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Date:      Sun, 16 Mar 2008 17:15:34 +0100
From:      Roland Smith <rsmith@xs4all.nl>
To:        LtCdData <ltcddata@davids-website.com>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: state of flash on FreeBSD 7?
Message-ID:  <20080316161534.GB25231@slackbox.xs4all.nl>
In-Reply-To: <200803161455.20738.ltcddata@davids-website.com>
References:  <77647f500803151709y2dbe8f65jb02fb8d73b2f407d@mail.gmail.com> <200803161455.20738.ltcddata@davids-website.com>

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On Sun, Mar 16, 2008 at 02:55:20PM +0000, LtCdData wrote:
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> So what's the deal with Flash? Occasionally, I will get a link on
> YouTube/Google Video that looks interesting, but for the most part,
> I've ignored them. Over the years, I have occasionally tried the
> mozilla flash plugin, but that has always crashed my browser within
> the first 10 minutes of use.
>=20
> So for those of you using FreeBSD 7, what is the current state of
> Flash? Can it be used regularly? Is it ready for the BSD desktop?
> Caveats? Comments? Advice?

For youtube, you can use the www/youtube-dl port to download them, and
mplayer to play them.

Alternatively, you can use the DownloadHelper add-on to download videos
=66rom several sites.
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> I see flash popping on this list over and over, and as yet I have not see=
n a=20
> solution that fully works. Yes I tried the wrappers, gnash etc. on native=
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> firefox and opera with limited success, however as others have also noted=
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> flash is now required, and as for myself, fully working flash 9 is
> also.

I for one am very glad to _not_ see all the annoying flash-based ads.=20

Roland
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R.F.Smith                                   http://www.xs4all.nl/~rsmith/
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