What to use for browser flash support?
NoOp
glgxg at sbcglobal.net
Mon Jan 22 07:31:01 UTC 2018
On 01/20/2018 06:00 AM, Harry Putnam wrote:
> Running lubuntu 17.18 (artful)
>
> Using chromium, I run into some videos (On msnbc's full episodes of
> their various news/talk shows. clicking the `full episodes' link at:
> http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show#!#full-episodes
>
> For example, brings up the error message:
> ,----
> | To watch video, download or enable adobe flash player plug-in in
> | your security preferences.
Without flash, clicking on the warning redirects to a Sen Jeff Flake
interview video.
Doing the same with flash enabled changes the warning to "Please sign in".
Chromium 63.0.3239.84 (Built on Ubuntu , running on Ubuntu 16.04)
OS Linux
Flash plugin 28.0.0.126 /usr/lib/adobe-flashplugin/libpepflashplayer.so
$ dpkg -l | grep flash
ii flashplugin-installer
28.0.0.137ubuntu0.16.04.1 amd64 Adobe Flash
Player plugin installer
http://get.adobe.com/flashplayer/about/
You have version 28,0,0,126 installed
> `----
>
> Whereas the other main link `playlist':
> http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show#
>
> Just shows the videos with no problem. Maybe those are not flash ....
Those are not full-episode versions... you need to to login to play the
full-episodes (I don't have a login to test further).
>
> Is there something I can install that will satisfy the `adobe flash
> player plugin' requirement.
>
>
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