Date: Sun, 22 Oct 2006 09:46:45 -0400 From: Derrick Edwards <derrick@uniquestrength.net> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Cc: Jerry McAllister <jerrymc@msu.edu>, Mark Kane <mark@mkproductions.org>, Dimiter Ivanov <erazorbg@gmail.com> Subject: Re: Flash player 9 Beta is Live Message-ID: <200610220946.46679.derrick@uniquestrength.net> In-Reply-To: <20061019123431.67f44b59@localhost> References: <7cc8007f0610190832u5b5f637dv756ca91d5f99d770@mail.gmail.com> <20061019170850.GA60680@gizmo.acns.msu.edu> <20061019123431.67f44b59@localhost>
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On Thursday 19 October 2006 13:34, Mark Kane wrote: > On Thu, Oct 19, 2006, at 13:08:50 -0400, Jerry McAllister wrote: > > On Thu, Oct 19, 2006 at 06:32:14PM +0300, Dimiter Ivanov wrote: > > > http://blogs.adobe.com/penguin.swf/2006/10/beta_is_live.html > > > > > > I have downloaded the stand alone player and it works out of the > > > box. Anyone having expirience with the browser plugin ? > > > > > > I'm using 6.1 Release and KDE 3.5.4 > > > > OK. That sounds promising. > > > > But, is this limited to KDE or how about plain Firefox running > > on plain ole FreeBSD 6.1 with a fairly plain Windows manager? > > Does it requite the Lunix compatibility stuff? > > Yes, the plugin would need the Linux compatibility and a Linux binary > browser (such as linux-firefox or linux-opera). > > I tried the standalone version yesterday on FreeBSD 6.2-PRERELEASE > [amd64] and I couldn't get the standalone version to play anything (it > would just not do anything when opening files -- just sits at the > white background of the window). I did try the Linux browser plugin > along with linux-opera and it worked somewhat. > > It played the visual elements of Flash OK, however there is no sound > since they're using ALSA for the sound in version 9. I also noticed > that after playing Flash content, the area where the content was > would turn a solid grey color and it seemed to lock the browser up a > bit. If I closed out of that tab it seemed to be OK. > > Normally I have Flash disabled for all but a couple sites since it uses > up tons of RAM and really slows down the browser after use (version 7 > at least), so I unloaded 9 and went back to 7 for now where sound at > least works. > > Hopefully Adobe will add in alternate sound support methods so other > platforms besides Linux can have sound like in version 7, and of course > I hope they release a native FreeBSD binary sometime too so we can use > native browsers. > > -Mark I am not able to get this to work. I downloaded, unpacked, changed the permissions of the flash player and executed it. All I get is the adobe flashplayer dialog box. I tried to input an URL in the dialog box and it does nothing. Any help would be appreciated... Also can this be used inside of kde konqueor? v/r Derrick
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