From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Sep 12 10:02:32 2014 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ADH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 30CD9F2A for ; Fri, 12 Sep 2014 10:02:32 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-we0-x232.google.com (mail-we0-x232.google.com [IPv6:2a00:1450:400c:c03::232]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA (128/128 bits)) (Client CN "smtp.gmail.com", Issuer "Google Internet Authority G2" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id BB5F4A07 for ; Fri, 12 Sep 2014 10:02:31 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-we0-f178.google.com with SMTP id q58so475085wes.23 for ; Fri, 12 Sep 2014 03:02:30 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=message-id:date:from:user-agent:mime-version:to:subject:references :in-reply-to:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=PUcycQuejoJ6EYw0wfiRfJl7O63H54j9qTQNoKfoSJ0=; b=sTam3fQV2aWDinjYHa3ELV/rADIWslFbSs19ARqRGdaPfKXlr0TMojxpY386i3elg5 Ni1As0dTDCij2xMjBbN2ueyXwq4a/vUe02KID5yOV3hxGM3Bcoc9SPzbKwbkgbjXESo2 nzHSj/qzCajBC4sYzqg0+tmfeEkyu1MmBwW61VqZmg4D6LhVCDbeDTmHeo75v9QEyq8l P6BVM60qRqhR1ZDWgAPKVen8S/DZwhteDcrp3RBPjjA5dcKC6OZ8Q5b31qu/Qw8L5HdO eQO3+wa4jX1VrwE38zKvRJqos2Aqw/eIT5sDyWlCP7ypJvkq+GU6ptqXTv5rkwrdeCjK VGoQ== X-Received: by 10.180.93.5 with SMTP id cq5mr1046036wib.16.1410516149988; Fri, 12 Sep 2014 03:02:29 -0700 (PDT) Received: from kontrol.kode5.net (host86-178-130-183.range86-178.btcentralplus.com. [86.178.130.183]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPSA id v4sm4028539wjv.6.2014.09.12.03.02.29 for (version=TLSv1.2 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 bits=128/128); Fri, 12 Sep 2014 03:02:29 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <5412C4AE.5020908@gmail.com> Date: Fri, 12 Sep 2014 11:02:22 +0100 From: Jamie Griffin User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; FreeBSD amd64; rv:31.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/31.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Ongoing problems w/ flash for Opera/FF31 .... References: <54106E39.7030401@hiwaay.net> <5411A1B0.7080008@hiwaay.net> <5411A773.3000103@gmail.com> <5411BB20.1070709@hiwaay.net> In-Reply-To: <5411BB20.1070709@hiwaay.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18-1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 12 Sep 2014 10:02:32 -0000 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.