Flash Video in Safari

I have a G5, and when I play a flash video (like youtube) the video I get it very choppy and sluggish. The audio is smooth, but the images are choppy compared to my PC. Is this standard on macs? Is my computer getting old?

Hi Devin
The choppy content may be more a function of the OS and Flash versions installed in your machine.
Noticed you are using 10.4.6. Is that correct? Best to be at least at 10.4.10 (.11 upgrades Safari to version 3.0.4). You can upgrade to .11 via Software Update. Upgrade to 10.4.10 is here. Remember to "repair permissions" after the Install using Disk Utility in your Utilities folder.
Specific to YouTube, are you using the latest version of Flash? You can check your version here. If you upgrade, make sure you "repair permissions" as per above.

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Hi there,
this is my first post here and im happy to become a member in this great community.
Further sorry for my bad english.....
Now my problem and i hope you can give me some advice to solve my problem.
I have a problem to watch Flash Movie in Safari, after some minutes my MacBook freeze and i must shutdown the book.
The same problem is while i wachting movies with the VLC-Player....the OSX Lion is up-to date.
Thanks for help......
MacBook Pro early 2011 15,4" i7 CPU, ATI Radeon 6750, 8GB RAM

Maybe this thread here helps: After Installing OS X Lion iMac freezes while watching flash videos!
Flash is such a crappy piece of software that I try to stay away as much as I can.

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Suggestions

I don't have a problem with Flash videos, so neither shoud you!
You can check here: http://www.adobe.com/products/flash/about/ to see which version you should install for your Mac and OS. [b]Note that version 10,1,102,64 is the last version available to PPC Mac users*. The latest version, 10.2.152.25, 10.3.x beta, or later, is for Intel Macs only, as Adobe no longer support the PPC platform. Version 11.0.1.152 is for Lion.
* Unhelpfully, if you want the last version for PPC Macs, you need to go here: http://kb2.adobe.com/cps/142/tn_14266.html and scroll down to 'Archived Versions/Older Archives'. The first one on the list, Flash Player 10.1 is the one you download. More information here: http://kb2.adobe.com/cps/838/cpsid_83808.html
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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"201 unable to load stream or clip file connection... bla bla bla yata yata yata"
That happens on IGN. On StarWars.com, the video just wont play. I suspect its the same glitch though. Google Chrome plays these videos just fine from both sites. I only have problems in Safari, which is my main browser.
Has anyone else seen this happen and is there a way around it? I even tried installing Flash 11rc1 and the problem is still there. I also went into the Flash System Prefpane and cleared all the stored data since I read that sometimes helps. It's very annoying to have to switch browsers just to watch flash videos. Good thing this is a fast machine.

Using iCloud to sync bookmarks between your Mac and iPad?
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On your Mac, open System Preferences > iCloud
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dear apple,
apple i am really looking forward for looking up a solution for watching flash content on safari .
best wishes
TARIQ MOHAMED

You are not talking to Apple here, you need to send them feedback via the official channels.
http://www.apple.com/feedback
Also, Adobe just announced that they are ceasing development on mobile flash for all devices, so there is no chance Flash will ever come to iOS.
Mobile Flash is dead, it's all about HTML5.

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Hi mac people,
i think many people are asking about this too, but i didn't find a true/info article to show you how,
so I ask again in here hopefully someone can give me an true answer!
I don't want to install flash due to security and some other disadvantage mentioned by other,
but video uploaded to Facebook still using flash, and youtube opened in safari, some video showed only 240p, 360p, 720p, it doesn't show 480p,1080p and 4k or 60fps version, but when I install bogle chrome, everything look fine, I get vey those option available, I heard google chrome has built in flash/sandboxed flash, not sure how it's work, but google famous at tracking so I don't want to use google chrome, so guys any way to use safari to view all those things?
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You do realize Google owns YouTube, correct?
Don't install Flash Player if you don't want to use it. It's a dead technology and the sooner people stop using it, the better. Most websites no longer require Adobe Flash Player.

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Hi,
I have been using this website. http://pokemonepisode.org/episode-16-pokemon-shipwreck/ to play some old videos of my favorite show... I was watching them today and It took a long time for them to stream so I let it load for like 30 mins and then played it. Some times it took longer. Some times it was really "chopped" playback... I thought if I uninstall the Flash Player and then Reinstall it, it would update and then load faster so I did. I finished the instalation process and then I go to the website and the video black box (where you would view the video and there would be a play button) wasn't even there anymore. Like I can't click on any video-type things. I don't understand what I need to do and I don't know who I need to ask about this... I really want to watch these videos. I tried to go to Youtube and see if it's all videos but it wasn't, just this website's. If it was working fine 4 hours ago and all i did was reinstall the Flash player thing then why would it not work now????
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Hello,
Did you use the uninstaller provided by Adobe (it is in the Flash Player folder you downloaded) ?
You can try to :
- Empty the cache of Safari (in the menu bar choose Safari > Empty the cache...)
- In Safari's Preferences pane delete all the cookies related to pokemonepisode.org (use the search bar in the Preferences pane)
- In your System Preferences click on the Flash Player preferences and set it up like my screenshot below. In storage click on Delete All..., check the box with Delete All Site Data and Settings and click on Delete Data. Quit System Preferences.
- Quit and restart Safari and see if it works.
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I did a fresh install of OS X Lion, and everything was working fine so far.
I even didn't have to install flash or so, the YouTube videos were working fine (CPU hungry as usual, but it was working).
Today, it suddently stoped to work. I tried to uninstall Flash, reinstall it but I can't get any flash videos... from any website.
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What is happening with yours sounds like a direct conflict with some addon/extension.
Here is the link from Firefox describing what happened last year. You might want to see if there is anything more current.
https://support.mozilla.com/en-US/kb/The%20Adobe%20Flash%20plugin%20has%20crashed?s=Firefo x+crashing+browser&as=s
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