http://youtube.com/watch?v=fDmp967UMds

[Andy]

On 30/03/2008, Leonard Chatagnier <lenc5570 at sbcglobal.net> wrote:
>  The uri page loads fine but
>  the player screen just doesn't do anthing.

In firefox type about:plugins into the address bar.

Does it show anything like:
> Shockwave Flash
>
>     File name: libflashplayer.so
>     Shockwave Flash 9.0 r115

If so check the version number. I'm not sure what the minimum version is.
You might also want to turn off any filtering software that may be blocking it.

You could also try reading:
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/RestrictedFormats/Flash#head-38245bd46a3334b4cc11601e161ddaa63439d2db

Andy

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