64 bit Flash FYI....

[MoonRise]

http://broadcast.oreilly.com/2010/06...-no-flash.html

[dibl]

Re: 64 bit Flash FYI....

Yep. Debian pulled flash support from their repos yesterday -- I'm still fiddling with my sidux / chrome / gnash setup to get it working again. As usual, had I resisted the temptation to run dist-upgrade, I would not have the problem .... :P

But, honestly, if the plugin was that buggy, we're probably better off without it.

And yes, I do suspect Adobe's intentions -- the world will be a far better place when HTML 5 and open source players are the way we watch videos.

[Detonate]

Re: 64 bit Flash FYI....

I am still running the plugin. I am a little concerned about the danger, but it works so well I am reluctant to remove it. What is the real danger?

[dibl]

Re: 64 bit Flash FYI....

For understandable reasons, no one is saying exactly how the vulnerability works, but here's what Google says about it:

http://mozillalinks.org/wp/2010/06/p...vulnerability/

I think we're OK with Kubuntu for the moment ("OK" meaning "open to playing flash and being exploited ..." :-X ) -- I have not heard any suggestion that *buntu is pulling the plugin from the repos.

EDIT: Here's a little more: http://forums.cnet.com/5208-6132_102...sageID=3322282

[Detonate]

Re: 64 bit Flash FYI....

That article seems to be mostly directed at Windows users. I'm running the 64 bit version that was installed directly from the Adobe site. I don't plan to downgrade or go to the 32 bit version unless I start hearing about a lot of exploits affecting linux users computers.

[MoonRise]

Re: 64 bit Flash FYI....

That article seems to be mostly directed at Windows users. I'm running the 64 bit version that was installed directly from the Adobe site. I don't plan to downgrade or go to the 32 bit version unless I start hearing about a lot of exploits affecting linux users computers.

+1

[dibl]

Re: 64 bit Flash FYI....

FYI (since this issue is probably going to come up for *buntu), I discovered this much, regarding playing videos with gnash:

- in addition to basic ffmpeg, it needed gstreamer plugins ("bad" and "ugly) to get the audio to work
- with that combination, youtube videos work just fine in the Chrome browser
- BBC and CNN don't work, and probably others I have not tried

[Detonate]

Re: 64 bit Flash FYI....

Maybe all of this will be moot soon.

http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/linux...ready-versions

[dibl]

Re: 64 bit Flash FYI....

This post from late February, although dated in calendar terms, now has some very interesting analysis and predictions on the subject of VP8 and H.264, vs Flash: http://x264dev.multimedia.cx/?p=292