Playing Back Old Flash Files... Help!

[wari_aktiv]

Hi guys, I have a problem with OS X, and I can't seem find any relevant "Help Topics" for it... I hope my fellow muggers can help me out.

You see, I have a collection of old Flash movies from my old iMac, (like films from BrokenSaints, Newgrounds, and IceBox Entertainment, among others...) since most of these films (legally downloaded btw,) are circa 2000 - 2001, all of them are made to work on MacOS 9 and below...

The thing is, I've sold my iMac already, and have transferred the files to my iBook, which is running in a purely OS X environment. Meaning, Classic-free, I haven't installed Classic on it at all, and its running on OS 10.3.5.

My problem is, all my old Flash films don't want to play anymore!

Have tried opening them in Safari, and IE. Also tried bringing up the "Get Info" panel on the files and looking for some sort of "open with" dialog box, but no dice.

I expected that upon trying to open them, I'd get a "Choose a different application to open" type of pop-up, but to no avail... Instead I get the "Classic cannot find the Mac OS 9 system folder..." message.

Other than installing Classic, (which I don't want to do) how can I make my old Flash files play again?

Thanks in advance muggers.

[bittersweet]

How about firing up the Flash projector and opening the files from there?

[wari_aktiv]

Originally posted by steeltoe
How about firing up the Flash projector and opening the files from there?

Tried that already; downloaded the latest version of Macromedia Flashplayer for OS X, doesn't work either...

I think I havta find a way to alter the file itself, because the "Get Info" panel reads the flash files as a "Classic Application"...

I dunno, I'm completely stumped... :dry:

[peter_ob]

Just guessing but can't you open them with Macromedia Flash and convert them to the newer version? Most upgraded apps are backward compatible.

[Kenneth]

Thats strange. Are you sure you're doing it right? The latest Flash player, and I mean the one that comes with Macromedia Flash, not the free download that installs the browser plugin, should be able to play previous versions of flash files.

[wari_aktiv]

Originally posted by Kenneth
Thats strange. Are you sure you're doing it right? The latest Flash player, and I mean the one that comes with Macromedia Flash, not the free download that installs the browser plugin, should be able to play previous versions of flash files.

Yup. Ayaw pa rin. I'm thinking I need a work-around for the fact that finder recognises the files as "Classic Applications"... Haaay... :wound:

[Kenneth]

Oh wait, what kind of Flash file is that? Does it end with a .SWF extension? If so, then the stand alone Flash player should work.

But I'm guessing that your old Flash files are compiled stand alone specifically for OS 9. In that case, you really have no choice but to install OS 9. But fear not, the easiest way to get classic on your mac is to simply copy somebody else's. Just drag and drop the OS 9 system folder of another mac to your HD and you're set.