FLVs won't play

Okay, so I log onto youtube, and I choose a movie to watch.
But when I click the movie i want to watch, it just keeps loading
forever. Then I go on a different site, and it has a blank space
where the movie should play and when I right-click it it says
"movie not loaded" in grayed out letters. Does anyone know whats
going on?

There are a lot of different things that could be going on.
1. Your flashPlayer version might not be up to date, and is
causing issues with the websites.
2. Your flashPlayer could have gone corrupt.
3. The videos you are trying to watch might have broken links
(though I doubt this with youtube)
4. There may be something funky happening with your internet
connection.
5. Your browser may be set to not run javascript, which may
be necessary for some of these.
6. There could be another browser setting that is causing
flash files to not display properly.
My first thought, if you are on a PC using Internet Explorer,
would be to go into C:\WINDOWS\ and delete the "Downloaded Program
Files" folder. This folder houses every plug-in that you install
into Internet Explorer. Deleting it forces each of those plug-ins
to re-download the next time you try to use them. At my company, we
have had some problems with corrupted activeX controls (the
flashPlayer), and have found that deleting this folder will solve
the problem.
Otherwise, I would try uninstalling, and re-installing the
flashPlayer. If that doesn't solve your problem, then it is time to
look into some of the other issues, starting with the browser
settings, eliminating everything one-by-one until you find the
culprit.

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For those lost souls who found themselves on my path...
As far as why disc didn't work on XP.
When using Toast 9 (Mac) to burn CDs/DVDs -
-use Data / Mac & PC. (not UDF)
Then use Toast's own way of writing .inf files and including icons. No other app is required. everything is inside Toast under "More".
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Does it work now?
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Cheers.

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despite what you say, Toronto..., I had the same codecs installed as described by Somhairie and it worked fine before I reinstalled all OSX.
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Hans-G,
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