Adobe Flash

[jats605]

Which version of flash should I download for youtube vids?

BTW: I got the dual boot working.

[1roxtar]

I use the newest version (Adobe Flash Player 10). With Ubuntu RC, I no longer get any choppy video on my Acer Aspire One netbook or older Gateway 7324GZ laptop.

:guitar:

[jats605]

Well yeah, but for Linux it has 4 differnt ones.
YUM
.tar.gz.
.rpm
.deb (this says for Ubuntu 8.04+ so it would be this one right?)

[trubble]

Yes, use the .deb version.

[1roxtar]

Well yeah, but for Linux it has 4 differnt ones.
YUM
.tar.gz.
.rpm
.deb (this says for Ubuntu 8.04+ so it would be this one right?)

Yes, you need to download the .deb package. If you are using Ubuntu 9.10 Beta/RC you can find it in the Ubuntu Software Center. Simply type "Adobe Flash" in the search box and install.

[jats605]

Ok, i downloaded it but youtube still wont work. Any help?

[1roxtar]

Go to System/Administration/Synaptic Package Manager....type in the search box "swfdec-mozilla" if it is installed, uninstall it. Sometimes, it can conflict with Adobe Flash, but removing it should help. Are you running 9.04 Jaunty or 9.10 Karmic?

[jats605]

Jaunty atm, but plan to upgrade asap.

[jats605]

THANK YOU! It works now!

[jats605]

Gah now the cound isnt working. I dont know why, but the video plays, but the sound doesn't. The weird part is, it was working a while ago...

[edanto]

I have the same problem as you - sound isn't working in my Flash, but it's working fine in everything else (music player for example). I'm just starting to use Ubuntu (9.10) and I'm a little unsure of things like terminals!

I'm going through the sound troubleshooting steps one by one, but can you please say if you fixed your sound in flash, and how?

thanks

[edanto]

Updating Flash player fixed the sound problem.

(although video play is quite sluggish - I'll try a different flash player)

[grouchyolddude]

My audio quit several updates back in 9.04. I've been searching trying every "fix" I can find for a few weeks.

apt-get purge pulseaudio
fixed the flash plugin sound in firefox, but now I have no audio in the movie player.
Reinstalled pulseaudio and now the sound and video in flash plugin(firefox) is choppy and distorted and the movie player, kaffiene no longer has audio ..
Sound preferences are set to oss in system.all volumes on the alsa mixer are up in the red.

I'm frustrated....:???:

[edanto]

I must admit, I'm a complete novice with Ubuntu, but if it's any help to you, someone on this thread suggested a Firwfox greasemonkey extension that was able to smooth out the flash playing for me.
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1390335&page=3

Unfortunately, I still have some audio problems (my mic won't work, which means no voip), but at least that workaround fixes Flash in Firefox.

If anyone can advise me on the audio problems, I'd be grateful -
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1392915&page=2

[grouchyolddude]

results of sudo lshw -C sound


*-multimedia
description: Multimedia audio controller
product: MCP2S AC'97 Audio Controller
vendor: nVidia Corporation
physical id: 6
bus info: pci@0000:00:06.0
version: a1
width: 32 bits
clock: 66MHz
capabilities: pm bus_master cap_list
configuration: driver=Intel ICH latency=0 maxlatency=5 mingnt=2 module=snd_intel8x0

[grouchyolddude]

ran sudo apt-get update and rebooted.. It appears I'm right back at square one.. no flash audio, but movie player, ect are back to working normal

[grouchyolddude]

sudo apt-get remove pulseaudio
then


sudo apt-get install esound
reboot ..
fixed the issue entirely for me..

EDIT: I did have to go into systems-preferences-sound and put everything on alsa from the drop menu