Ask FMB: How Do I Play Flash Files On My Mac?

Posted on March 15th, 2007 by Brian


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Tyler writes:

I’ve been collecting some of my favorite flash videos from the internet. It’s kind of a pain to fire up Adobe Flash each time I want to play these, but they don’t seem to work in Quicktime. Is there another option I can use?

Tyler, thanks for the question. Oddly, just a few days after you wrote in, we were contacted by a developer that asked us to check out their free flash player for Macs. I’ve tried it out and it works good. I posted it on FreeMacWare today. Go check out SWF & FLV Player.

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6 Responses to “Ask FMB: How Do I Play Flash Files On My Mac?”

  1. minime Says:
    March 15th, 2007 at 6:22 am

    If you use Perian (http://perian.org/ ) (strongly recommended) you can see .flv files in QuickTime.

  2. Brian Says:
    March 15th, 2007 at 6:33 am

    @minime

    you’re right. Perian is a great plugin. I should have mentioned that one as well.

  3. Alex Says:
    March 15th, 2007 at 8:31 am

    I use VLC (http://videolan.org)

  4. Tom Says:
    March 15th, 2007 at 9:18 am

    I second that, use VLC. It plays everything.

  5. Brian Says:
    March 15th, 2007 at 9:28 am

    I use VLC for it’s versatility, but I like Quicktime Pro better for the things it is able to play.

  6. Charles Sporn Says:
    March 15th, 2007 at 1:02 pm

    I use perian all the time. It is one of the first things I install when I get a new Mac.

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