Date: Fri, 12 Sep 2014 11:02:22 +0100 From: Jamie Griffin <griffin8j@gmail.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Ongoing problems w/ flash for Opera/FF31 .... Message-ID: <5412C4AE.5020908@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <5411BB20.1070709@hiwaay.net> References: <54106E39.7030401@hiwaay.net> <5411A1B0.7080008@hiwaay.net> <5411A773.3000103@gmail.com> <5411BB20.1070709@hiwaay.net>
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On 11/09/2014 16:09, William A. Mahaffey III wrote: > > On 09/11/14 08:45, Jamie Griffin wrote: >> >> On 11/09/2014 14:20, William A. Mahaffey III wrote: >>> >>> Sooooooooo tacky to self-reply, but I persist .... It looks to me >>> like this port is locked-up *fried* .... it depends on another f10 >>> package which is apparently broken, & probably won't be fixed, since >>> f10 support ended about 6 years ago .... Am I reading this correctly >>> ? If so, are there any plans to try to work around this issue w/ >>> this port ? I have a newer curl installed, many versions later than >>> the F10 version, why can't the port use my newer installed version ? >>> FF & Opera both need this plugin to render flash correctly (& yes, I >>> acknowledge that flash *sux*), I sure wish this would get fixed :-) >>> .... >>> >>> >> >> Please see this site https://github.com/xmj/linux-ports and follow >> the instructions there for either linux-f10 or linux-c6 base which >> also includes the flash plugin setup instructions. > > > Thanks for your prompt & precise response. It puts me in a bit of a > bind, since I have never used github :-/ .... I'm on FBSD 9.3, so no > linux-c6 (apparently) available. My distinfo in my > linux-f10-flashplugin ports directory already shows the same info on > the webpage, i.e. I seem to be already using the software referenced > above, non ? Please advise & thanks for any guidance you can provide > :-) .... > > You just install git and clone the repo and then follow the commands in the README. However, I would recommend using youtube-dl and/or mpv. You can stream the videos from youtube with either program or you can download the file and watch with vlc, for example. That is what I do. Flash player is awful software.
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