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Date:      Sun, 18 Apr 2010 11:20:33 +0800
From:      Henry Hu <henry.hu.sh@gmail.com>
To:        Chuck Robey <chuckr@telenix.org>
Cc:        freebsd-multimedia@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: playing youtube
Message-ID:  <j2z53a1e0711004172020ka3a24263s343b02a76868fd74@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <4BCA78E6.2000303@telenix.org>
References:  <4BCA78E6.2000303@telenix.org>

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On Sun, Apr 18, 2010 at 11:13 AM, Chuck Robey <chuckr@telenix.org> wrote:
> My ability to play the youtube videos has died ... I was admittedly away =
from my
> computer for 3 months (hospitalization + physical therapy), but when I go=
t back,
> gnash stopped working for me on youtube, it keeps on telling me to upgrad=
e. =A0I
> made sure I had the latest gnash installed into my firefox so I'm kinda a=
t a
> loss to explain this (why the gnash port won't do that for me, and won't =
even
> offer a readme to help is quite beyond me). =A0The default place for the =
port to
> install itself should be the place that works for other FreeBSD ports bro=
wsers.

You may try the linux flash plugin:
www/linux-f10-flashplugin10 Adobe Flash Player NPAPI Plugin
It works fairly well now, generally no lockups, with sound, and good font..=
.

>
> But you know what REALLY frosted me? =A0I went to google to see if maybe =
this had
> been chewed over and fixed (I'm running FreeBSD-current, BTW), and I saw =
several
> videos whose title seemed to be promising, but where where they? =A0Huh, =
they were
> on youtube. =A0Geeze, if you can view those videos, you don't need the he=
lp, and
> if you do need the help, you're basically fucked. =A0Anyone remember a bo=
ok
> "Catch-22"?
>
> I needed to vent this. =A0Oh, and if anyone on there has the magic formul=
a to get
> youtube playing again, I'd appreciate a hint, but I'll continue to try to=
 mine
> the mailing lists, this MUST have irritated others.
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--=20
Cheers,
Henry



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