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Old 02-24-2011, 10:40 PM
corrado891 corrado891 is offline
 
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Safari crashing when playing video - AMD

Hi Everyone,

I asked for a quick fix in the #snowleopard irc for safari crashing when playing h264 video running 10.6.6 in 64 bit with an AMD chipset and the legacy kernel. Nawcom responded saying the only way around it for now is to run safari in 32 bit mode.

Simply open you applications folder, right-click on safari and click "get info." Click the "Open in 32-bit mode" and your off!

Nawcom said the problem has something to do with sse2 emulation with AMDs regarding h264 libs. That probably looks ridiculous to anyone in here that knows what it means, but I unfortunately don't. I thought I'd post this work around in case someone else was having trouble with this issue. If I can't contribute with code, I might as well contribute as a messenger (if even a terrible one at that)!
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