So what IS the official line on Flash Aversion? Resource Eating? Taking away from QuickTime?

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Winston wrote:
OK, I do have ClickToFlash installed, with YouTube whitelisted, and the ClickToFlash option for h.264 video on YouTube enabled.

I downloaded the file by clicking on it in Safari's Activity window. The link was:
http://www.youtube.com/get_video?fmt=18&video_id=nPjvLk-eEUU&t=vjVQa1PpcFPyaa5rZTAvlOl-OicmxohVF59O9k5_AU0%3D

I have YouTube set at the default:
"Choose my video quality dynamically based on the current connection speed."

I let the video fully download before playing it in Safari, then downloaded the same file. It downloads as an .mp4 file, not .flv.

So I just turned off the ClickToFlash h.264 and tried the YouTube .flv file.
http://v2.lscache4.c.youtube.com/videopl...ip=0.0.0.0&sparams=id%2Cexpire%2Cip%2Cipbits%2Citag%2Calgorithm%2Cburst%2Cfactor&fexp=901421%2C903205&algorithm=throttle-factor&itag=5&ipbits=0&burst=40&sver=3&expire=1264816800&key=yt1&signature=5F7C9E8C51ABCF6CEBE004A7EAD7E2DD7BBB7BB2.6DD78B345A8109B128F326001AF1B58FFCF2DCC9&factor=1.25&id=9cf8ef2e4f9e1145


I get more or less the same result with the .flv file. It plays poorly in Safari, and fine in QuickTime Player.

So is the problem with Safari, Flash, what?
- W

I'm still confused on just how you can get that FLV to play in QT. How big is the file? It's a proprietary format that Apple doesn't use... or maybe what I've read is wrong. It wont play for me. Anyway, for the sake of clarity I'm sticking to the newer thread on this topic now.