Non-YouTube videos don't work in F15 [Solved]

[Bob McClure Jr]

On Wed, Sep 07, 2011 at 06:24:25PM -0400, Sam Varshavchik wrote:
> Bob McClure Jr writes:
> 
> >On Wed, Sep 07, 2011 at 01:38:21PM -0400, Sam Varshavchik wrote:
> >> Bob McClure Jr writes:
> >>
> >> >Okay, did all that.  Used the rc1 tarball from Adobe.  Now I can't see
> >> >the video portion of YouTube videos.  However I did notice something
> >> >that may be a clue.  While the video (sound only) is playing, I
> >> >clicked on the full-screen icon and a black screen came up with a
> >> >window title bar that says "GTK-Gnash", never no mind that in
> >> >Edit->Preferences->Applications I clicked on "Use Shockwave Flash".
> >> >Could it be that FF is locked into using Gnash regardless of what I
> >> >select?
> >>
> >> That's possible, so uninstall it.
> >
> >Okay, so done.  Now when it tries to play a YT video, I get Adobe's
> >version of the BSOD that says "The Adobe Flash plugin has crashed."
> >
> >Here are another couple of data points.  If I bring up YT with
> >Ephiphany, it plays them just fine.  AFAIK, the RC1 64-bit flash
> >player is the only one on the system.
> >
> >If I try Konqueror, it reports I don't have a Flash plugin.
> >
> >Thanks for your patience.
> 
> Well, the long and the short of it is that the 64 bit plugin works
> just fine for me.

After much screwing around with it, things are working now.  Based on
my experience, here are the steps that worked.

- Download the 64-bit Flash player from Adobe.  I got the RC1
  version.  Then do these as root:

cd /
tar xzvf <wherever>/flashplayer11_rc1_install_lin_64_090611.tar.gz
chown root:root libflashplayer.so
chmod 755 libflashplayer.so # didn't know it had to be executable earlier.
mv libflashplayer.so /usr/lib64/mozilla/plugins/

- It was still failing because it was using gnash-plugin even though
  I'd selected "Use Shockwave Flash" in Edit->Preferences->Applications
  for "Shockwave Flash file", so I

yum remove gnash-plugin

Now I get audio and video for YouTube stuff as well as non-YT stuff,
and as a bonus, I get my Live365 audio again.

I am a happy camper.  Oh, and the 32-bit stuff is still installed, so
it will coexist with the 64-bit player.

Thanks for your patience and guidance.

Cheers,
-- 
Bob McClure, Jr.             Bobcat Open Systems, Inc.
bob at bobcatos.com             http://www.bobcatos.com
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