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frankthetank966 · Jan 12, 2007, 12:14 PM

I have been using OS X for a while now and it is not displaying a bunch of pictures on certain objects. For example, in Adium it does not display the other users icon, instead it shows a "?" in a blue box. My friend was also using Mac OS X with the exact settings on Adium and it displayed the users icon. This also happen in emails, websites... Does anybody know what I could be missing? I have Flip 4 Mac installed.

Hi I'm Ben · Jan 12, 2007, 12:43 PM

Can you take some screen shots of some of the instances and post them?

frankthetank966 · Jan 12, 2007, 03:53 PM

How? I know on windows you can "print screen" but how do you do it with Mac?

kick52 · Jan 12, 2007, 05:16 PM

command + shift + 3

it'll appear on the desktop.

JKT · Jan 12, 2007, 05:47 PM

The question mark in a lego block icon indicates you are missing or have disabled a plug-in. If you go to System Preferences>Quicktime>Advanced, is the Enable Flash option selected. If not, does selecting it help?

frankthetank966 · 10:45 AM

Originally Posted by JKT

The question mark in a lego block icon indicates you are missing or have disabled a plug-in. If you go to System Preferences>Quicktime>Advanced, is the Enable Flash option selected. If not, does selecting it help?

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it helped with some parts.

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JKT · Jan 12, 2007, 07:08 PM

Um. Oddly enough, when trying to view DivX files, you need to have the DivX internet plug-in installed

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frankthetank966 · Jan 12, 2007, 07:10 PM

Do you ever use DiVx on Mac?

Chuckit · Jan 12, 2007, 08:14 PM

Originally Posted by frankthetank966

Do you ever use DiVx on Mac?

I do. Most videos from, y'know, "unofficial sources" are in DivX format.

JKT · Jan 12, 2007, 08:22 PM

Personally, no. But it does allow you to play many .avi files in Quicktime as well.

frankthetank966 · Jan 12, 2007, 09:10 PM

Originally Posted by Chuckit

I do. Most videos from, y'know, "unofficial sources" are in DivX format.

Awesome!!! So do you need the DiVx convertet? Or is it just a a waste of space if you are not going to convert videos? Obviously you need the DiVx media player.

Chuckit · Jan 12, 2007, 09:39 PM

You just need the QuickTime plugin, and then any QuickTime-compatible program (QuickTime Player, Safari, etc.) should be able to play the file.

kmkkid · Jan 12, 2007, 11:41 PM

Perian. Install it.

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frankthetank966 · 10:45 AM

Okay so I downloaded Perian, enabled flash on Quicktime and I still have this

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maybe I did not install Perian correctly. I dragged the Perian Component into the Quicktime folder that apperared next to it. Is that all I have to do?

p.s. it weird that it does not display the icon because it has the picture on the message on the top left "the bird."

blueleaf · Jan 15, 2007, 04:58 PM

what program is that? is that adium? if it is, is there a new version i dont know about? cuz whatever i have doesn't look like that...

sorry i can't help...

Thinine · Jan 16, 2007, 12:53 AM

On the DIVX page, DIVX actually has a special plugin they use to play DIVX web content. The Adium issue is probably unrelated. So update to the latest Adium and delete the Adium cache, because it's getting the image, but not displaying it in your chat window, but it is in your toolbar (upper left). You may also want to try another message style to see if it's a problem with your current one. Are there any other applications affected? If not, this is an Adium problem, not a system problem.

frankthetank966 · Jan 16, 2007, 09:22 AM

Originally Posted by Thinine

On the DIVX page, DIVX actually has a special plugin they use to play DIVX web content. The Adium issue is probably unrelated. So update to the latest Adium and delete the Adium cache, because it's getting the image, but not displaying it in your chat window, but it is in your toolbar (upper left). You may also want to try another message style to see if it's a problem with your current one. Are there any other applications affected? If not, this is an Adium problem, not a system problem.

It appears to be an Adium issue. How do I empty the Adium cache? I can use Onyx to empty the CPU cache but if there is an easier way please let me know.

blueleaf · Jan 16, 2007, 12:31 PM

I dont know if you've tried this, but in Adium, go to Preferences>Messages>and make sure user icons box is checked. That theme is wierd, because if its not checked off, it gives that blue box with a quesiton mark that you seem to have.

frankthetank966 · Jan 16, 2007, 12:43 PM

Originally Posted by blueleaf

I dont know if you've tried this, but in Adium, go to Preferences>Messages>and make sure user icons box is checked. That theme is wierd, because if its not checked off, it gives that blue box with a quesiton mark that you seem to have.

Yes I tried that. It appears to be the message style.