Watching Quicktime videos through Safari

I recently noticed that I am unable to play Quicktime videos through Safari on my iPod Touch 1st Generation. I first noticed this when I wanted to watch the new iMac video on Apple's site. I also tried to watch the newest Apple ad on the site. I was able to watch older ads on the site. Keep in mind I am not referring to Flash videos, I know they don't play. These are actual Quicktime videos (the ones on Apple's site which are not Flash). Any ideas?

It doesn't play on my iPod either. I have a feeling that the videos are not formatted for the iPod touch - wrong screen size, etc. Apple doesn't have a mobile site like many manufacturers so much of what you see is not optimized for the little screens.

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I can't seem to watch any videos through Safari for instance on You Tube. They begin loading but never play. Please help I'm getting desperate!! And please use basic English I'm not at all technically minded, thank you!

Just to expand on Baby Boomer's good advice:
These are the downloads and the settings you need in order to view/hear pretty much everything that the net can throw at you: The setup described below has proved repeatedly successful on both PPC and Intel macs, but nothing in life carries a guarantee!
It is known to work in the great majority of cases with Safari 3.0.4, QT 7.3 or 7.4 and OS 10.4.11. (If you are running Leopard, ensure that all plug-ins have been updated for OS 10.5)
Assuming you already run Tiger versions OS 10.4.9 or above (this has not yet been verified with Leopard) and have Quicktime 7.2 or above, and are using Safari 2 or 3, download and install (or re-install even if you already had them) the latest versions, suitable for your flavor of Mac, of:
RealPlayer 10 for Mac from http://forms.real.com/real/player/blackjack.html?platform2=Mac%20OS%20X&product= RealPlayer%2010&proc=g3&lang=&show_list=0&src=macjack
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/
Adobe FlashPlayer should first be uninstalled using the appropriate uninstaller available here: http://kb.adobe.com/selfservice/viewContent.do?externalId=tn_14157&sliceId=2 and then the latest version obtained from here: http://www.adobe.com/shockwave/download/download.cgi?P1ProdVersion=ShockwaveFlash and installed.
(You can check here: http://www.adobe.com/products/flash/about/ to see which version you should install for your Mac and OS.)
In earlier versions than QT 7.1.3 in Quicktime Preferences, under advanced, UNcheck Enable Flash, and under Mime settings/Miscellananeous only check Quicktime HTML (QHTM).
You should also ensure, if you are running Tiger 10.4.11 or Leopard, that you have downloaded and installed the correct version for your Mac of Security Update 2007-009.1.1, which also deals with the Quicktime/Flash issues you may have experienced, such as the '?'. What happened was that both Quicktime as well as Adobe FlashPlayer tried to play the Flash video at the same time. This no longer happens. (N.B. Security Update 2007-009 1.1 requires both a restart and a permission repair.)
If you get problems with viewing video on a website try moving this file to your Desktop:
Hard drive/Library/Internet Plug-Ins/QuickTime Plugin.webplugin
and then restarting Safari. If all now works, you can trash that file.
In Macintosh HD/Library/Quicktime/ delete any files relating to DivX (Perian already has them). However it should be noted that Perian is not an internet plugin and will not play DivX files imbedded on a website. For that you will need the DivX Player browser plugin available from http://www.divx.com/divx/mac/
Now go to Safari Preferences/Security, and tick the boxes under Web Content (all 4 of them) to enable Java.
Lastly open Audio Midi Setup (which you will find in the Utilities Folder of your Applications Folder) and click on Audio Devices. Make sure that both Audio Input and Audio Output, under Format, are set to 44100 Hz, and that you have selected 'Built in Audio'.
Important: Now repair permissions and restart.
You should also consider having the free VLC Player from http://www.videolan.org/ in your armory, as this plays almost anything that DVD Player might not.

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Hi Sami,
I have partially solved my problem. I had software installed for a Twelve South BassJump (it improves the sound of your laptop speakers). When I removed that software, I was able to play videos on Apple's website in Safari. The company has beta software available from their website that is supposed to be Lion compatible but when I installed that the problem returned. But even with that software removed I still cannot watch videos on some sites such as Other World Computing.
I just got a new Macbook Pro yesterday with Lion installed from Apple and all video plays fine. So I believe there must be some compatibilty issues with some plug-in. I have Perian and Flip4Mac installed. I removed 3ivx and the problem still remains. I've read conflicting opinions as to Perian being Lion compatible.
Everything works fine in Firefox at this point so at least I have that to fall back on.
Check your system preference pane under "other" and tell me if you have any of the plug-ins I mentioned installed. Maybe we will be able to see a common culprit.
Let's keep each other posted.
Thanks,
Chris in Ohio (USA)

I am having trouble running videos through Safari but not Google Chrome. All I get is a black screen. I have the latest adobe flash update and have enabled plug ins. any suggestions?

I am having trouble running videos through Safari but not Google Chrome. All I get is a black screen. I have the latest adobe flash update and have enabled plug ins. any suggestions?

Open System Preferences > Flash Player then select the Advanced tab.
Click Delete All under Browsing Data and Settings
Not empty the Safari cache.
From your Safari menu bar click Safari > Preferences then select the Advanced tab.
Select: Show Develop menu in menu bar
Now click Develop from the menu bar. From the drop down menu click Empty Caches.
Now try a video.

Can I play sound through IPad but watch the video through TV ?

I want to play sound through IPad but watch the video through TV using Apple TV
Is that possible ?

On my mac through itunes, I am able to control Apple TV sound through a master and two sub master volumes.
One being my Apple TV volume (HDTV) , and the other being my mac (internal speakers).
That being said, it might be possible to on iPAD through itunes (music).

Can you lower FaceTime volume while watching other videos in Safari/ listening to music in iTunes?

Can you lower FaceTime volume while watching other videos in Safari/ listening to music in iTunes? Many times when I am FaceTiming I also watch videos in Safari and listen to music in iTunes. Can the volume be adjusted for FaceTime in Mavericks because the audio now overtakes every other application on my computer?

Yes, it is standard. But be sure you're looking in your main library, not the library in your home folder. But I recently discovered something far more convenient in the Developer folder. You can install the developer tools on your install/restore disk.
Check out *Developer > Extras > PreferencePanes > Processor.prefPane*
That'll actually let you modify the CPU activation settings from your menu bar or *System Preferences*.
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My internet won't play videos through safari or YouTube... What if I do

Wifi? Cellular? That's not much to go on. More details help. If you think it's your internet contact your provider or carrier.

Hello my MacBook is crashing when I watch Youtube videos. Safari and Flash Player are updated.

Hello,
My MacBook is crashing when I watch Youtube videos. Safari and Flash Player are updated.
What is the problem?
It will be necessary to take him on a technical assistance?
thank you

Have you tried an alternate browser to see if the same issue happens? Try Firefox or Chrome. Chrome has Flash embedded in it, so if it doesn't work, it's probably not a Flash issue. FIrefox is at http://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/new/ and Chrome is at https://www.google.com/chrome .
Another thing to try is to sign up for HTML5 video from Youtube. See http://www.youtube.com/html5

Problem watching Youtube video with Safari 5.1.10

I'm running Safari 5.1.10 under Snow Leopard 10.6.8 but cannot watch anymore videos with Youtube. Does anyone has an idea ?
A message appears on the top of the screen asking to accept cookies. But when clicking on accept nothing happens ... :-( and videos do not appear
I tried with Google Chrome no problem. Last week Safari was working well it just happened ~ 2 days ago.

Hello Carolyn,
Thanks for your support but I already tried those options without success. I reinstalled completely Safari 5.1.10 but problem remains.
In fact it seems that clicking action to authorise cookies is inhibited (no effect) therefore videos as thumbtails do not appear (blank), however if I click on a video tittle then it starts to play normally. Really really weird, I don't if Google did some upgrade with Youtube therefore Safari 5.1.10 is obsolete ...
As an alternative I will use Google Chrome but it's a pitty.
Laurent.

Firefox is slow and hangs watching Youtube videos. Safari is OK. What's the word, Developers?

Since late Oct 2011, my Firefox had been hanging while watching videos on Youtube. Any mouse action while a video is playing causes Firefox to hang (spinning wheel).
It turns out that I had caught the beta release of the new Gray Youtube interface - where the backgrounds of all youtube pages are gray.
I got myself back to the old interface by deleting all Youtube cookies.
I no longer have hangs. Page transitions are also much quicker, as was before.
Is there anyone else who has experienced the "new" interface, and problems?
If you do have the new youtube interface, but no problems, then I have more digging to do.
Update Dec 2, 2011:
I have the problem again now that Youtube has released their "new look" interface to everyone.
The problem is generally slow Firefox responses to mouse actions while watching Youtube videos. Firefox will hang completely 2-4 minutes into any Youtube video. (The video does continue to play a-ok.) FF becomes responsive again when the video ends playing.
Problem doesn't occur when I watch a youtube video right after starting FF after having "quit" it. Problem begins occur after FF has been running for a while (visiting other websites?) Is this a symptom of FF collecting some kind of crud in memory or disk?
My old Safari (3.2.1) doesn't have any problems.
As far as I can see, both Firefox and Safari on my system use the same Adobe Flash Player.
So, this isn't a problem with Youtube, Flash Player, or my system, but a problem with Firefox (3.6.24) !?
Anybody (FF developers) have any ideas? I want to keep using FF!

Thanks Cor-el.
The problem existed in safe mode as well.
Changing Flash Player hardware acceleration had no effect.
The problem is gone now, after getting the standard youtube interface back.
What I'd like to know is whether any others who are unwitting testers of the new Youtube interface are experiencing problems, and, if not, what is their system? Which versions of Firefox and Flash Player are they using?

My Iphone 4s says connected to TV and will not let me watch any videos on Safari, and only plays sound through the device. I have not messed with the settings, and have not connected it to anything bluetooth either. It's update is IOS 6.1.3

I have an Iphone 4S and It won't let me watch videos on my safari, which I do everyday. It says that I am connectef to a tv, yet I have not connected it to a tv during the entire time i've owned this product. I have not connected it to anything bluetooth either. It plays the sound through the device, but it will not play the video at all. the update is IOS 6.1.3

Try disabling the computer's antivirus and firewall.
- Next try the manual install method of:
iDevice Troubleshooting 101 :: iPhone, iPad, iPod touch
Place the iPod in recovery mode after the firmware download is complete and then restore using the instructions in the article. Sometimes recovery mode timeouts and returns to disabled before the firmware download is complete.
- Then try on another computer

Watching quicktime videos inside a browser doesn't work.

I've been trying to watch some of Apple's keynotes and ads on their website, but when I try to watch them I just get a green block where the video should be playing. I've tried using different browsers such has Safari, Firefox and Opera. My quicktime is up to date and I don't have any software updates unless I go to Snow Leopard I guess.

Your signature shows you as running Snow Leopard. This is the Leopard forum, and as far as I can read that is what you are running?
The following only applies to those running Tiger or Leopard:
If you are experiencing trouble viewing QuickTime movies with QuickTime Player or the QuickTime browser-plug-in follow the steps in the link below to ensure that QuickTime is properly installed on your Mac
http://www.apple.com/quicktime/troubleshooting/
If you having problems watching WWDC Keynotes, tutorials or Trailers on the Apple website, check your Quicktime Player 7 settings in System Preferences:
Under Streaming, set for Automatic, enable Instant On and Play Immediately.
Under Advanced, click Mime Settings and ensure that Streaming (both kinds) are enabled.
(Note that if you are running Snow Leopard you should be using Quicktime Player 7 and not Quicktime 10.) Snow Leopard does not have a QuickTime System Preference pane. No MIME Settings options. No streaming settings. If a User has migrated from 10.5.8 then those settings have moved over (but no changes can be made). QuickTime Player 7 is in your Applications/Utilities folder (if you've got it installed). If not you can install it from the Snow Leopard DVD (Optional Installs).

Copy QuickTime video from Safari.

After updating to QuickTime 7.0.2 I found a web site called Video-C that plays music video clips in Safari.
http://www.video-c.co.uk/classic.asp?vidref=mado004
I'm looking for a way to save copies of these short videos if there is a way to do this. I'm using Panther and Tiger, but I don't have Quicktime Pro, not yet at least. In the past I've copied QuickTime music videos that came on a CD as a bonus, but that was just drag and drop.
Photoscene

The "web archive" thang is new to Safari 2 in Tiger.
In versions of Safari 1.x bundled with OSX.3.8 & earlier, you could select "Window > Activity", locate the line item for the embedded mov and then option double-click to download it, no need for QT Pro and no problem with reference movs. Unfortunately, this sneaky feature was removed beginning with Safari in OSX.3.9 (specifically, embedded movs were masked to prevent them from showing up in the Activity window).
If you have an OSX.3.8 Combo Updater lying around, you could try to use Pacifist to extract that old version of Safari, but no guarantees that it would work properly running on a newer version of OSX.
EDIT: FWIW, the direct URL to that clip you cited above is http://www.vids-c.co.uk/vids/madonna/mado004.mov . Safari in OSX.2.8 told me so!
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Tried to watch a video, says safari can't download

Safari can't download videos,

Correct. Safari doesn't download videos or any files except PDFs and Images.
However it can play videos if they are in one of the formats it supports. What format was the video you were trying to watch in? What website is it on?

How to watch flash video on safari/mac without install flash?

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?
Thanks!!!

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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