I have a colleague who was having difficulty viewing videos in his web browser on his computer - this was a recent change, as he had been previously successful in viewing videos from the video sharing web site.
Right away, I had the sneaking suspicion that a corrupt or outdated Flash program was the culprit. As you may know, Adobe Flash is a plug-in that enables your web browser (Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox, Mac Safari, and Google Chrome are among the most popular of these computer applications) to view videos and other multi-media content on the web.
And I recall recently updating the Flash players in all my computers (both Mac and Windows OS). I recommended my colleague visit this page on the Vimeo web site - http://vimeo.com/help/flash
It's pretty cool as it shows you what version of Flash you're using right now to view that page and recommends which version you _should_ be using. video sharing services).
If you determine you would like/need a later version of Adobe Flash - visit this Adobe page and it will walk you through the upgrade: Adobe Flash Player Download page
If you're thinking --- 'Gee Chet, this is supposed to be a blog about video, how come all this computer stuff?' I would answer that on-line delivered video is a huge part of video today!
And if you'd like to learn more about that topic (on-line video) check out my Webinar this Wednesday, Introduction To Video Sharing Web Sites.
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