[How to] use Flash Player contents > 11.2 in a Linux Browser
Posted: 21 January 2013, 20:24
Almost a year ago, Adobe announced it did not more support Flash Player on Linux:
and so 11.2 would be the last one, even if this version will be maintained for 5 years
Adobe announce
http://blogs.adobe.com/flashplayer/2012 ... linux.html
We hoped that the first issues with Flash Player contents will be happened not so soon, but my son today said me:
I remembered that I had read an article about Google-Chrome describing a Pepper Plugin API (PPAPI):
this depends on Chrome NaCl, so even if we can copy it on Mozilla Firefox, this will not work with
FIrst Chrome using this Pepper Plugin API (PPAPI) was version 20 with Flash Player 11.3
Flash Plugin 11.3 and greater solves the problem of Blue video on YouTube resulted in nVidia GPU hardware acceleration, it was fixed and now it works perfectly well as integration of new fixes and improvements for safer and efficient viewing of multimedia content using Flash Adobe.
I remind you that Flash Player > 11.2 is only available in Chrome and not in Chromium or other spin-off
For Firefox, Opera, Reqonq and all other browsers:
Adobe would release a debug version of the plugin with which they can also use the new Flash Player plugin.
The new plugin should have asked anyway Pepper Plugin API (PPAPI) which depend on the NaCl Chrome then to use Flash Player on Firefox we need also install Google-Chrome.
but nowdays the situation seems like stalled, if I am not wrong...
I never believed it would hit users so soon... but new contents start to ask for 11.3 version as minimal requirements, so that's a real problem
Issues with old Flash Player version might become even worse with time passing, when some apps and pages could become unreadable...
I know that for many people says that flash player is crapped because it wastes too many cpu resources and freezes so many times, but we still need this crapped thing, at least until there will be something that we can replace with
I am trying the only solution that I can see now: I downloaded and installed Google Chrome
ROSA & Mandriva - 64bit
ROSA & Mandriva - 32bit
Checking the Chrome version:
> Chrome Versione 24.0.1312.52
in the address form I write
about:plugins
Final results: My son is happy!
Tested with http://www.gioco.it :
Crazy Penguin Wars, Race Track Rivals and many other new games
with flash player 11.2 dont play, now with 11.5 inside chrome it's OK
I wish hope that we will have the compatibility with the new Flash Player versions also with all other Internet Browser soon
This small Guide is dedicated to my son Davide, who revealed me this ugly issue
bye, NicCo
and so 11.2 would be the last one, even if this version will be maintained for 5 years
Adobe announce
http://blogs.adobe.com/flashplayer/2012 ... linux.html
We hoped that the first issues with Flash Player contents will be happened not so soon, but my son today said me:
Davide wrote:Hey Dad, some pages with games ask me for Flash Player greater than 11.2, the games dont play, what can I do?
I remembered that I had read an article about Google-Chrome describing a Pepper Plugin API (PPAPI):
this depends on Chrome NaCl, so even if we can copy it on Mozilla Firefox, this will not work with
FIrst Chrome using this Pepper Plugin API (PPAPI) was version 20 with Flash Player 11.3
Flash Plugin 11.3 and greater solves the problem of Blue video on YouTube resulted in nVidia GPU hardware acceleration, it was fixed and now it works perfectly well as integration of new fixes and improvements for safer and efficient viewing of multimedia content using Flash Adobe.
I remind you that Flash Player > 11.2 is only available in Chrome and not in Chromium or other spin-off
For Firefox, Opera, Reqonq and all other browsers:
Adobe would release a debug version of the plugin with which they can also use the new Flash Player plugin.
The new plugin should have asked anyway Pepper Plugin API (PPAPI) which depend on the NaCl Chrome then to use Flash Player on Firefox we need also install Google-Chrome.
but nowdays the situation seems like stalled, if I am not wrong...
I never believed it would hit users so soon... but new contents start to ask for 11.3 version as minimal requirements, so that's a real problem
Issues with old Flash Player version might become even worse with time passing, when some apps and pages could become unreadable...
I know that for many people says that flash player is crapped because it wastes too many cpu resources and freezes so many times, but we still need this crapped thing, at least until there will be something that we can replace with
I am trying the only solution that I can see now: I downloaded and installed Google Chrome
ROSA & Mandriva - 64bit
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urpmi https://dl.google.com/linux/direct/google-chrome-stable_current_x86_64.rpm
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urpmi https://dl.google.com/linux/direct/google-chrome-stable_current_i386.rpm
> Chrome Versione 24.0.1312.52
in the address form I write
about:plugins
while the same with Chromium-browser shows meAdobe Flash Player (2 files) - Versione: 11.5.31.137
Shockwave Flash 11.5 r31
Nome: Shockwave Flash 11.5.31.137
Adobe Flash Player - Versione: 11.2 r202
Shockwave Flash 11.2 r202
Final results: My son is happy!
Tested with http://www.gioco.it :
Crazy Penguin Wars, Race Track Rivals and many other new games
with flash player 11.2 dont play, now with 11.5 inside chrome it's OK
I wish hope that we will have the compatibility with the new Flash Player versions also with all other Internet Browser soon
In the meanwhile your chromium-browser can use that:
How to make Chromium use Flash Player from Chrome
http://www.webupd8.org/2012/09/how-to-m ... layer.html
This small Guide is dedicated to my son Davide, who revealed me this ugly issue
bye, NicCo