Article Accelerator wrote:
[quote=Winston]
Is there a way to force Flash video to play using QuickTime in Safari?

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Winston wrote:
M A V I C -

I don't understand your point. In one of the other threads I cited a random YouTube video which will not play properly in Safari via Flash, but plays perfectly when downloaded. (This is true of all YouTube videos on my computer, so it does not really matter which one I chose.)

Would the downloaded video be different in some way from the one Safari tries to play? If not, then you need to accept that what I've said is true. If you can't duplicate it because your computer can handle Flash better, that doesn't mean the problem does not exist for me.

Am I missing something?


- Winston

smk wrote:
ClickToFlash


Blocks annoying flash ads and gives you the option of using QT to play youtube videos

Winston wrote:
I download videos from YouTube by double clicking on the file's link in Safari's Activity window. Shouldn't this be the exact file Safari is playing?

- W

M A V I C wrote:
You also said "set to use h.264 videos on YouTube" - For the example you gave me, it's FLV1. If you are able to open this in QT it's not the Flash version you're downloading.

Winston wrote:
My QuickTime Player is able to play YouTube videos which have a .flv extension. I can download these the same way from the Activity window in Safari if I set ClickToFlash not to use h.264.

If a file downloads with a .flv extension isn't it a Flash file?

- W

Winston wrote:
I think I already have something like that, called QTYouTube:
http://www.joeyhagedorn.com/2008/04/16/youtube-in-mp4-via-quicktime-plugin

Is this essentially the same thing?

Also, forgive my ignorance, but I don't understand how to put a link in the bookmarks bar and associate a JavaScript with it (although that's obviously what the Joey Hagedorn thing is).