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I have a problem with playing some flash videos. Here are 2 examples:
http://nieuws.vtm.be/buitenland/114229- … t-ongerust
http://nieuws.vtm.be/buitenland/114231- … jven-staan
I am using Firefox version 33.0.2 and flashplugin version 11.2.202.411-1. My architecture is x86_64.
When trying to play these videos, I get a message that I need to install at least version 13 of the Flash Player, with a reference to the Adobe website, but there is no more recent version for Linux than the one installed.
On the other hand, the same videos do display correctly in other Linux distributions (on the same laptop):
1. Xubuntu 14.04 LTS with Firefox 33.0 and flashplugin 11.2.202.411
2. Manjaro (Arch based) with Firefox 32.0.3 and flashplugin 11.2.202.406
3. Linux Mint 17 MATE with Firefox 33.0 and flashplugin 11.2.202.411
Any idea what is wrong?
Last edited by herremaw (2014-11-02 09:14:16)
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It works in my case with flash player version 11 (the latest one for Linux). My guess is that you do not have flash at all (or that for some reason it does not work). What does the following page say http://www.adobe.com/software/flash/about/ ? Have you installed the package flashplugin? Try with an empty profile (rename ~/.mozilla).
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It still does not work on my Arch linux installation.
http://www.adobe.com/software/flash/about/ returns that I have version 11,2,202,411 installed, as it should.
Moreover, the so called showcase: http://www.adobe.com/customershowcase.html from Adobe plays alright, but not the videos listed above in my first message.
Deleting my "~/.mozilla" folder does not help either.
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@olive: I have just completed a second, new installation of Arch linux with just Xorg-server and window manager twm (no desktop environment yet). Still the videos
http://nieuws.vtm.be/buitenland/114229- … t-ongerust
and
http://nieuws.vtm.be/buitenland/114231- … jven-staan
won't play.
I have also tried the Midori web browser. There I don't get the warning that I should install at least version 13 of Flash Player, but the video keeps loading for ever and does not play.
So, if these videos play on your Arch linux installation, I wonder what is different between our systems. I have architecture x86_64, I haven't installed multilib packages, I am using XFCE as desktop environment, my video hardware is Intel HD Graphics 4000.
Last edited by herremaw (2014-11-02 07:47:30)
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OK, a further investigation, I have found that the videos are not played with flash in my case. I think these are HTML5 videos. You are probably missing some plugins. Try to install all the gst- and gstreamer- plugins. I do not know exactly which are needed but installing all should do the trick.
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All gst- and gstreamer- plugins are installed, but still no success.
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Succes! After installing the package "gst-libav", It works.
It is an optional dependency for Firefox, but it is not installed by default. So, maybe it is something that could be added to some wiki. I will look into that.
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Apparently, it is already described in the wiki for Firefox:
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Fi … a_playback
It does not say explictly that "gst-libav" needs to be installed, but it says that all the optional dependencies of firefox need to be installed. That implies "gst-libav" since it is an optional dependency of Firefox.
@Olive: Thank you for putting me on the right track!
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Succes! After installing the package "gst-libav", It works.
It is an optional dependency for Firefox, but it is not installed by default. So, maybe it is something that could be added to some wiki. I will look into that.
The following command
pacman -Qi firefoxsay
gst-libav: h.264 videoBecause pacman -Qi already told the information, I don't think to explicitly mention it in a wiki would be a good idea, giving too much information would have the consequence that it won't be read. What could be mentioned, is a general advice to consider the optional dependencies of a program. This is a general rule: always consider the optional dependencies of a program, especially if some functionality don't work. Every optional dependencies gives you some extra functionalities not required to run the program, this is exactly the case here.
Edit: I have read your second post after having read your message. The wiki does agree with me, a general advice to consider optional dependencies is better.
Last edited by olive (2014-11-02 09:01:05)
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