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pdlr
April 4th, 2010, 11:41 PM
Hi, everyone!

I've recently installed Ubuntu 9.10 on a PowerBook g4 (powerpc 1.3 ghz, 1 gb RAM). I am AMAZED at the improvement in speed over the Mac OS.

I have installed gnash (swfdec didn't have any effect at all. with gnash, at least there is a box where videos are supposed to be) and also ffmpeg.

now, i am completely aware that it may not be possible to get flash to work with my setup, but i am having trouble knowing definitively wether i am doing something wrong or if this simply will not work. there's a lot of posts/sites/comments out there and, being a first-time user, i'm not sure where i'm at.

For example, one page states that 6.10 is the last Ubuntu version that will work on PowerPC. Yet, I wasn't able to get 6.10 working correctly at all and I was able to install a 9.10 version listed under "powerpc downloads" that works perfectly. hmm...

I really appreciate any help. I am really falling in love with Ubuntu and hope I can contribute to this community in some way in the near future. Thanks!!!

:KS
linuxopjemac
April 5th, 2010, 12:47 PM
http://mac.linux.be/content/watching-youtube-and-lack-flash
oswaldkelso
April 5th, 2010, 01:14 PM
clive is broken.

cclive and abby are broken after a youtube change or something. See the patch or wait for the update.

See:
http://code.google.com/p/cclive/issues/detail?id=28#c1
http://code.google.com/p/quvi/issues/detail?id=3

or try compiling gnash

http://getgnash.org/packages/releases/debian/lenny/gnash_0.8.7.tar.gz
aysiu
April 5th, 2010, 01:16 PM
Did you install just gnash or the mozilla-plugin-gnash?

More details here:
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/PowerPCFAQ#Flash, Flash video and Gnash
pdlr
April 5th, 2010, 05:32 PM
yes, i definitely installed the gnash mozilla package as well. thanks for all the suggestions. i will try them all!
pdlr
April 11th, 2010, 04:24 AM
Just an update on this thread: I tried pretty much all the suggestions/comments/guides that I could find here and elsewhere on the internet. Nothing worked as far as getting flash to work within any browser.

I was, however, able to download FLV's and play with VLC media player. Thanks!