Dream Machine

[challo]

hello all.

I have a little problem and was wondering if any of you might know what it is and/or how to solve it.

I posted the question on the SI computer thread and, either it's a very stupid question, or no one knows the answer. -g-

So, here goes -

I have xp,sp2 with wmp

If I save videos to my hard drive from putfile, (using http://www.savevid.com/) I have no problem - they save in the .wmp format.

If I try to save videos from youtube, no can do. They need to be saved in the .flv format. When I try to save them with that ext, my only option is to save in html format.

Now, here's the dumb question: The .flv ext is for flash player (adobe - the old macromedia). I have macromedia
somewhere on my computer, but I can't find it!!!

Is the flash player imbedded in (or part of) windows media player?

I'm stumped!

I went to the Adobe site and did the test.

http://www.adobe.com/cfusion/knowledgebase/index.cfm?id=tn_15511#test

It says I have version 8,0,24,0 installed but I cannot find a program specifically called Macromedia or Flash player.

Any ideas?
tia