From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Apr 15 19:54:20 2009 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 321C01065672 for ; Wed, 15 Apr 2009 19:54:20 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from af300wsm@gmail.com) Received: from qw-out-2122.google.com (qw-out-2122.google.com [74.125.92.27]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D9C6F8FC0A for ; Wed, 15 Apr 2009 19:54:19 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from af300wsm@gmail.com) Received: by qw-out-2122.google.com with SMTP id 9so60764qwb.7 for ; Wed, 15 Apr 2009 12:54:19 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:in-reply-to:references :date:message-id:subject:from:to:cc:content-type; bh=56vqiVqiDZEO0Fr/efIDnPdRhMK/KvnOuq8l6cJbLhE=; b=hRFaOc/NPo9vYGBn78VtJvGDmPb/5IM+qZpr/6nxjAARhqdfW7ayYd7lPYrpY2KveW FPvQTito5hyAKFnAcvzlIf0FNjiSoC5ptqpBw9eDnFc6VE6sncwxJ+u+894PVTYQm1Wh xqmM2ElZH6HWf0EKZPltQTuxgL+FsLrMYWirM= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type; b=r7sGOdI3vvW/kJ0OGkxXYbXKAQrtLaQ15IuT2ewZhMZTLufCw3WvkKBy/WC3yBj7j5 kt9YlvsBayhvyz7KEfya+nio0PMXB77wWpGEk8pGEOmHK49eG2+H78TiK4dWSCUlqu/f VPLaEjs/c7lnHtcTHCs8TjO1AU3c4vRF/VMdo= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.220.74.81 with SMTP id t17mr132129vcj.56.1239825258300; Wed, 15 Apr 2009 12:54:18 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <8ed86e0a0904141703p159e4bd0m6c95555f4d7cdce3@mail.gmail.com> References: <340a29540904141347o260eddday3e6f7a0785166060@mail.gmail.com> <8ed86e0a0904141441o23c317ffr382347cdaf655d54@mail.gmail.com> <340a29540904141521k9e6d88bh224d01c5b976d01c@mail.gmail.com> <8ed86e0a0904141703p159e4bd0m6c95555f4d7cdce3@mail.gmail.com> Date: Wed, 15 Apr 2009 13:54:18 -0600 Message-ID: <340a29540904151254g4ca7950at6e08726657a5ad5e@mail.gmail.com> From: Andrew Falanga To: John Gage Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Cc: "freebsd-questions@freebsd.org" Subject: Re: What flash players should be used from ports? 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, 15 Apr 2009 19:54:20 -0000 On Tue, Apr 14, 2009 at 6:03 PM, John Gage 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?