The multimedia platform from Adobe, whether used in a web browser or standalone.
Questions tagged [adobe-flash]
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Watch YouTube videos in terminal
I'm looking for a way to watch YouTube videos in terminal (not in a browser or another window, but right there, in any bash session).
Is there a simple way to do this?
I imagine something like this:
$ youtube
I already know how to…
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Flash plugin up to date but Firefox keeps telling me that I have the old version
According to my browser (Firefox 34.0) the installed version of the Shockwave Flash plugin appears to be 11.2.202.424. This version is considered to be insecure:
https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/flash-player/apsb14-27.html
The plugin is…
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Portable Firefox Linux
I've installed latest firefox linux-x86_64 from ftp.mozilla.com on a usb device and created a new profile file with the -P command. Unfortunately, the application does not recognize the flash plugin that is already installed on the operating…
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Deny flash plugin access to (a particular) webcam
I recently bought an external webcam to play around with OpenCV. It works great out of the box in Debian, but I realized that when I browse any site that contain flash content (youtube, soundcloud), the activity LED on the webcam flashes and in that…
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Command line for converting .SWF to animated GIF
I'm running Kubuntu. I don't want to install any Windows applications in wine. I would like a (relatively simple) command to convert a flash animation (.SWF file) to an animated GIF.
The input .SWF file is only 14.5 KiB and I want to convert the…
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Flash plugin of debian vulnerable?
I run Debian wheezy with Iceweasel as browser and have installed the Flash plugin similar to this description. Today I read that not only Flash on Windows and Mac also Adobe Flash Player 11.2.202.350 and earlier versions for Linux are vulnerable to…
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How do I install Adobe Flash on Debian Wheezy?
I have tried following http://wiki.debian.org/FlashPlayer but on the very first command:
sudo aptitude install flashplugin-nonfree
I get:
oshirowanen@debian:~$ sudo aptitude install flashplugin-nonfree
[sudo] password for oshirowanen:
No candidate…
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Why can't download flash plugin for Debian?
Environment:debian8+firefox esr 45.8
I want to install flash plugin for my firefox.
Firefox doesn't know how to open this address, because one of the following protocols (apt) isn't associated with any program or is not allowed in this…
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Why flash plugin is not updating?
I'm running Debian Jessie. I've upgraded the system with:
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get upgrade
Then I try to update flash-plugin with:
sudo update-flashplugin-nonfree --install
But the command runs without output and the plugin is not…
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How can I detect what is making my linux freeze?
I've been running arch linux for quite a few months and it has been the best distribution i've used. However, sometimes, it just decides to freeze.
I may be using the computer, the bottom bar shows the CPU load is at 0.30, perfectly normal, then all…
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Disabling xscreensaver when firefox is playing HTM5 video
I find some questions talking about disabling xscreensaver with flash but no one about HTML5.
Then, how to disable xscreensaver when firefox is playing an HTML5 vidieo and, if possible, only for some domain?
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Install debug flash player in Chrome?
I am trying to adapt the instructions from here, here, and here to install the debug version of the flash player on my Ubuntu 13.04 installation such that Chrome 30.0.1599.66 can use it.
Interestingly, it appears that I already have the official…
Cory Klein
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How to install Flash on Debian Stretch?
I'm using Debian Stretch and would like to install flashplugin-nonfree.
My apt/sources.list file contains
deb http://ftp.ca.debian.org/debian/ stretch main contrib non-free
deb-src http://ftp.ca.debian.org/debian/ stretch main contrib non-free
deb…
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How to turn off xscreensaver automatically while watching Flash video?
Can I configure Flash to automatically disable xscreensaver while it's playing video? Or, conversely, configure xscreensaver not to trigger while Flash is playing video?
I've seen this question on disabling the screensaver manually.
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Chromium doesn't display Flash in Debian Wheezy
Since Google phased out the NPAPI, it cannot use flashplugin-nonfree. I understand it needs to use pepperflashplugin-nonfree, but it's not available in the repos.
Is it because of my /etc/apt/sources.list? It looks like that now:
deb…
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