dmzeplin Posted July 23, 2006 Report Share Posted July 23, 2006 Hi guys.... Something I must have missed or need one more job to be done... I installed Flashplayer /usr/lib/mozilla-firefox1.0.6/plugins no problem... When I go on ESPN and there is right side which showed media video... But it showed only white square with letters saying: :huh: In order to watch videos, please download Macromedia Flash Player™ :huh: Where shall I add ??? Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scarecrow Posted July 23, 2006 Report Share Posted July 23, 2006 (edited) The videos on that site require Flash 8.0+, and for the moment there is no reliable way to playback those videos under Linux... sorry (only Flashplayer 7,0,63,0 is available). Macromedia/Adobe has promised Flashplayer 9.X for Linux a long time ago, but ATM there is none. Maybe Internet Sexploiter 6.X and Flashplayer 8.X+ under wine- but since I never tried it, I cannot promise it will work. Edited July 23, 2006 by scarecrow Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daniewicz Posted July 23, 2006 Report Share Posted July 23, 2006 scarecrow: A quick google search suggests Flashplayer 9 in early 2007. Have you heard anything different? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arctic Posted July 23, 2006 Report Share Posted July 23, 2006 2007, correct. Emmy Huang (Procuct Manager at Adobe) promises that in his(her?) blog. But a 64 bit version won't be available as it seems. Read it here: http://weblogs.macromedia.com/emmy/archive...virginia_th.cfm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dmzeplin Posted July 23, 2006 Author Report Share Posted July 23, 2006 The videos on that site require Flash 8.0+, and for the moment there is no reliable way to playback those videos under Linux... sorry (only Flashplayer 7,0,63,0 is available). Macromedia/Adobe has promised Flashplayer 9.X for Linux a long time ago, but ATM there is none.Maybe Internet Sexploiter 6.X and Flashplayer 8.X+ under wine- but since I never tried it, I cannot promise it will work. No wonder, when I saw Flashplayer and had clicked to install, but it said Flashplayer 7.0?? I tried to look for Flashplayer 9 and was unable to figure why do I get 7 instead of 9... By the way, I remember I used to download it from Macromedia site... but I didn't realized it had changed to Abode site?? Is that something that caused for whatever reasons?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scarecrow Posted July 23, 2006 Report Share Posted July 23, 2006 (edited) By the way, I remember I used to download it from Macromedia site... but I didn't realized it had changed to Abode site?? Is that something that caused for whatever reasons?? Macromedia was acquired by Adobe some months ago. Flash 9 is ATM windows only- AFAIK not even supported under MACOS X, let alone Linux. Hopefully next spring (32-bit systems only - as told above), but don't take it for granted! B) Edited July 23, 2006 by scarecrow Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dmzeplin Posted July 23, 2006 Author Report Share Posted July 23, 2006 Macromedia was acquired by Adobe some months ago.Flash 9 is ATM windows only- AFAIK not even supported under MACOS X, let alone Linux. Hopefully next spring (32-bit systems only - as told above), but don't take it for granted! B) Yea, alright... Let us rest this case until few months... Hopefully, we will get it... Actually, we will! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daggahead Posted October 4, 2006 Report Share Posted October 4, 2006 I'm sure Adobe will release Flash player 9.0 for Linux a bout two months after they release Flash 10.0. Bastards. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gowator Posted October 6, 2006 Report Share Posted October 6, 2006 (edited) A lot of the time these sites actually work but FAIL on the browser detection.... I kid you not I had to see one last week and the front page simply said USE FLASH.... neither konq nor firefox worked....even though flash was installed BECAUSE they prevented anyone using anything BUT IE..... If you then choose a page at random inside the site (using google) it worked! If I set konqueror to pretend to be IE running on XP it worked at the front page..... Try here: http://www.mapr.org/ now try part of the site http://www.mapr.org/El Museo.aspx Weird, they just don't want non IE people .... Now try in Konqueror/Identification setting browser string for www.mapr.org (Tools/configuration/browser id/)TO MSIE 6.0; Windows NT 5.1.... <script language="VBScript" type="text/vbscript"> <!-- // Visual basic helper required to detect Flash Player ActiveX control version information Function VBGetSwfVer(i) on error resume next Dim swControl, swVersion swVersion = 0 set swControl = CreateObject("ShockwaveFlash.ShockwaveFlash." + CStr(i)) if (IsObject(swControl)) then swVersion = swControl.GetVariable("$version") end if VBGetSwfVer = swVersion End Function // --> </script> <script language="JavaScript1.1" type="text/javascript"> <!-- // Detect Client Browser type var isIE = (navigator.appVersion.indexOf("MSIE") != -1) ? true : false; var isWin = (navigator.appVersion.toLowerCase().indexOf("win") != -1) ? true : false; var isOpera = (navigator.userAgent.indexOf("Opera") != -1) ? true : false; jsVersion = 1.1; And this is being paid for with PUBLIC MONEY.....and as you can see its designed to ID the OS as well and block non Windows regardless!!!! Edited October 6, 2006 by Gowator Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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