How do I get Adobe Flash to play M4V files?

Question

I have just downloaded and installed version 9.0.115.0 and I
can't find it (the program file) in order to "associate" M4V files
with it. Okay, I thought that it may perhaps have embedded itself
in Firefox so I tried to play a M4V file (which is on my hard disc)
using Firefox but to no avail.
I'm sure there is an embarrassingly simple solution!

Answer 1

JohnSkliros,
>I have just downloaded and installed version 9.0.115.0
and
> I can't find it (the program file) in order to
"associate" M4V
> files with it.
It sounds like you upgraded Flash Player, isn't an
exectuable file you
can easily find. It's a plugin or ActiveX control, which
means it's
intended to be run inside (to be run by) your browser. In a
sense, your
browser is that executable, and Flash Player is a tool the
browser uses to
display things.
> I tried to play a M4V file (which is on my hard disc)
using
> Firefox but to no avail.
Yeah, that makes sense, actually. The updated Flash Player
doesn't play
M4V files directly. Instead, it allows Flash programmers to
display M4V
files by way of something called the FLVPlayback component,
or by a
combination of the Video, NetConnection, and NetStream
classes. As a media
player, the Flash plugin still only plays SWF files (normal
Flash content).
That Flash content might, in turn, display JPGs, GIFs, PNGs,
vector art,
fonts, and now a wider variety of video files, but you can't
just drag these
files into Flash Player and see them.
David Stiller
Contributor, How to Cheat in Flash CS3
http://tinyurl.com/2cp6na
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