video replay problem using firefox 37.0 for Ubuntu 14.04

[Tommy Trussell]

On Sat, Apr 4, 2015 at 10:42 AM, Bernard <bdebreil at teaser.fr> wrote:

> Scott Blair wrote:
>
>> On 04/01/2015 06:19 PM, Bernard wrote:
>>
>>> Scott Blair wrote:
>>>
>>>> On 04/01/2015 04:32 PM, Bernard wrote:
>>>>
>>>>  But in here it does not work any better with "Chromium". Maybe I
>>> didn't install Chromium properly, since no video at all are available in
>>> there ; I don't know how to check if flashplugin works with my Chromium, or
>>> perhaps I should deinstall it ?
>>>
>>>
>>>
>> Chromium uses Pepperflashplugin-nonfree
>>
>
> I just installed it. Now Chromium lets me see the videos replays all
> right. It therefore does work for those replays I am looking for. However,
> it does not work with those on the "m6" channel which link I have sent.
> This most likely means that the ones that work now, may no longer be
> available with my Linux Chromium as soon as the braodcaster's internal
> software is updated...
>
> Does anyone know whether the Ubuntu or Debian people are planning to work
> on a up-to-date Linux flashplugin ?
>

I believe both PepperFlash and Adobe Flash "non-free" packages are both
produced by or with assistance from Adobe, who several years ago declared
that they no longer intend to directly support the latest Flash versions in
linux. A Debian volunteer package the "non-free" Flash package by
extracting it from the security updates Adobe publishes for old versions of
Flash. Google is involved in maintaining the PepperFlash plugin, and the
way you get it in Chromium is via a utility that a volunteer created which
downloads Chrome and extracts the PepperFlash portion and makes it
available to Chromium.

SO... Adobe Flash is not expected to be updated to a more recent version
that runs natively on linux. Chrome contains the most up-to-date version
you will find, though as you have discovered it isn't exactly comparable to
the more recent versions of Flash Adobe makes available for Windows and
Macintosh computers.

I believe some folks have found ways to run the Windows or Macintosh
versions of Flash under Linux, but I doubt anyone expects those solutions
to be packaged for linux in an easy-to-install fashion. It's probably
expressly forbidden by the software licenses.

You might possibly find a workable solution by thinking "outside the box."
What does an iPad user see when they visit your favorite web site using
Flash? iPads and iPhones have never supported Flash, so web site operators
who want those visitors to see their content sometimes offer it in a
different format for iOS browsers. You can experiment with changing your
browser's User Agent and seeing how the site responds. There are some
plugins that make switching your User Agent more convenient.
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