HOW-TO: Use the latest version of Flash with Firefox

[Snowhog]

Thank you Steve. Just followed your instructions. Worked perfectly.

[SteveRiley]

A question--when I go into Firefox plugins, it says I have Shockwave Flash version 13.1.2.3, as well as the old 11.2.etc Shockwave Flash. Wasn't the old Flash uninstalled? And why does Firefox report Flash 13 when YouTube reports Flash 15?

Did you follow step #1 and remove the old plugin first?

What's the output of

dpkg -l | grep -i flash

ll -R /usr/lib/mozilla

[vinnywright]

+1 worked nicely ,,,,,,,,,still wont play amazon prime instant video though

VINNY

[oldgeek]

I used the second line to uninstall flash, and it seemed to work. Here's what you requested:

steve@steve-desktop:~$ dpkg -l | grep -i flash
ii  flashplugin-installer                       11.2.202.418ubuntu0.14.04.1            amd64        Adobe Flash Player plugin installer
ii  pepperflashplugin-nonfree                   1.3ubuntu1                             amd64        Pepper Flash Player - browser plugin

steve@steve-desktop:~$ ll -R /usr/lib/mozilla
/usr/lib/mozilla:
total 44
drwxr-xr-x   3 root root  4096 oct 26 20:57 ./
drwxr-xr-x 144 root root 36864 nov 14 20:09 ../
drwxr-xr-x   2 root root  4096 nov 14 20:08 plugins/

/usr/lib/mozilla/plugins:
total 8
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 nov 14 20:08 ./
drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4096 oct 26 20:57 ../
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root   37 nov 11 21:46 flashplugin-alternative.so -> /etc/alternatives/mozilla-flashplugin
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root   54 nov  9 16:15 libfreshwrapper-pepperflash.so -> ../../freshplayerplugin/libfreshwrapper-pepperflash.so

This doesn't tell me anything. By the way, it seems to work fine. I was just curious.

[GreyGeek]

Thanks, Steve, your instructions worked perfectly.
You're amazing, man!

[SteveRiley]

I used the second line to uninstall flash, and it seemed to work.

You need to run both lines. You still have the old flashplugin-installer package.

Thanks, Steve, your instructions worked perfectly.
You're amazing, man!

Aww *blush* Glad it's working for everyone so well.

[vinnywright]

Aww *blush* Glad it's working for everyone so well.

well it still wont play amazon prime video for me ,,,,,,but dosent try to update the player .......

VINNY

[SteveRiley]

Amazon Instant Video is DRM-protected WMV wrapped in a Silverlight container. I think there's a way to get it via Flash, but you need to also install HAL -- a very ancient and now-deprecated abstraction layer for hardware.

Have a look here: http://www.amazon.com/forum/amazon%2...20on%20demand/

[GreyGeek]

Running the hal daemon (hald) allowed me to play Amazon Prime Video with the older Flashplayer, but now that I've upgraded to the latest and greatest flashplayer APV won't play, even when hald is running. It spins the busy wheel for a few seconds and then quits without any msgs.

The newer flashplayer runs so well on YouTube and other sites I am going to keep it and not going to revert.

Another complaint I have about APV is that when you add movies to your watch later list and then connect to APV with your REGISTERED TV, the Vizo TV interface to APV doesn't give you access to your watch later list.

[dtr]

The instructions here worked perfectly, but I experienced poor playback performance and it tended to crash much more often. I guess I will be sticking with the older version.

I will celebrate when Adobe Flash is finally purged from the internet.

[MoonRise]

I have SilverLight installed. See below. I don't know how it works with Amazon because I don't use Amazon but I think it should work. It works for all the other Silverlight applications that need it. There is a Thread somewhere here on how to install.

[vinnywright]

Amazon Instant Video is DRM-protected WMV wrapped in a Silverlight container. I think there's a way to get it via Flash, but you need to also install HAL -- a very ancient and now-deprecated abstraction layer for hardware.

Have a look here: http://www.amazon.com/forum/amazon%2...20on%20demand/

Aaa yes ,,,,,,HAL , I remember when it was the NEW way to have user mounted removable media auto mounted ......................ancient Huh

I just wander if installing it will have unforeseen consequence.

VINNY

[GreyGeek]

Aaa yes ,,,,,,HAL , I remember when it was the NEW way to have user mounted removable media auto mounted ......................ancient Huh

I just wander if installing it will have unforeseen consequence.

VINNY

When I had it installed it never interfered with anything. When I installed 14.04 I never installed HAL. This week, when trying to get the new flashplayer running with Amazon, I installed it. I saw the hald daemon, along with several other hal services in the processes list, but never noticed any difference in the operation of my 14.04. When APV didn't play I purged hal.

[vinnywright]

K ,,,,so it wont work (amazon prime video) in 14.04 with this updated flash player as posted @hear ,,,,,,,,,,,BUT in 14.10 with the stock player and doing this

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:mjblenner/ppa-hal                                                                                               
[sudo] password for vinny:                                                                                                                                                
Sorry, try again.                                                                                                                                                         
[sudo] password for vinny:                                                                                                                                                
 Trying to keep HAL alive for a little longer, mostly because I watch flash videos that use DRM, and flash needs HAL for that to work.                                    
 More info: https://launchpad.net/~mjblenner/+archive/ubuntu/ppa-hal                                                                                                      
Press [ENTER] to continue or ctrl-c to cancel adding it                                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                                                          
gpg: keyring `/tmp/tmp3ztlwgvu/secring.gpg' created                                                                                                                       
gpg: keyring `/tmp/tmp3ztlwgvu/pubring.gpg' created                                                                                                                       
gpg: requesting key BF7B8DAF from hkp server keyserver.ubuntu.com                                                                                                         
gpg: /tmp/tmp3ztlwgvu/trustdb.gpg: trustdb created                                                                                                                        
gpg: key BF7B8DAF: public key "Launchpad PPA for Michael Blennerhassett" imported
gpg: Total number processed: 1
gpg:               imported: 1  (RSA: 1)
OK

then

sudo apt update && sudo apt install hal

then

rm -rf ~/.adobe

and we have prime



and



he he he ,,,,,,old a$$ hal still working for us

VINNY

[GreyGeek]

I discovered the same thing this evening, Vinny!
The newer flashplayer was freezing my FireFox browser so I purged it, but kept the hal repository, and installed the repository version of flashplayer. I than ran hald ("sudo hald") and Amazon Prime Movies began playing for me, too!

I just finished watching "Still Mine", a story about two elderly couple and their fight against bureaucracy.
I'm as tall as the guy in the movie and my wife is about as tall as the woman who plays his wife. What he shows towards his wife is how I feel about mine. Great movie.