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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Can't watch protected flash videos (nbcsports.com) on chrome in Ubuntu 14.04
My question is similar to this one.
My Specs: I'm on Ubuntu 14.04 64-bit and trying to stream nbcsports live extra on Chrome (or Chromium). I can't use Firefox since the stream requires flash player ...
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Flash doesn't work in firefox after upgrade Kubuntu to 14.10
I upgraded Kubuntu 14.04-x64 to 14.10. Now flash does not work in Firefox. Now flash is an empty area which sometimes is black when cursor is under it.
But flash still works in Chromium.
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Ubuntu 16.04.3 chromium get rid of "Adobe Flash Player was blocked because it was out of date"
I have the above issue since a few weeks, when I click Run this time, flash just works, but I want to get rid of the annoying message.
I have searched the internet and the consensus seems to be to ...
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Small white line flashing top of screen Ubuntu 14.04
After installing Ubuntu 14.04 on my ACER V3-572G with a Nvidia Geforce 840M alongside Windows 8.1, I get a small white line flashing (every few seconds) on top of my screen. Ubuntu works fine without ...
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Is it possible for Adobe Flash to kill my GPU?
The question
Is it possible that Adobe Flash in Ubuntu 12.04 on Firefox could damage my GPU?
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So... there I was, using my beloved Ubuntu 12.04, Doing some PHP/Javascript/HTML development in ...
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NVIDIA Video Engine Utilization
I've realized that the majority of the Linux distributions and their video player applications, even Adobe Flash Player, don't use Video Engine Utilization, and I want to know why? Because at least on ...
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What is the status of getting flash and chromium for Ubuntu ARM?
I have Ubuntu dual booting on a Samsung ARM Chromebook but have to go back to Chrome OS if I want to watch a flash video or do a Google Hangout. Is there a way to have these capabilities in Ubuntu for ...
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How to stream video on NBC Sports on Ubuntu 18.04?
I am having trouble streaming flash content at https://stream.nbcsports.com in any browser I try on 18.04. I tried using Chrome, Chromium, and Firefox with no luck. It just shows a black video screen ...
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How to install plugins to play media files of the following type : application/x-shockwave-flash decoder?
How to install plugins to play media files of the following type :
application/x-shockwave-flash decoder ? Actually I wanted to download online videos of website hotstar.com . Those videos need adobe ...
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Xfinity video not playing
When I try to watch Xfinity/Comcast videos, the actual video does not load.
I have installed Flash, then installed Pipelight and enabled Silverlight, Flash, Shockwave, and Unity3d.
Other Silverlight ...
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How can I flash my laptop's BIOS with Ubuntu?
I'm running Ubuntu 15.04 on a HP Elitebook 6930p. I want to downgrade the BIOS by flashing a ROM.bin file. I already found the desired ROM.bin file from the HP website, I'm just having trouble ...
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Firefox, "Bus error (core dumped)"
If I try to launch firefox I get:
Bus error (core dumped)
When, until last week, I had Gnome 12.04 it was the same... then, during the upgrade (I now have 14.04) Firefox started working (without ...
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How can I get non-English characters to render on Flash?
On Flash, I've noticed that Kana and other language's scripts are not rendering properly and replacing themselves with boxes.
I have the correct fonts installed and the scripts render well and are ...
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Error "shockwave flash has crashed " google chrome ubuntu 14.04.1
I can not watch videos on twitch because shockwave flash crashes.
I tried to disable the flash in the plugins but I only seen one Flash plugin.
Before when I used 12.10, I saw 3 plugins for Flash, ...
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VIdeos aren't playing on Chromium
I use Crouton (Ubuntu 16.04.6 LTS), but I'm new to it. Please provide advice in layman's terms.
Everything was working fine a couple of weeks ago. It's been a while since videos have not been able to ...
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Ubuntu 18.04.3 LTS: Extremely slow writing speeds while writing to USB flash drives
Using Ubuntu 18.04.3 LTS and Wi-Fi I have been plagued with extremely slow speeds while writing to USB flash drives. Writing speeds have ranged from 5 to 50 kb/sec using flash drives that advertise ...
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Mounting a flash drive on Ubuntu 16.04 failed
My flash drive does't work on ubuntu 16.04. The reason is doesn't support 'exfat' file. I ran the:
sudo apt-get install exfat-fuse exfat-utils
However, it give me:
Reading package lists... Done
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Flash player: When I install, my browser still tells me I need to install Flash
In the terminal I added the universe repository and then issued command sudo apt install adobe-flashplugin. It seemed to install correctly. I then installed Google Chrome by finding the appropriate ...
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Ubuntu 16.04 Firefox can't play some video despite flash installed
I'm facing an issue with Firefox 59.0.2 in Ubuntu 16.04 (up to date): Some video simply won't play.
All youtube videos work, but the following doesn't work (it loads forever):
https://www.reddit.com/...
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Choppy online playback and browsing
I wanna say that I'm new to Linux systems so there might be obvious things that I missed. I had Linux mint 17 on my Dell Latitude D531, was working fine with some problems regarding booting until ...
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Can't play Hotstar Premium videos in Ubuntu
I am able to play non-premium videos using url-extracting extensions in chrome. But it is not working for Premium videos. Is there any solution?
I have a premium hotstar account.
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How to verify which player is being used?
Is it possible to verify which player (HTML5 or Flash) is being used to render a video in Chrome/ium even if no information providing context menu is available?
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Problem installing adobe flash player plugin on chromium
I'm running Ubuntu 16.04 and I have tried multiple explanations on here but none of them seem to work. I tried out one and figured out it was for Opera and not Chromium and the one on Chromium was ...
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Unable to save buffered videos using terminal after update to 16.04
For the last 5 or 6 years using Ubuntu I was able to save buffered videos using the Terminal. I would wait for the video to finish playing and without closing the browser window I would run from the ...
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Flash Player Videos Not Loading in Ubuntu 16.04/17.04/17.10
Flash player does not seem to work properly on some sites in Ubuntu 16.04.
Try this sample link: http://www.hotstar.com/tv/silicon-valley/silicon-valley-trailer/1000186914
In Firefox, it shows "...
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Black screen flashes on second monitor on Ubuntu 16
I upgrade my Ubuntu from 15.10 to 16.04 yesterday and after fixing some hiccups most things are working fine.
However, I have one very annoying bug that lets my external monitor (connected to the ...
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Installing Google Apps on Genymotion
I would like to open Android apps under Ubuntu.
Tried to follow this topic: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/20121883/how-to-install-google-play-services-in-a-genymotion-vm-with-no-drag-and-drop-su/...
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How can I confirm that I'm using Adobe Flash hardware acceleration (VDPAU) with Chrome on Ubuntu with integrated Intel card HD4xxx and default driver?
The title tells it all. I have found one similar question but it is outdated from 2013 and not related to Chrome.
How can I enable hardware acceleration for flash on Intel graphics?
When I go to ...
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What's the state of hardware accelerated HTML5 video on Ubuntu?
Flash hardware acceleration never really worked in Linux due to various APIs (VDPAU, VA API, and what not), buggy drivers, and end-of support from Adobe for Flash on Linux.
Recently several sites, ...
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chromium 37.0 cannot detect flash player in Ubuntu 14.10
I follow this question Chromium 34 and later cannot detect flash plugin
and also install pepper flash plugin by using this command sudo apt-get install pepperflashplugin-nonfree but it didn't work.
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Pause flash player (from script/media button)
I would like being able to play/pause youtube videos (or other flash player instances showing videos) using the media keys on my keyboard (or from a script).
I could not find a suitable firefox ...
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Pandora won't run in Tor browser
I get an error message to update Flash which I have, tried updating browser and no luck. Any suggestions? I'm using Tor instead of Firefox or Chrome as a way around a firewall both of which block ...
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Cannot get flash video websites (YouTube, etc.) to work
I know that other, multiple questions have been posted on this, but I'm fairly certain I've applied most, if not all, of the suggested solutions, and I'm no closer to resolving this issue.
I am ...
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VLC Media Player and Youtube Playback jerky
I installed VLC Media Player 2.0.8 on my Ubuntu and I tried to play videos on youtube and VLC Media player they were jerky. The video stops and sound repeats again and again like a scratched VCD is ...
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Is there a workaround to view Adobe Access (DRM) flash videos on any browser?
Ubuntu 13.04
Google Chrome 31.0.1650.57 (Official Build 235101)
OS Linux
JavaScript V8 3.21.18.7
Flash 11.9.900.152
When I try to watch xfinitytv shows via streaming (specifically homeland - ...
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Why do the YouTube controls keep popping up when full-screen?
When playing in full screen in Firefox or Chromium at random intervals YouTube will open up the volume / fast forward panel and then eventually close it. I have also turned off my mouse to rule out ...
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Flash files do not play audio
I am running a laptop with Ubuntu 12.10, and while flash files will play their video, I have absolutely no audio with them.
The problem was persistent when I was running 12.04, and I thought ...
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Stereomix and flash
I have a problem with using stereomix and flash. I'm not able to access to flash settings, like I done on windows. I installed an pavucontrol, and I have stereomix on audacity, but not on the ...
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unfocus browser flash player to use shortcuts
Once I click to play a video in youtube I can no longer use any other shortcut (eg: ALT+PGDWN to change tab), I need to click somewhere else in the page, is this normal? how can I un-focus the flash ...
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Embedded .swf file in .pfd-Ubuntu 10.04
I have just finished a presentation in LaTeX. In this very .pdf file I have included a .swf animation(done with adobe flash CS5 in windows) which starts when you click on it.
While I have already ...
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Google Chrome 35 - Protected Flash Content
Since I upgraded to Google Chrome 35 it can no longer play protected flash content. According to OMG! Ubuntu! the support for NPAPI was dropped so that the adobe flash plugin can't be loaded anymore.
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How do I fix this issue (webcam not working)
I have a problem with my webcam working in browser, I tried Firefox and chromium first. When I go to the flash plugin setting
http://www.macromedia.com/support/documentation/en/flashplayer/help/...
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How to copy faster to flash device?
I am using a flash drive and my USB's filesystem is FAT.
It is very slow while copy files or paste files into it.
In windows i can do these operation much faster using Teracopy software.
Is there ...
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Firmware "Flash progress" stuck at 0%
Environment details:
Personal Computer: Dell OptiPlex-5090
Operating System: Ubuntu 20.04
On my computer I got OptiPlex firmware update in official Ubuntu Software app, after updating it, I received ...
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Best way to run Adobe Flash Player Projector?
What's the best way to run the Flash Player Projector on Linux? Ruffle is not ideal since it doesn't work with ActionScript 3.
I tried the official Linux version from Adobe and the flatpak version, ...
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Screen goes insane sometimes after ubuntu 22.04 LTS update?
I have recently installed Ubuntu 22.04 LTS . and sometimes the whole screen just flashes.
Everything just starts overlapping each other.
It goes away when you press any key. But I want it gone.
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How do I make a downloaded flash player the default program with which to open .swf files?
I downloaded a Flash player and I'm trying to make it the default app to open .swf files in Ubuntu 20.04. It's a standalone player and doesn't show on Applications. How do I do that?
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Can't boot ubuntu with USB swap inserted
I'm running ubuntu on some older hardware, it's working fine but I found it was much more usable with a spare 16GB flash drive used for swap.
I've set that up per the instructions and it works fine; ...
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How to install addition package with extra data file download
Hi I have install flash package along with other packages on Synaptic Package Manager. After apply, I run the command
sudo dpkg-reconfigure libdvd-pkg
to install those packages. Then this ...
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Replace Chrome OS and install Ubuntu on an Lenovo C330 ARM processor laptop
I have tried everything. Developer mode and cd;bash <(curl https://johnlewis.ie/flash_cb_fw.sh) which just restarts my laptop and beeps. I've tried booting from USB but it just beeps when I try ...
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