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    Mac wont play some online videos
    Hi, i recently got a mac, and have noticed that it doesnt play some online videos, I already have flash installed, youtube works but when I try to stream some movies/tv shows the players to show the video. Does anyone know what plugins or codecs I need, i already have divx installed.
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    Re: Mac wont play some online videos
    what websites are you trying to watch videos on?

    youtube may well be sending you the videos via html5 not flash, so its a possibility that flash just isn't installed properly

    try watch them in chrome and see what happens
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    Re: Mac wont play some online videos
    (Original post by didgeridoo12uk)
    what websites are you trying to watch videos on?

    youtube may well be sending you the videos via html5 not flash, so its a possibility that flash just isn't installed properly

    try watch them in chrome and see what happens
    I mainly watch from this website: http://www.tubeplus.me/ and other similar ones

    I have already reinstalled flash, videos work fine on youtube, and divx players, but some different video hosts it doesnt play. I am already using chrome, I tried safari but it tells me to download a plugin called codec v, but I researched this and it doesn't seem very safe?
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    Re: Mac wont play some online videos
    (Original post by ThisCantBeChanged)
    I mainly watch from this website: http://www.tubeplus.me/ and other similar ones

    I have already reinstalled flash, videos work fine on youtube, and divx players, but some different video hosts it doesnt play. I am already using chrome, I tried safari but it tells me to download a plugin called codec v, but I researched this and it doesn't seem very safe?
    http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=1403890 try this method.
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    Re: Mac wont play some online videos
    (Original post by ThisCantBeChanged)
    I mainly watch from this website: http://www.tubeplus.me/ and other similar ones

    I have already reinstalled flash, videos work fine on youtube, and divx players, but some different video hosts it doesnt play. I am already using chrome, I tried safari but it tells me to download a plugin called codec v, but I researched this and it doesn't seem very safe?
    very weird, and you dont need to have bothered installing flash if you use chrome, it as its own copy built in which is why it's a good check.

    as you're watching videos from decidedly dodgey sources the videos themselves might just be broken or require weirdly specific plugins. ninjavideo which got shut down use to need a specific old version of divx to work properly, so they can be a bit weird.
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