MP4 H.264 video won't play in Flash Player
I am using a Mac Book, OS X 10.8.5; FireFox 32.0.1; Flash Player 16.0.0.305. I am trying to play video (MP4 H.264 format) that works on VLC, Quicktime Player & Real Player but won't play through Flash Player. Why?
I'll take a look at the GPL sources to see how the firmware encodes the video output, I think the mpeg encoder might be built into the firmware's Linux kernel (instead of a stand-alone encoder program), I see references to the IBM mpeg2 headers but I'm not sure. But honestly addressing this possible bug is not the first thing on my todo list, but I do fidn this report interesting enough to merit investigation.
May I ask what you are using for the Samba server (aka windows shares)? Do you use your desktop PC, or perhaps a NAS server?
As an interim thing to try, I advice you install VLC media player to view the files, or to use VLC to examine the media files properties to see what you can findout.
IF you must use Windows media player, then I suggest you look into the combine community codex package.
www.cccp-project.net/
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This worked before i reinstalled my operating system. I am on the same website it worked on and now the videos will only play in Flash Player...
I have asked the website developer if he has changed something with the player, but nothing has been changed.
I have also reset my firefox, but nothing worked.
My firefox version is 34.0.5, and i have provided screenshots below. Can some of the plugins i use have something to do with this?
Please reply if you need more information about this.
Thanks.
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Make sure that all the plugins you want / need are installed and up to date.
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Type '''about:addons'''<enter> in the address bar to open the '''Add-ons Manager.'''
Hot key; '''<Control>''(Mac:<Command>)'' <Shift> A)'''
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come up. Select '''More Information.''' Now select '''Permissions.''' In the
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Does anyone know what may be causing this problem?
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.mp4 video, won't play in QT, Real, Windows Media, but DOES in VLC
I have a .mp4 video which plays fine (video, audio) in VLC, but does NOT play in QuickTime, RealPlayer or Windows Media Player.
I have the latest Flip4Mac plug-in installed, as well.
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RealPlayer 11 (which is no longer in beta) for Mac from:
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Flip4Mac WMV Player from http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windowsmedia/player/wmcomponents.mspx (Windows Media Player for the Mac is no longer supported, even by Microsoft)
Perian from http://perian.org/
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The latest version of Adobe FlashPlayer can be obtained from here:
http://www.adobe.com/shockwave/download/download.cgi?P1ProdVersion=ShockwaveFlash
(You can check here: http://www.adobe.com/products/flash/about/ to see which version you should install for your Mac and OS.
Note that Adobe requires you to uninstall any previous version of Flash Player, using the uninstaller from here (make sure you use the correct one!):
http://kb.adobe.com/selfservice/viewContent.do?externalId=tn_14157
and also that you follow the instructions closely, such as closing ALL applications first.
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http://kb.adobe.com/selfservice/viewContent.do?externalId=tn_14266&sliceId=1
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Important: Now repair permissions and restart.
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On Intel Macs, make sure that you are not running Safari in Rosetta. You can check this, and change it, in the Get Info window.
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http://silverlight.net/
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http://silverlight.net/GetStarted/
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Reload web page(s) and bypass the cache to refresh possibly outdated or corrupted files.
*Hold down the Shift key and left-click the Reload button
*Press "Ctrl + F5" or press "Ctrl + Shift + R" (Windows,Linux)
*Press "Command + Shift + R" (Mac)
Clear the cache and cookies only from websites that cause problems.
"Clear the Cache":
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"Remove Cookies" from sites causing problems:
*Firefox/Tools > Options > Privacy > Cookies: "Show Cookies"
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*Do NOT click the Reset button on the Safe Mode start window.
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I have this same problem.
Did you install the QuickTime update?
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I have reset Firefox, completed all the steps in "flash video won't play full screen on YouTube, Facebook and other websites". And the video still won't play in full screen. It will play, but frequently stops or sound continues and picture freezes. I have noticed that if I continually move my mouse, it plays fine. All these videos play fine in IE and Chrome.
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To disable hardware acceleration in Flash Player:
#Go to this [http://helpx.adobe.com/flash-player/kb/video-playback-issues.html#main_Solve_video_playback_issues Adobe Flash Player Help page].
#Right-click on the Flash Player logo on that page.
#Click on '''Settings''' in the context menu. The Adobe Flash Player Settings screen will open.
# Click on the icon at the bottom-left of the Adobe Flash Player Settings window to open the Display panel. <br/> <br/>[[Image:fpSettings1.PNG]] <br/>
# Remove the check mark from '''Enable hardware acceleration'''.
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# Restart Firefox.
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Are you using the YouTube app or Safari?
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Adobe has not made a version of Flash for the iPad.
Kappy explains why. https://discussions.apple.com/message/19446567#19446567
5 Flash Player Alternatives http://www.techshout.com/features/2011/01/flash-player-for-ipad-apps/
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Whenever i start up sound blaster cinema it just crashes, it will be fine for about 10 seconds, then it just crashes, it will usually freeze up everything when it crashes only thing i can do is move my cursor around, it will unfreeze after 10 seconds or so as well.
I have tried to update sound blaster cinema but there are not updates available.
It would usually go back to normal after a shutdown or a restart but this time it wasn't having any of it.
Can anyone suggest anything that i couldn't think of?
The crashing first started a month+ ago, but today when I was playing L4D2 a boomer explosion crashed L4D2 and sound blaster cinema simultaneously and now sound blaster cinema won't stop crashing after launch.
(Edit)
I can't launch any games, i try to play the game osu! and it launches normally except the screen turns black and then it crashes. i try to launch steam and login but the login menu wont pop
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I went and downloaded thee intel(R) driver update utility 2.0 went to find drivers and then to auto detect and updated my drivers.
This is the driver that helped me. vvvv
( Iris, irispro, and hd graphics driver for windows*7/8/8.1 version 15.36.19.64.41.70 )
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