Questions tagged [flash]
Flash Players and Flash in general (the format etc). Use this tag if you have trouble enabling or installing Flash in Ubuntu.
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Flash video appears blue
The Problem
After updating to Ubuntu 12.04 from Ubuntu 11.10, all video is still blue, whether playing in a browser or a player. Same problem occurs in 11.10 as well.
I have tried to uninstall all ...
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How to install Flash player on Ubuntu?
Even though I have the latest Adobe Flash player 11.2 for Linux in Firefox -
ref: Flash player security doubts - a particular online flash game still requests that I update to the latest flash player....
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How do I install Adobe Flash player?
I have had significant problems with watching flash video in 64-bit Ubuntu. Does anyone know of a good way to get flash running on the platform?
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Why can't Firefox run local .swf files?
My goal is trying to run .swf files through Firefox and NOT a standalone player.
When trying to run local .swf files on Firefox 29.0 (currently on 14.04), the browser opens the Open With/Save File ...
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Adobe Flash Plugin is vulnerable/outdated in 14.04 but there is no update in Firefox
I am using Ubuntu 14.04 LTS. When I open a site which requires flash plugin (e.g. Youtube), Firefox says This plugin is vulnerable and should be updated.
However if I click Check for updates... there ...
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Can't click the allow button in Flash
Every time I want to enable my webcam or microphone in my browser, the regular flash screen pops up and I need click allow or deny.
However I can not click allow or deny, it is not responding to my ...
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Chromium 34 and later cannot detect flash plugin
I've deleted ~/.macromedia and ~/.adobe contents and after a restart chromium can't detect flash plugin. It works just fine in Firefox
I have only "Chromoting Viewer" on chrome://plugins/
chromium-...
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Playing Videos in Firefox
I use Ubuntu 18.04 and Firefox 60.0 (linux beginner!)
I just installed the flash player, but the only videos that are displayed in my browser are the ones on youtube.
facebook and any other streaming-...
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Is there a work around to get protected Hulu or Amazon Prime instant videos working?
When I went to watch some only episodes of star trek on Amazon Prime, the player would get stuck on updating. I followed the instructions here and doing so actually worked for 3 seconds. It was the ...
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Why are Flash applications so sluggish/crashy?
I've noticed that Flash applications tend to be more sluggish under Ubuntu than they do under Windows on the same machine. This is particularly noticeable when watching HD video or playing graphics/...
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How can I install the flash player for Chromium in Ubuntu 16.04? [duplicate]
I was wondering if someone could tell me how to install the adobe flashplayer for Chromium in Ubuntu 16.04.
Thanks
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What's the difference between flashplugin-installer and adobe-flashplugin?
I usually installed flashplugin-installer and by chance noticed that in the partner repository the Flash entry says it's not installed. It also says the package flashplugin-installer will be removed ...
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flashplugin-installer vs. flashplugin-nonfree vs. adobe-flashplugin
When searching through Synaptic for flash player I always see the options to use "flashplugin-installer" or "flashplugin-nonfree" or "adobe-flashplugin". Is there a reason to use one over the other? ...
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How to make YouTube fullscreen actually fullscreen?
Whenever (using flash) I make YouTube videos fullscreen then they come out not actually any bigger.
In the screenshot below you see exactly what I see when watching a video in fullscreen mode. All ...
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Flash player not working in 14.04 LTS
Clean install of 14.04 LTS. Single OS. Have installed Chrome for linux, updated, removed, reinstalled 14.04 LTS. No flash. I have done everything from every site I can find, nothing.
Using Chrome I ...
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Stop using flash? Or improve the flash experience?
I'd like to setup my Ubuntu to work without Flash (= not installed), but still be able to view videos on sites like Youtube, wisevid, etc. I want to try this because recently Flash has crashed a ...
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How to automatically mount usb flash drive at startup
I need to mount usb flash drive to automatically during OS startup also tried
mount /dev/sdb2 /media
but after rebooting not able to see mounted drive please suggest.
lsusb
Bus 001 Device 003: ID ...
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How do I fix Flash issues?
I am having problems with Adobe Flash in Ubuntu, what are my options?
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How to download flash (streaming) videos from sites like youtube, dailymotion, vimeo, etc.?
I have read this thread but please hear me out.
I use Ubuntu 10.04 LTS (32-bit) and I didn't bother to install the Flash plugin for Firefox as I am using a netbook and sometimes Flash caused firefox ...
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How can I access Flash files from streaming websites?
In Maverick, there was an option to download Flash videos from sites like YouTube, Vimeo, etc. by copying the flashxx** file in /tmp directory to another location before closing the window. But in ...
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How to watch videos in Amazon Prime Instant Video?
Today I upgraded from Ubuntu 12.04 to Ubuntu 13.10. I am not able to watch any videos in Amazon Prime Instant Video. I am getting this message:
An error occurred and your player could not be updated....
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Failure to download extra data files: flashplugin-installer
Today after finishing the update i got update information
I have tried clicking on run action now, but by that nothing happens only terminal opens up and then after minute it automatically closes ...
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How to solve jitter (or stutter) playback via Chrome flash plugin?
Since the update to 12.04, there's been a problem specifically related to audio/video playback in Google Chrome.
The problem only affected the Google version but not the Chromium nor the Firefox ...
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What's a good 2D animation program (an alternative for e.g. Flash CS)?
I don't mean the flash player here, I'm talking about the flash program that I can make animations with. Like Adobe Flash CS (formerly known as Macromedia flash). Is there a program on linux that I ...
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How to select on which monitor YouTube fullscreens?
I have a dual monitor set-up. When I'm on YouTube, and I click the fullscreen icon, the fullscreen automatically goes to the second monitor. How do I get it to go fullscreen on my main monitor?
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How do I make Chromium use Flash from Google Chrome?
Now, that Adobe has stopped issuing new releases for Linux desktops, the only option for users is to use Google Chrome, for those who want to use the latest Flash updates.
I use Chromium. Is there any ...
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Adobe will stop releasing new versions of Flash - what will happen to flash support in Ubuntu?
Adobe's Flash download page is displaying a message:
NOTE: Adobe Flash Player 11.2 will be the last version to target Linux
as a supported platform. Adobe will continue to provide security
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"Shockwave Flash is known to be vulnerable" warning
Good evening!
Today, I turned off my computer without any problems and went out. When I came back and tried to surf the net, I saw that my firefox started giving me this problem:
"Shockwave Flash is ...
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How do I play movies on Google Play?
When trying to play a movie I purchased from Google Play, the movie player (same Flash-based one used by YouTube) spits out the following error message over a background of faux-TV-static:
An Error ...
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Can I use Chrome's Pepper Flash with Firefox?
As Adobe no longer supports Flash on Linux (see "NOTICE" below), is there a way to use Chrome's Pepper Flash plugin with Firefox?
NOTICE! Flash no longer is supported for Linux EXCEPT as part of ...
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Can't watch youtube videos with chromium on ubuntu 13.04 64-bit [duplicate]
I've digged all over google but I can't find any solution to my problem.
Firefox works pretty well. I have this issue only with chromium and only with youtube. I have no problem watching videos at ...
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Search and download audio-only from youtube
Is there a way to search and then download from YouTube, with the situation that I only need to download the audio only, not the video.
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How do I install adobe flashplayer in ubuntu 16.04? [duplicate]
I was wondering how I can install the adobe flashplayer from this site: https://get.adobe.com/flashplayer/
I have no experience with the formats that are available there.
There is no .deb version of ...
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Modifying the speed at which a process runs ( Cheat Engine alternative as a Flash Game Speed Hack)
In Windows, there is a tool for Flash games called Cheat Engine which can speed up/down a process by X amount, making the time needed for a task in a game to go faster or slower than in the real world....
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Bootable flash drive for ubuntu [duplicate]
I'm trying to make my usb flash drive to a bootable stick. I've downloaded the ubuntu 16.10 iso and whenever I try to make it with startup disk creator this error occure.
What should I do?
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APT way to get Adobe Flash Player latest version for Linux not working
I am running Ubuntu 14.10 and I am trying to get the latest version of Adobe Flash Player for Linux (which apparently is 11.2), I am selecting the option for APT for Ubuntu 10.04+ here:
But when I ...
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Flash in browsers does not play sound accurately using Pulse network audio
I use PulseAudio to send sound over the LAN to an audio server.
When playing any Flash media in Firefox or Chrome, the sound flutters (example), as if the volume were going up and down every second.
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How to disable "extra packages can be installed" popup in Kubuntu 15.04?
Kubuntu 15.04 shows a notification (and a taskbar icon) on each boot, after the log in, offering me to install extra packages, specifically flash, and I really don't want to install it. I've pressed "...
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Record Live Streaming
Is it possible to record live streaming from websites such as Ustream or any other similar website using Adobe Flash Player?
I know that is possible to record the screen but the quality is not that ...
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Adobe flash player not working with Amazon Prime
I have ubuntu 12.04 64bit using Google Chrome. I had chromium from the app center then today amazon prime video stopped working. It told me to update Flash. So I uninstalled chromium and installed ...
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Update Manager got stuck (but not frozen) while installing downloaded updates. What should I do?
I have just gotten my Ubuntu 12.04 LTS desktop computer reassembled after a trip back home and connected it to my parent's wireless Internet connection. The connection seems quite shaky (disconnects ...
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High CPU usage while playing Flash
When I play video on YouTube CPU usage rises to 100% in both Firefox and Chrome.
What I'm running:
Processor Intel Core2Duo E4500 2 x 2.2GHz
Ubuntu 12.04 amd64 with latest updates
Flash Plugin adobe-...
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Flash plugin for Firefox on Ubuntu 16.04 [duplicate]
The flash player plugin has stopped working in Firefox on Ubuntu 16.04 .I cant find pepper flash for chromium either ,certain music sites require flash so are now not use-able.
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How to install Scratch 2 on Ubuntu 16.10. or 17.04 (64bit)?
I need to install Adobe Air on Ubuntu 16.10/17.04 with offline Scratch 2. Air is many years unsupported on Linux, so there are several workarounds. One which worked for me up to Ubuntu 16.04 (using ...
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Fullscreen Chrome video causes Ubuntu to crash [duplicate]
Any time I try to watch a flash (or maybe HTML5) video in chrome, when I fullscreen it, Ubuntu freezes, goes black, and then my monitor says "no signal." This only happens on the second or third time ...
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Why doesn't Adobe Flash Player 11.x have hardware acceleration?
I am using Ubuntu 11.10 with a Nvidia Geforce 8600M GT and a Nvidia Geforce 525M GT (drivers; nvidia-current-updates via Ubuntu).
While Adobes Flash Player 11.x was working with full Hardware ...
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Not able to change flash settings
My Gnome crashes constantly when I open web pages containing flash so I tried to turn off the hardware acceleration. I opened the Adobe flash player settings panel but found that the buttons are not ...
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uninstalling flash plugin completely
i've made the mistake of installing firefox flash plugin, which is horribly buggy, unstable and leaky. I need to banish this piece of rubbish out of my precious ubuntu workstation. I tried this by ...
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Getting flash 10.2 GPU acceleration working
I'm using 32 bit ubuntu 10.10 and the latest version of the NVidia drivers for an ION GPU and have downloaded the new 10.2 flash beta.
I can confirm that in firefox I am using the beta of flash but ...
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How to install flash payer in Ubuntu 14.04 LTS? [duplicate]
How to install flash payer in Ubuntu 14.04 LTS ?
Also how to get the root permission ?...
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