My hardware and software info:
(First, check my .sig - it is up to date, I believe).
Kubuntu Intrepid 8.10 - 64-bit, Flash 10 64-bit, KDE 4.2, Nvidia driver 180.29
I have encountered a flash 10 situation and I have not found the answer yet. I did try searching the forum, the Ubuntu forum and then I googled.
What happens is that not all Flash sites work. I try some videos that are Flash and they won't play. It starts but is immediately a black screen. Yet, other Flash videos work (e.g. YouTube and some other sites). I try the Adobe (check your Flash version) and it works - detects Linux version of Flash 10, 64-bit.
So, I am perplexed so I decide to test in Windows. I fire up XP and try it. It works on those sites that didn't work in Kubuntu. I also try a Mepis partition. The same sites don't work.
Anyone know what's going on? I thought maybe those sites have something that allows only Flash to work in Windows. Flash 10 is installed and it's 64 bit and other sites work but some don't. I have no other theories and I couldn't find anything that matched my situation. I assume that this situation exists with other users but no one has posted yet or that I just haven't found those particular posts. Flash is so common and I cannot find any setting that I need and why would anything be different for some sites but not others? Therefore, the only conclusion I can think of is that there is something different regarding the Flash on those sites - something Windows-related or centric.
I am just curious and if there is a solution to fix it so I can watch the Flash videos in Linux, I would like to do it.
If not and there's no fix, I am just wondering what those sites did.
(First, check my .sig - it is up to date, I believe).
Kubuntu Intrepid 8.10 - 64-bit, Flash 10 64-bit, KDE 4.2, Nvidia driver 180.29
I have encountered a flash 10 situation and I have not found the answer yet. I did try searching the forum, the Ubuntu forum and then I googled.
What happens is that not all Flash sites work. I try some videos that are Flash and they won't play. It starts but is immediately a black screen. Yet, other Flash videos work (e.g. YouTube and some other sites). I try the Adobe (check your Flash version) and it works - detects Linux version of Flash 10, 64-bit.
So, I am perplexed so I decide to test in Windows. I fire up XP and try it. It works on those sites that didn't work in Kubuntu. I also try a Mepis partition. The same sites don't work.
Anyone know what's going on? I thought maybe those sites have something that allows only Flash to work in Windows. Flash 10 is installed and it's 64 bit and other sites work but some don't. I have no other theories and I couldn't find anything that matched my situation. I assume that this situation exists with other users but no one has posted yet or that I just haven't found those particular posts. Flash is so common and I cannot find any setting that I need and why would anything be different for some sites but not others? Therefore, the only conclusion I can think of is that there is something different regarding the Flash on those sites - something Windows-related or centric.
I am just curious and if there is a solution to fix it so I can watch the Flash videos in Linux, I would like to do it.
If not and there's no fix, I am just wondering what those sites did.
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