From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Aug 17 19:37:24 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A2D8C1065672 for ; Wed, 17 Aug 2011 19:37:24 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from conrads@cox.net) Received: from eastrmfepo102.cox.net (eastrmfepo102.cox.net [68.230.241.214]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 42C9F8FC08 for ; Wed, 17 Aug 2011 19:37:24 +0000 (UTC) Received: from eastrmimpo02.cox.net ([68.1.16.120]) by eastrmfepo102.cox.net (InterMail vM.8.01.04.00 201-2260-137-20101110) with ESMTP id <20110817193718.LAXE3919.eastrmfepo102.cox.net@eastrmimpo02.cox.net> for ; Wed, 17 Aug 2011 15:37:18 -0400 Received: from serene.no-ip.org ([98.164.83.25]) by eastrmimpo02.cox.net with bizsmtp id MXdE1h00S0YnB6A02XdJGL; Wed, 17 Aug 2011 15:37:18 -0400 X-CT-Class: Clean X-CT-Score: 0.00 X-CT-RefID: str=0001.0A020201.4E4C186E.00C7,ss=1,re=0.000,fgs=0 X-CT-Spam: 0 X-Authority-Analysis: v=1.1 cv=L18tZtgXvCjggtrPsn7EqxywmDwdeqj6Yva+6kM3mdg= c=1 sm=1 a=EqNCIJY-sfkA:10 a=G8Uczd0VNMoA:10 a=kj9zAlcOel0A:10 a=2vO5UZG1h46htWAnE/rx2g==:17 a=kviXuzpPAAAA:8 a=HXVtDbzN5PvdjpNat1MA:9 a=SO7cFZhVfO4XvAs1-BsA:7 a=CjuIK1q_8ugA:10 a=4vB-4DCPJfMA:10 a=2vO5UZG1h46htWAnE/rx2g==:117 X-CM-Score: 0.00 Authentication-Results: cox.net; none Received: from serene.no-ip.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by serene.no-ip.org (8.14.5/8.14.5) with ESMTP id p7HJbEGi066548 for ; Wed, 17 Aug 2011 14:37:14 -0500 (CDT) (envelope-from conrads@cox.net) Date: Wed, 17 Aug 2011 14:37:09 -0500 From: "Conrad J. Sabatier" To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org Message-ID: <20110817143709.46861c41@serene.no-ip.org> In-Reply-To: <20110814211449.64d2755d@serene.no-ip.org> References: <20110814211449.64d2755d@serene.no-ip.org> X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.7.9 (GTK+ 2.24.5; amd64-portbld-freebsd9.0) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: Subject: Success! (was Re: Best soloution(s) for handling all the varied media content on the web?) X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 17 Aug 2011 19:37:24 -0000 On Sun, 14 Aug 2011 21:14:49 -0500 "Conrad J. Sabatier" wrote: > I'm just wondering what practical solutions people have arrived at for > handling all the varied types of media on the web in their browser. > I'd really like to be able to view sites like YouTube, etc. and > Flash-enabled sites, with a minimum of hassle. > > I'm running 9.0-HEAD amd64, by the way, so that cuts down my options > somewhat, I think (for instance, 32-bit and/or Linux plugins are > somewhat problematic). > > Any relatively simple solutions for handling at least the most popular > media types? > > Thanks. Eureka! I finally got the Linux flash plugin working! Turned out that nspluginwrapper was the magic that got things going. Love it! Finally! :-) -- Conrad J. Sabatier conrads@cox.net