Date: Mon, 19 Nov 2007 10:21:24 -0600 From: Thomas Donnelly <tad1214@aol.com> To: freebsd-multimedia@freebsd.org Subject: Re: howto flash me? Message-ID: <4741B804.7070702@aol.com> In-Reply-To: <4740C543.7080401@chuckr.org> References: <4740C543.7080401@chuckr.org>
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Chuck Robey wrote: > OK, I'm convinced now that we have no acceptable solution to get a > current flash player working under FreeBSD. I have here in the same > room with me a Gentoo box, and I see from their package system that > there are at least two different paths for getting flash working. > One's the Adobe Flash player. Anyone knkow why that won't work under > FreeBSD on Linux browser? > > Second option is either a gpl flash library called GPL flash (not a > long stretch for naming, is it?) There are even some tracks to go to > get some Adobe soource code. > > All I want here is hints, if anyone knows that one particular path > might be easier for porting than another, or possibly more compatible, > or for any reason a better platform for me to take on as a project, > I'd really appreciate a hint, because while I can port stuff ok, I've > never been all that plugged into the world of web applications, and I > probably don't know many things about web apps that you probably > consider as obvious. So, I'll take on the porting job if you can just > dredge up any hints you have heard, cause i don't want to waste time > on running up blind alleys. > > Thanks. I'll begin porting tomorrow, you have that long. > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-multimedia@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-multimedia > To unsubscribe, send any mail to > "freebsd-multimedia-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" Couple of ways to do it http://desktopbsd.net/wiki/doku.php?id=doc:browserplugins If you want to use a linux browser http://freebsd.kde.org/howtos/konqueror-flash.php If you want to use KDE and linux plugin wrapper. I find that the best way is to install wine-doors (/usr/ports/emulators/wine-doors) and run Firefox 2.0 and install flash in that. I can play bloons tower defense 2 semi-comfortably in it, granted the machine has a moderate amount of power. According to Adobe, FreeBSD isn't "cool" enough (actually just not enough requests, which if you look at the forums is quite a lie) So we are forced to use a linux hack. -=Tom Donnelly
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