5 Replies Latest reply on May 11, 2012 10:11 AM by libflashplayer.so

Latest flash player won't play video on firefox

Ommyto May 8, 2012 5:14 PM

Hi everyone,

I have a problem with flash since I've updated ....
I turn on Ubuntu 10.04 (lucid) and Firefox 12.0.
I Updated to the latest version, but when I read some video or flash animation, I have a black area instead .....
I tried to reinstall, delete ect ...
I'm stuck!!

Help!!

1. Re: Latest flash player won't play video on firefox

libflashsupport.so May 9, 2012 11:34 AM (in response to Ommyto)

can you tell us from which build you were upgrading from and too? how are you upgrading, meaning which mechanism are you using? can you confirm the current build that is installed by going here: http://www.adobe.com/software/flash/about/

or is that blacked out too? a screenshot or 2 would help us visualize the problem. there's a known issue with uploading files to this forum with colons in the filename, so please delete them before adding. thanks...
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2. Re: Latest flash player won't play video on firefox

Ommyto May 9, 2012 2:55 PM (in response to libflashsupport.so)

I've upgraded from flash 10.0.45 to 11.2.202.235, using Synaptic.
Then, when i saw it didn't work, i've returned to 10.0.45 and upgraded it to 11.2.202.233, no success.

There is an screenshot from a Youtube page, as you can see the video doesn't work, even if i wait a few minutes...

Screenshot from a Dailymotion page,
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3. Re: Latest flash player won't play video on firefox

libflashplayer.so May 9, 2012 3:07 PM (in response to Ommyto)

would you try to disable hardware acceleration? right-click the youtube flash content and select "Settings..." click the first tab and deselect the checkbox for hardware acceleration. refresh the page and see if that helps. if it doesn't i'll suggest another thing. thanks...
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4. Re: Latest flash player won't play video on firefox

Ommyto May 10, 2012 12:15 PM (in response to libflashplayer.so)

I can't have acces to it, i've only got acces to a normal right-click menu: copy, paste, dowload the image....
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5. Re: Latest flash player won't play video on firefox

libflashplayer.so May 11, 2012 10:11 AM (in response to Ommyto)

ok, here's a work around. completely unistall flash player with synaptic. we'll install the latest 10.3 player with security updates.

download the following file: http://fpdownload.macromedia.com/get/flashplayer/installers/archive/fp_10.3.183.18_archive .zip
unpack the zip
unpack the following file in the directory that is created: flashplayer10_3r183_18_linux.tar.gz
copy libflashplayer.so to ~/.mozilla/plugins

note: the .mozilla is a hidden directory. you may have to specify to show them. if the plugins directory doesn't exist. go a head and create it...
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