Perian pane and 'Remove.' Now 'Show All' preference panes, control-click the Perian pane and 'Remove "Perian" Preference Pane.'
Use the free Mac version of the Video Lan's VLC Player to play non-Quicktime compatible media content.
Both you guys hit the nail on the head! I forgot I had deleted Perian, which explains why the files no longer opened, and yes, I switched to VLC to play them, as I know it will play most files... Thanks!
Good. 🙂
Okay, so the answer is that there is no known non-Perian plugin which allows Quicktime to view .flv files? That seems absurd. But reality often is.
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Why Won't Quicktime Open FLV Files Any Longer?
