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# Lovely stuff, Rev
Sorry to TJ but I wondered if anyone here can help...
Sometimes when I download .flv files from youtube they just won't play.
I use VLCplayer and they looks as if they are playing (the timer starts) but no video and no sound.
Am I doing something spacky?
(I helped save b3ta! Flowerpot No longer has the vapours thanks to DTH, Sun 29 Mar 2009, 23:24, archived)
# odd
are you sure they have fully downloaded??
(I helped save b3ta! Rev. Jesse. broke his ankle, Sun 29 Mar 2009, 23:27, archived)
# Yes, positive
(I helped save b3ta! Flowerpot No longer has the vapours thanks to DTH, Sun 29 Mar 2009, 23:33, archived)
# mine save as flv files?
dunno why... have you tried poking them with a stick?
(I helped save b3ta! SkUG >_O i got a couple of stitches in my eyeball... ow, Sun 29 Mar 2009, 23:29, archived)
# Oops, ninja'd
I meant .flv files.
Some play, some don't.
I have poked them and swore at them.
(I helped save b3ta! Flowerpot No longer has the vapours thanks to DTH, Sun 29 Mar 2009, 23:32, archived)
# flv ( flash video )
files are the devil's sperm and were a half-hearted attempt to stop people stealing youtube shite.
Not all files will be the same despite the file extension. ( I could do a boring talk about codecs and multimedia containers but I won't )

Just convert your flash video to something human before you try to watch it or watch it in flash.

www.ripzor.com/flvconverter.html
(I helped save b3ta! Pasanonic 's been known to cause insanity in laboratory mice, Sun 29 Mar 2009, 23:50, archived)
# ^This
Flash is a shit and does not play nice outside its own family.
(I helped save b3ta! We are the lemon irked your craw on, Mon 30 Mar 2009, 0:10, archived)
# Thanks!
(I helped save b3ta! Flowerpot No longer has the vapours thanks to DTH, Mon 30 Mar 2009, 0:28, archived)