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DaimyoKirby

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Registered: 2013-10-29

Posts: 54

[SOLVED]Bandcamp/Flashplayer issue on Firefox

So something strange seems to have happened to Firefox for me - youtube, soundcloud, and any other flash-based things I've tried play fine as always, but recently I noticed that Bandcamp refuses to load or play music. I'll click the play button, and it'll try to load, but then it'll skip to the next song, and the next one, as if my internet was too slow to load any of them.

I've tried Firefox Safe Mode, enabling Hardware Decoding, resetting Firefox through the built-in reset feature, and even deleting my .mozilla folder to give Firefox a completely fresh start. Bandcamp plays perfectly in Epiphany/Web, however, so I'm not sure if that means it's actually a flashplayer issue. Also, I've tried enabling Bandcamp to use HTML5 by default, but that didn't solve anything.

What should I try next to debug this issue? I feel like I've exhausted even the most extreme options (deleting the .mozilla folder), and that still didn't fix it.

Arch 3.12.9-1 with Gnome 3.10.3
Firefox 26.0 with flashplugin 11.2.202.332-1

Last edited by DaimyoKirby (2014-01-29 04:48:34)

phmongeau

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Registered: 2014-01-29

Posts: 1

Re: [SOLVED]Bandcamp/Flashplayer issue on Firefox

I had the same problem. I think bandcamp recently switched to always stream using html5.
They are streaming in mp3, so you'll need to install gstreamer0.10-ugly-plugins. (It's listed in firefox's optional deps)

DaimyoKirby

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Registered: 2013-10-29

Posts: 54

Re: [SOLVED]Bandcamp/Flashplayer issue on Firefox

you'll need to install gstreamer0.10-ugly-plugins. (It's listed in firefox's optional deps)

Ah, this immediately fixed the issue! Thanks so much!

Last edited by DaimyoKirby (2014-01-29 04:50:39)

nikolas

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From: Athens, Greece

Registered: 2017-01-05

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Re: [SOLVED]Bandcamp/Flashplayer issue on Firefox

Thanks a lot!

Trilby

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Registered: 2011-11-29

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Re: [SOLVED]Bandcamp/Flashplayer issue on Firefox

Nikolas, I'm glad you found this useful.  But please do not necrobump old threads, especially solved ones - and even more so never with an empty post.

Closed.

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