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

[Michael D. Setzer II]

On 8 Sep 2011 at 18:51, Bob McClure Jr wrote:

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Subject:        	Re: Non-YouTube videos don't work in F15 
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> 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.

Another alternative that might be an option with youtube.
Go to http://youtube.com/html5
then joing the html5 trial that will use WebM for displaying videos.

Doesn't solve the flash issue for everything, but it seems to get 
most videos to work without having to jump thru hoops..


> 
> 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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