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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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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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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Why are Flash applications so sluggish?
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 ...
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Why is Google Chrome displaying artifacts in YouTube? [closed]
Since installing 12.10, Chrome has been displaying bizarre colored artifacts over youtube videos, I can still watch the videos, but it's more than a little irritating.
I've installed Chromium, and ...
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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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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 install the flash player and Mp3 plugins?
How can I install flash player and mp3 plugins in Ubuntu?
I am a beginner to the Ubuntu world.
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How do I configure Chrome to use the system installed Flash instead of the bundled one?
I just updated to Chrome 20.0.1132.43 which includes Flash 11.3.31.109. Since that update most of the flash videos I watch online will randomly display erratic behavior (skipping like a broken CD, ...
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Where is the Flash in Chrome?
I installed Google Chrome. This is the first thing I did after installing Ubuntu. I went into firefox, and went to chrome.google.com, and hit the button. I don't like package managers, and avoid the ...
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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 play embedded flash videos in external players?
As discussed in a separate question, embedded flash videos are abnormally heavy on GPU resources.
The answer given by izx here (and namely in one comment) shows that
”Flash 11+ "attempts" ...
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Why are embedded flash videos (like youtube) so heavy on the GPU?
I have noticed (in psensor, and listening to the fan) that my GPU is terribly hot when playing youtube videos.
What happens at that point? Is this related to Flash in Ubuntu?
Youtube in Firefox and ...
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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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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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Webcam not detected by Flash
I'm using Chrome's integrated flash plugin (10. something) under Ubuntu 11.04 x64, and cant get the camera work with Flash (example: have a webchat via google talk on Gmail).
I get the message ...
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Flash crashes on enabling webcam [closed]
For ages, I've been having problems getting my webcam to play with websites that use Flash. The cam works fine with programs like Camorama, but when I try to use it on a Flash site, Flash always ...
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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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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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VLC for flash video
Is it possible to play all flash videos using VLC because flash is consuming a lot of processing power? In addition with VLC I will be able to record every stream for example Ustream etc.
I am using ...
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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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Will browsers in Ubuntu touch support flash?
Will the Ubuntu Touch browsers support flash?
Are they the same as the full desktop versions? I would love to be able to see flash content.
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Can't change Flash settings from Chrome neither Firefox
I'm getting a problem since Ubuntu Natty until Ubuntu Precise, and I guess it's Unity-related.
This image describes my problem:
I'm on my pc with Ubuntu Precise and I open any Flash content, like ...
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How can I install Adobe Flash player? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How do I view flash video?
I'm trying to install flash player on my new install of Ubuntu 10.10. I've tried several ways, from the flash player website, another question ...
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Flash player + YouTube HD = crashing plugin
I've installed Ubuntu with Wubi, on my WinXP system. I cannot seem to get YouTube videos to play in HD (using Firefox 6) without crashing.
I tried gnash first, but that did not seem to be quite ...
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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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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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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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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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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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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 Adoble Flash CS (formerly known as Macromedia flash). Is there a program on linux that i ...
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Cannot watch youtube in fullscreen mode
When I am watching videos on youtube and toggle the screen to full screen or switch back from full screen to normal mode, the video stops and sometimes stops loading or starts loading from the start ...
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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 ...
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'adobe-flashplugin conflicts with flashplugin-downloader' error while trying to install adobe-flashplugin
I'm having some hard time getting straight with my adobe flash plugin.
$ sudo apt-get remove --purge adobe-flashplugin flashplugin* nspluginwrapper
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency ...
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No sound and flash videos play super fast after daily update
I just updated my 11.10 Ubuntu from the regular auto updater.
After I restarted my laptop I have no sound and the videos in YouTube (and other websites) play super fast.
Not sure if it has something ...
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Flash not working in Firefox
I have installed Ubuntu 11.10 in my system with gnome shell.
When I try to watch any videos on any video streaming website in Firefox, I am not able to watch. At the same time those videos can be ...
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Full screen Flash problems
When I play Flash videos from sites such as YouTube, the videos initially play ok. However when the videos are full screened, a number of problems arise. Usually when the full screen button is first ...
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No audio in Adobe Flash
I am on 11.10 64bit and I have installed flash from http://get.adobe.com/flashplayer/otherversions/.
I had downloaded install_flash_player_11_linux.x86_64.tar.gz and moved libflashplayer.so to ...
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Flash Webcam non responsive
I've got the same problem as this gentleman: https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/flashplugin-nonfree/+question/176541
Where the webcam settings / access does not work at all / is completely ...
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Is there a way to get Miro to use flash?
I recently downloaded Miro which I used to use with great satisfaction in windows, however on Ubuntu, Miro states it cannot play flash video or sites because of Flash compatibility issues ....... yet ...
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After update, flash plugin playing video too fast or too slow
Last night I did an update and reboot. After that, I couldn't reliably play any flash videos. They would either go too fast or stutter (as if they were buffering every 2 seconds). This occurs in both ...
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Flash player won't start after Ubuntu update
very new on Linux as well on Ubuntu. I have install in my PC the Ubuntu 11.10 and after a regular Ubuntu update, the Flash player cannot start.
I have uninstall the Flash player several times to ...
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Should I keep using the version of Flash in the sevenmachines PPA?
I've been running Ubuntu 10.04 (Lucid) 64-bit for about one year now. Everything still seems to be working properly, but for the last two months, I've been getting this error message every time Update ...
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Problem Installing Adobe Flash player in Firefox [duplicate]
I am using Firefox 11.0 in Ubuntu 12.04 64 bit OS and trying to play YouTube video and it asks to install Adobe Flash player. But when I try to install through the Ubuntu software centre but I cannot ...
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Fullscreen youtube videos lagging a lot
In my PC, I can watch youtube videos without any problem. However, they lag so much on fullscreen, that it's basically impossible to watch them. How can I fix this?
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Why do I have problems seeing YouTube?
Recently I moved to Ubuntu, I had Windows.
In Windows I could see very comfortable, but now in Ubuntu I can't.
In the videos now, the picture and sound are out of sync.
Often you can't see the videos ...
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About 'Adobe Flash plugin' in software center
In software center I find I do not install 'flash plugin'. But I still can see flash in firefox. What is the matter ?
Thanks
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Problem after interrupted installation of Adobe Flash
I am using Ubuntu. Yesterday I have installed Adobe Flash plugin to my laptop. The installation was interrupted,and it didn't complete. However, the software shows in the installed software menu. ...
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10.04 Install Flash Player, Get White Screen [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How do I fix Flash issues?
It Does not matter how I install the adobe flash player. When I check to see if it works on Hulu or Youtube I either get a plain white ...
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Re installing Chrome and Flash player [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How do I fix Flash issues?
I am having terrible problems with youtube and other sites.
I think I need to replace my Chrome OS and Shock wave.
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