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Questions tagged [flash]

Flash Players and Flash in general (the format etc). Use this tag if you have trouble enabling or installing Flash in Ubuntu.

Flash players include Adobe's Flash player, Gnash and others that render video, audio and interaction for flash based objects.

Note: Check Adobe's site which lists the latest versions for all platforms and APIs. Check if the version numbers exactly match with you package manager and browsers plugin management page, update the package cache and reinstall the package if they don't.

Overview

  • flashplugin-installer - The default NPAPI plugin compatible with most browsers in Ubuntu. Adobe stopped development with 11.2 and only provides security updates.
  • pepperflashplugin-nonfree - Downloads and extracts the actively developed version of the Adobe Flash PPAPI plugin (Pepper Flash) that ships with Google Chrome to set it up with Chromium.
  • Fresh Player Plugin - wrapper to use Pepper Flash with Firefox.
  • Arch Wiki article about browser plugins including Flash alternatives Shumway (experimental), Gnash and Lightspark.
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Can't click the allow button in Flash

Every time I want to enable my webcam or microphone in my browser, the regular flash screen pops up and I need click allow or deny. However I can not click allow or deny, it is not responding to my clicks. Does anyone know a fix ?
Lucas Kauffman
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flashplugin-installer vs. flashplugin-nonfree vs. adobe-flashplugin

When searching through Synaptic for flash player I always see the options to use "flashplugin-installer" or "flashplugin-nonfree" or "adobe-flashplugin". Is there a reason to use one over the other? I seem to be constantly running into problems…
wajiw
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How to download flash (streaming) videos from sites like youtube, dailymotion, vimeo, etc.?

I have read this thread but please hear me out. I use Ubuntu 10.04 LTS (32-bit) and I didn't bother to install the Flash plugin for Firefox as I am using a netbook and sometimes Flash caused firefox to crash. What I would like to ask is if I had the…
baktin
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How to watch videos in Amazon Prime Instant Video?

Today I upgraded from Ubuntu 12.04 to Ubuntu 13.10. I am not able to watch any videos in Amazon Prime Instant Video. I am getting this message: An error occurred and your player could not be updated. This is likely because your Flash Player or…
Vijay Krishna Mikkilineni
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Adobe will stop releasing new versions of Flash - what will happen to flash support in Ubuntu?

Adobe's Flash download page is displaying a message: NOTE: Adobe Flash Player 11.2 will be the last version to target Linux as a supported platform. Adobe will continue to provide security backports to Flash Player 11.2 for Linux. What is the…
Jack
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Search and download audio-only from youtube

Is there a way to search and then download from YouTube, with the situation that I only need to download the audio only, not the video.
Maythux
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Bootable flash drive for ubuntu

I'm trying to make my usb flash drive to a bootable stick. I've downloaded the ubuntu 16.10 iso and whenever I try to make it with startup disk creator this error occure. What should I do?
sphoenix
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Not able to change flash settings

My Gnome crashes constantly when I open web pages containing flash so I tried to turn off the hardware acceleration. I opened the Adobe flash player settings panel but found that the buttons are not clickable. I can still switch between…
Zeyu
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Why did Adobe stop Flash Player for Linux?

Possible Duplicate: Adobe will stop releasing new versions of Flash - what will happen to flash support in Ubuntu? I have heard Adobe claims they stopped developing Flash Player for Linux in an effort to get more people to make stuff in HTML5.…
pgrytdal
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Screen becomes white after exiting Full screen flash videos

This happens a lot when I spend my day watching online videos (especially long ones). When I exit Full scren from flash video, the whole screen becomes white and I can't do anything to fix it. I try to go CTRL+ALT+F12 and than CTRL+ALT+F7 but it…
spiroski
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Flash player blocked?

When I go to websites using Flash in Firefox, I get this warning: This plugin is vulnerable and it should be updated. Mozilla's plugin check agrees: Adobe Flash Player Shockwave Flash 11.2 r202 vulnerable 11.2.202.438 But if I follow the update…
Charles
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Flash videos do not stay full screen on second monitor

When I watch hulu on my second monitor the screen does not stay full screen when clicking on my main monitor. Is there a setting I can change to fix that?
Mooki
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How can I get shockwave flash to work on Ubuntu 12.04

I've tried most of the things suggested on this site and others so far. It's kind of frustrating because this is a home computer and I mainly use it for browsing the internet and watching YouTube videos. When I try to install something that might…
John Hill
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Can't change Flash settings from Chrome neither Firefox

I'm getting a problem since Ubuntu Natty until Ubuntu Precise, and I guess it's Unity-related. This image describes my problem: I'm on my pc with Ubuntu Precise and I open any Flash content, like Flash animations on the web. I do these steps: Put…
Leonardo Montenegro
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Full screen Flash problems

When I play Flash videos from sites such as YouTube, the videos initially play ok. However when the videos are full screened, a number of problems arise. Usually when the full screen button is first clicked, the video will take up the full screen,…
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