https://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer ??????????

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https://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer ??????????

I split this question into two parts. One the history as I know it and, two the question arising from tying to do something about it. Although I am not sure how I managed to (yet I did) dump my ability to view video and sound on web sites like U-tube and Myspace etc!

1. I downloaded a mime type player a site said I needed and it turned out to be for classic so I appzapper'ed it to get rid of it and its associated files.
I moved on and then found the web site videos and music on site's I belong had either been replaced by little blue boxes with question marks in or where there was a music player it was just absent!
Drop down menus were keen to inform me something was missing and were to get it!
So I realised I boobed big time and am still unaware of just what I had done, and even more so about how i go about restoring what I had been more than happy with, if I knew what it was i would restore it. This is were I need a bit of exchange of knowledge!

2. I am recommended in UTube or My space to seek out Adobe Flash player download. And the site recommends for my PowerBook G4 running 10.4.9 OSX:
Version: 9,0,28,0  Platform: Mac OS X  Browser: Firefox, Mozilla, Netscape, AOL, Opera, and Safari Date Posted: 11/14/2006  Language: English

After running the installer the software opens the browser Safari and goes automatically to http://www.macromedia.com/software/flash/about/index.html
and proceeds to state in the drop down menu:

Safari cannot find the internet plug-in.

The page “Macromedia - Flash Player” has content of MIME type “application/x-shockwave-flash”, but you don’t have a plug-in installed for this MIME type. A plug-in should be available on this page:

https://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer

Do you want to open the page?<

So i could just go round in this loop and never get to load what I downloaded?

So am I going about this properly or am I out by a mile?

powerBook G4, Mac OS X (10.4.9)

Posted on Apr 10, 2007 2:51 AM

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Answer 1

Apr 10, 2007 3:05 AM in response to mbro88

Hi

I'm wondering if you have multiple Flash plug-in files in your computer? Enter Flash Player.plugin in the Spotlight panel. Post back with results.

Regarding the ? in Quicktime, it is possible your Quicktime settings were changed. Make sure in the Quicktime Advanced Panel in System Preferences>Mime Settings, nothing is checked for Miscellaneous.

Back to Flash -

Before you install the new plug-in, uninstall the older one. You can do this with this Adobe Uninstaller.

After the new plug-in is installed (assuming this time you'll get an affirmative response on the Adobe site)

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mbro88 Author

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Apr 10, 2007 4:06 AM in response to Hawaiian_Starman

Thanks for the response. I am having withdrawals ha, not seen a video all day!
OK. First I went to Quick time and checked all boxes Or made sure they were except miscellaneous! and then I used Spotlight; spotlighted Flash Player.plugin and just got a Document: /Library/Internet Plug-ins created 12 October 2004 modified 7 April 2007. And a picture which looks like a white and ghostly leggo brick. That seems to be all there is, just the record of a past.

?
Mbro

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mbro88 Author

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Apr 10, 2007 5:15 AM in response to Hawaiian_Starman

Hi

I'm wondering if you have multiple Flash plug-in
files in your computer? Enter Flash
Player.plugin in the Spotlight panel. Post back
with results.

Regarding the ? in Quicktime, it is possible your
Quicktime settings were changed. Make sure in the
Quicktime Advanced Panel in System Preferences>Mime
Settings, nothing is checked for Miscellaneous.

Back to Flash -

Before you install the new plug-in, uninstall the
older one. You can do this with
this Adobe
Uninstaller.

After the new plug-in is installed (assuming this
time you'll get an affirmative response on the Adobe
site)

Following an earlier mail today:
I have now obtained your recommended de-installer and run it to make sure.
Ran install and had exactly the same effect as i first described, dog chases tail!
Its odd as it 'says' it should work yet it do'nt for sure at the moment!
All the best

Mbro88

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Eme

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Apr 10, 2007 7:47 AM in response to mbro88

Hello mbro88,

Welcome to  discussions: )

Safari's task bar under Help menu- Installed Plug ins which version
do you show to have installed:

Shockwave Flash

Shockwave Flash 9.0 r28 — from file “Flash Player.plugin”.

MIME Type |..........Description| ...........................|..Extensions

application/x-shockwave-flash |.....Shockwave Flash.........|swf
application/futuresplash Future |......Splash Player .............|spl

The above is what I have on Aluminum Powerbook, running os 10.4.9
Without going to the Macromedia site to download this is just what it has been updated to via the os.

You must follow the steps in Macromedia instruction to the letter, and even then it can be difficult, you are not the first to have a problem there.

Anyhow check your installed plug ins, under help. Let us know.

Eme'~[)

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mbro88 Author

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Apr 11, 2007 12:44 AM in response to Eme

Dear Eme'~[)

First may I apologise for posting out of line with this list. I see the error of my way here and am reformed!

I do appreciate your help here. I have looked for the item below, as you said, in -under- help. It probably DID exist yet no longer resides there.
So the answer is not I do not have this set of plug-in's loaded I spos!

So I am letting you know!

Also I was quite good (I think) at following Macromedia instructions, in as much as I un- installed a couple of times to make sure i had nothing I hadn’t probably anyway. No halm in rinsing the mouth out, and then downloaded what they said was for my system, as yours on your Alloy.
What happens is: I load it and it tells me its doing it to 'Tobias', My named hard disk, then finishes the installation by opening my browser, Safari, and its own instruction page, only to drop down a menu telling me I need to download what I just downloaded to get to were I was, what with it telling me to download what it was i just downloaded. Woof!

MBro

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Answer 6

Apr 11, 2007 12:49 AM in response to mbro88

One other thought - make sure all the web content boxes are selected in your Safari Preferences>Security panel. If the first box were unchecked, you would have a problem with QT.

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mbro88 Author

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Apr 11, 2007 1:04 AM in response to Hawaiian_Starman

One other thought - make sure all the web content
boxes are selected in your Safari
Preferences>Security panel. If the first box were
unchecked, you would have a problem with QT.

Dear Eme'~[)

Just looked and of the four there are only the last Block pop - up windows is unchecked (not ticked). If I tick that then I will not get ( I presume) the notes telling me I have not got what it takes to do what i want. Then I would never know, ha!

This is a brave face i show thee, for behind is a much vexed soul suffering from lack of video input and interwebing music boogy!

I heard you say that a download of OS X provided you with the said Mime items. Maybe ...

I await response before acting irrational and fiddling myself into a worst mess!

MBro

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PS. What is QT?

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Answer 8

Apr 11, 2007 1:24 AM in response to mbro88

QT = QuickTime

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mbro88 Author

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Apr 11, 2007 1:25 AM in response to mbro88

Just noticed the QT came form the BIG island. Not Eme'~[) !
Well I am new and these different time zones give me jet lag!

And as an aside; Since a dear friend of mine move to big island, Big islanders keep popping up kind of intriguing regularity, coincidence; or is it a sign, ha!

Do you feel refreshing my OX from some place may work?

MBro

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mbro88 Author

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Apr 11, 2007 1:28 AM in response to Hawaiian_Starman

I do not seem to have problems with Quick Time.
Just online Video and music playback, music!

My installed plug- in's look like this!!!:
Quartz Composer Plug-In
Web Kit plug-in that renders Quartz Composer compositions. — from file “Quartz Composer.webplugin”.
MIME Type Description Extensions
application/x-quartzcomposer Quartz Composer Composition qtz
Java Plug-in for Cocoa
Java Switchable Plug-in (Cocoa) — from file “JavaPluginCocoa.bundle”.
MIME Type Description Extensions
application/x-java-jnlp-file JNLP Applications jnlp
application/x-java-applet Basic Java Applets javaapplet
3D Life Player Plug-in
3D Life Player Plug-In: Plays Virtools File in your browser! — from file “NPVirtools.plugin”.
MIME Type Description Extensions
application/x-virtools VirtoolsDev File cmo,vmo
iPhotoPhotocast
iPhoto6 — from file “iPhotoPhotocast.plugin”.
MIME Type Description Extensions
application/photo iPhoto 600
RealPlayer Plugin.plugin
RealPlayer Plugin — from file “RealPlayer Plugin.plugin”.
MIME Type Description Extensions
audio/x-pn-realaudio-plugin RealMedia rm
audio/x-pn-realaudio RealPlayer Metafile ram
LizardTech, Inc DjVu Plug-in 6.0
The DjVu plug-in allows you to view DjVu files. For more information, visit the LizardTech web site. — from file “NPDjVu.plugin”.
MIME Type Description Extensions
image/x-djvu DjVu file djvu,djv
image/x-dejavu DjVu file djvu,djv
image/x.djvu DjVu file djvu,djv
image/vnd.djvu DjVu file djvu,djv
image/djvu DjVu file djvu,djv
image/x-iw44 iw44 image file iw44,iw4
Verified Download Plugin
Verified Download Plugin — from file “VerifiedDownloadPlugin.plugin”.
MIME Type Description Extensions
Java Plug-in (CFM)
Java 1.3.1 Plug-in (CFM) — from file “Java Applet Plugin Enabler”.
MIME Type Description Extensions
application/x-java-vm 1.3.1 Specific Java Applets javaapplettags
application/x-java-applet Basic Java Applets javaapplet
QuickTime Plug-In 7.1.3
The QuickTime Plugin allows you to view a wide variety of multimedia content in web pages. For more information, visit the QuickTime Web site. — from file “QuickTime Plugin.webplugin”.
MIME Type Description Extensions
image/x-targa TGA image targa,tga
video/x-dv Digital video (DV) dv,dif
image/x-tiff TIFF image tif,tiff
image/x-pict PICT image pict,pic,pct
image/tiff TIFF image tif,tiff
image/x-png PNG image png
audio/x-mpeg3 MP3 audio mp3,swa
image/vnd.fpx FlashPix image fpx,fpix
audio/vnd.qcelp QUALCOMM PureVoice audio qcp,qcp
image/x-sgi SGI image sgi,rgb
audio/x-gsm GSM audio gsm
audio/aiff AIFF audio aiff,aif,aifc,cdda
audio/x-mpeg MPEG audio mpeg,mpg,m1s,m1a,mp2,mpm,mpa,m2a,mp3,swa
audio/x-wav WAVE audio wav,bwf
video/avi Video For Windows (AVI) avi,vfw
audio/x-aiff AIFF audio aiff,aif,aifc,cdda
image/png PNG image png
image/x-bmp BMP image bmp,dib
audio/mid MIDI mid,midi,smf,kar
video/x-mpeg MPEG media mpeg,mpg,m1s,m1v,m1a,m75,m15,mp2,mpm,mpv,mpa
audio/mpegurl MP3 playlist m3u,m3url
audio/x-mpegurl MP3 playlist m3u,m3url
audio/x-sd2 Sound Designer II sd2
image/pict PICT image pict,pic,pct
video/quicktime QuickTime Movie mov,qt,mov,qt,mqv
application/sdp SDP stream descriptor sdp
image/jpeg2000 JPEG2000 image jp2
audio/x-midi MIDI mid,midi,smf,kar
audio/midi MIDI mid,midi,smf,kar
image/x-jpeg2000-image JPEG2000 image jp2
video/sd-video SD video sdv
video/3gpp2 3GPP2 media 3g2,3gp2
video/x-m4v Video (protected) m4v
audio/x-aac AAC audio aac,adts
video/mp4 MPEG-4 media mp4
application/x-mpeg AMC media amc
image/x-photoshop Photoshop image psd
image/x-macpaint MacPaint image pntg,pnt,mac
video/flc AutoDesk Animator (FLC) flc,fli,cel
image/x-quicktime QuickTime image qtif,qti
audio/3gpp2 3GPP2 media 3g2,3gp2
image/jp2 JPEG2000 image jp2
audio/x-mp3 MP3 audio mp3,swa
video/mpeg MPEG media mpeg,mpg,m1s,m1v,m1a,m75,m15,mp2,mpm,mpv,mpa
audio/amr AMR audio amr
audio/mp4 MPEG-4 media mp4
image/jpeg2000-image JPEG2000 image jp2
audio/aac AAC audio aac,adts
audio/basic uLaw/AU audio au,snd,ulw
video/3gpp 3GPP media 3gp,3gpp
audio/mpeg MPEG audio mpeg,mpg,m1s,m1a,mp2,mpm,mpa,m2a,mp3,swa
audio/x-m4p AAC audio (protected) m4p
audio/x-m4a AAC audio m4a
application/x-rtsp RTSP stream descriptor rtsp,rts
audio/3gpp 3GPP media 3gp,3gpp
audio/wav WAVE audio wav,bwf
video/x-msvideo Video For Windows (AVI) avi,vfw
audio/x-m4b AAC audio book m4b
audio/x-caf CAF audio caf
video/msvideo Video For Windows (AVI) avi,vfw
application/x-sdp SDP stream descriptor sdp
audio/mpeg3 MP3 audio mp3,swa
audio/mp3 MP3 audio mp3,swa
Adobe Acrobat and Reader Plug-in
Adobe Acrobat and Reader Plug-in for Web Browsers, Version 7.0.9 — from file “AdobePDFViewer.plugin”.
MIME Type Description Extensions
application/pdf Acrobat Portable Document Format pdf
application/vnd.adobe.xdp+xml XML Data Package xdp
application/vnd.fdf Acrobat Forms Data Format fdf
application/vnd.adobe.xfdf Acrobat Forms Data Format in XML xfdf
application/vnd.adobe.xfd+xml FormFlow99 Data File xfd
Java Plug-in
Java 1.3.1 Plug-in — from file “Java Applet.plugin”.
MIME Type Description Extensions
application/x-java-vm 1.3.1 Specific Java Applets javaapplettags
application/x-java-applet Basic Java Applets javaapplet
QuickTime Plug-in 7.1.5
The QuickTime Plugin allows you to view a wide variety of multimedia content in web pages. For more information, visit the QuickTime Web site. — from file “QuickTime Plugin.plugin”.
MIME Type Description Extensions
image/x-targa TGA image targa,tga
video/x-dv Digital video (DV) dv,dif
image/x-tiff TIFF image tif,tiff
image/x-pict PICT image pict,pic,pct
image/tiff TIFF image tif,tiff
image/x-png PNG image png
audio/x-mpeg3 MP3 audio mp3,swa
image/vnd.fpx FlashPix image fpx,fpix
audio/vnd.qcelp QUALCOMM PureVoice audio qcp,qcp
image/x-sgi SGI image sgi,rgb
audio/x-gsm GSM audio gsm
audio/aiff AIFF audio aiff,aif,aifc,cdda
audio/x-mpeg MPEG audio mpeg,mpg,m1s,m1a,mp2,mpm,mpa,m2a,mp3,swa
audio/x-wav WAVE audio wav,bwf
video/avi Video For Windows (AVI) avi,vfw
audio/x-aiff AIFF audio aiff,aif,aifc,cdda
image/png PNG image png
image/x-bmp BMP image bmp,dib
audio/mid MIDI mid,midi,smf,kar
video/x-mpeg MPEG media mpeg,mpg,m1s,m1v,m1a,m75,m15,mp2,mpm,mpv,mpa
audio/mpegurl MP3 playlist m3u,m3url
audio/x-mpegurl MP3 playlist m3u,m3url
audio/x-sd2 Sound Designer II sd2
image/pict PICT image pict,pic,pct
video/quicktime QuickTime Movie mov,qt,mov,qt,mqv
application/sdp SDP stream descriptor sdp
image/jpeg2000 JPEG2000 image jp2
audio/x-midi MIDI mid,midi,smf,kar
audio/midi MIDI mid,midi,smf,kar
image/x-jpeg2000-image JPEG2000 image jp2
video/sd-video SD video sdv
video/3gpp2 3GPP2 media 3g2,3gp2
video/x-m4v Video (protected) m4v
audio/x-aac AAC audio aac,adts
video/mp4 MPEG-4 media mp4
application/x-mpeg AMC media amc
image/x-photoshop Photoshop image psd
image/x-macpaint MacPaint image pntg,pnt,mac
video/flc AutoDesk Animator (FLC) flc,fli,cel
image/x-quicktime QuickTime image qtif,qti
audio/3gpp2 3GPP2 media 3g2,3gp2
image/jp2 JPEG2000 image jp2
audio/x-mp3 MP3 audio mp3,swa
video/mpeg MPEG media mpeg,mpg,m1s,m1v,m1a,m75,m15,mp2,mpm,mpv,mpa
audio/amr AMR audio amr
audio/mp4 MPEG-4 media mp4
image/jpeg2000-image JPEG2000 image jp2
audio/aac AAC audio aac,adts
audio/basic uLaw/AU audio au,snd,ulw
video/3gpp 3GPP media 3gp,3gpp
audio/mpeg MPEG audio mpeg,mpg,m1s,m1a,mp2,mpm,mpa,m2a,mp3,swa
audio/x-m4p AAC audio (protected) m4p
audio/x-m4a AAC audio m4a
application/x-rtsp RTSP stream descriptor rtsp,rts
audio/3gpp 3GPP media 3gp,3gpp
audio/wav WAVE audio wav,bwf
video/x-msvideo Video For Windows (AVI) avi,vfw
audio/x-m4b AAC audio book m4b
audio/x-caf CAF audio caf
video/msvideo Video For Windows (AVI) avi,vfw
application/x-sdp SDP stream descriptor sdp
audio/mpeg3 MP3 audio mp3,swa
audio/mp3 MP3 audio mp3,swa
Shockwave for Director
Macromedia Shockwave for Director Netscape plug-in, version 10.1.1 — from file “NP-PPC-Dir-Shockwave”.
MIME Type Description Extensions
application/x-director Shockwave Movie dcr,dir,dxr

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mbro88 Author

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Apr 12, 2007 1:37 AM in response to mbro88

Here is the fix and jolly good it is as well. Sent me by Diane on Big island Hawaii. The trick was to uninstall just incase the last time did not work, then repair the permission's. The permission's repair did it!
I now have the lastest player!
So do I award myself some points or what, ha!
Anyway my real thanks to those that helped me along the way here. Identifying and confirming thoughts was good!

http://www.versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/macosx/11622

All the best
Mbro

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PS. See you when I screw up once more, ha!

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Answer 12

Apr 12, 2007 11:09 AM in response to Hawaiian_Starman

Safari and YouTube videos - I have had the same problem, the video's were replaced with the Quicktime icon (grayed out) with a large question mark over it. So were ads on most sites.
The strange part of this is that both my computers had the same problem. With my son's help, and the suggestion here to look at the mime menu under advanced in the Quicktime system pref area, I clicked on all the options, tried a YouTube video, still no luck. Then I went back and clicked on 'use defaults' tried the video again and the problem is gone. I can now play the videos. A few weeks ago, I syncronized the two computers together to back up the hard drive of the Mac Book Pro onto the iMac. I believe that somehow in the process, the settings were changed during the process. Perhaps not, but the problem is now fixed on both computers. I hope this may help someone else here.

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Eme

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Apr 12, 2007 11:46 AM in response to mbro88

Hello again Mbro,

Here is the fix and jolly good it is as well. Sent me by Diane on Big island Hawaii. The trick was to uninstall just incase the last time did not work, then repair the permission's. The permission's repair did it!

1st, WOO HOO!! Thanks for the good news, very happy to hear you solved it.

Before you install the new plug-in, uninstall the older one. You can do this with this Adobe Uninstaller.

Running Disk permissions repair is necessary & can solve many problems.
I see in previous posts that you had also trashed Safari and re-installed,
Did you run disk permission repair before & after the install? If not that is a must, though some users feel it necessary after only & not before.

See this user tip Travis A.'s Regular Maintenance/General Troubleshooting & this one http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=607640

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mbro88 Author

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Apr 13, 2007 3:57 AM in response to Eme

Well my logic went: appzapper must have eaten all connected with the now reloaded. That is that although I had zapped a classic application (plug in Mime)
It just was hungry and ate it all up!
So as soon as I established via your help's here that Safari was actually not responsible it was to late. I have done the reload.
Once I had done that then I knew Safari was not connected with the zapped.
You all identified it as the mime and flash player. I followed the instructions on the uninstall and download to the T.
Nothing.
Cried for help.
Daine came through with a site that interfaced with a problem fix before going on to load and or uninstall. This told me about the permission's fix. Then the rest is history!!

MBro

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