Date: Wed, 15 Apr 2009 13:54:18 -0600 From: Andrew Falanga <af300wsm@gmail.com> To: John Gage <grepkeen@gmail.com> Cc: "freebsd-questions@freebsd.org" <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: What flash players should be used from ports? Message-ID: <340a29540904151254g4ca7950at6e08726657a5ad5e@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <8ed86e0a0904141703p159e4bd0m6c95555f4d7cdce3@mail.gmail.com> References: <340a29540904141347o260eddday3e6f7a0785166060@mail.gmail.com> <8ed86e0a0904141441o23c317ffr382347cdaf655d54@mail.gmail.com> <340a29540904141521k9e6d88bh224d01c5b976d01c@mail.gmail.com> <op.usef6aepflcvyi@da1-desktop-x64> <8ed86e0a0904141703p159e4bd0m6c95555f4d7cdce3@mail.gmail.com>
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On Tue, Apr 14, 2009 at 6:03 PM, John Gage <grepkeen@gmail.com> wrote: > You have three viable choices, I'd recommend the third: > 1. ports/graphics/gnash or gnash-devel (high CPU utilization on FreeBSD) > 2. ports/www/swfdec-plugin [ ports/graphics/swfdec itself is a > standalone flash player, the plugin port installs a plugin for firefox > usage. 0.8.4 is the latest version for the standalone player(which, > according to the official swfdec site, can play youtube video just > fine). However, the plugin port of swfdec is still at version 0.8.2 > and does not work with youtube videos at the moment.] > 3. ports/emulators/linux_base-fc4 + ports/www/linux-flashplugin9 + > ports/www/nspluginwrapper (this method is the most complex, but > usually yields the fastest-responding flash and best results, at the > moment.) > > On Tue, Apr 14, 2009 at 7:14 PM, Vasadi I. Claudiu Florin wrote: > > > >> > >> Currently running i386. I'm using firefox 3.0.4 (need to upgrade, wow > >> didn't realize that). > >> > > > > > > Hy, > > > > > > There are several ways to use flash player in FreeBSD X environment. One > is, > > as someone previously pointed out, gnash. Another is by using > > nspluginwrapper and linux-flashplugin. Yet another is by using swfdec. > > A god start would be http://freebsd.langhans.com.pl/af/index.html and > > This link from Vasadi should be very helpful to you, I have found that > the most stable fedora core base for myself has been 4. I had a great > deal of trouble with npviewer.bin core dumping and locking up firefox > really nicely with fedora base 8, so I'd stick with 4. > > > > http://www.google.ro/search?hl=ro&q=freebsd+firefox+flash+player&btnG=C%C4%83utare+Google&meta=&aq=f&oq= > > and of course http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/but > > aspecially > > > http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/desktop-browsers.html > > . Hope that triggered your appetite. > > > Thanks everyone. I'll be getting into this as time permits over the next few days I hope. Andy -- A: Because it messes up the order in which people normally read text. Q: Why is it such a bad thing? A: Top-posting. Q: What is the most annoying thing on usenet and in e-mail?
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