Why do Some Sites play flash content in one browser and not the other?
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Why do Some Sites play flash content in one browser and not the other?
Hello,
This is weird. I mean, some flash content will work in firefox and not in google chrome and some sites will work in google chrome and not in firefox. And some flash content will work in both.
I can't recall the sites right now but there wee a few that match the issue above.
Google chrome has built in flash player, it does not need papperflash plugin, nor PPAPI from adobe's website. If you are talking about chromium, that is another story.
Google chrome has built in flash player, it does not need papperflash plugin, nor PPAPI from adobe's website. If you are talking about chromium, that is another story.
Hi, sorry for the delay in getting back.
Anyway, before installing adobe flash, I went to check what version of flash google chrome was using by typing in the url
chrome://components
And shockwave flash was not installed. I found this weird because it was listed as installed in the past. I am using Google Chrome 59.0.3071.115
That's why I installed adobe flash for google chrome when it was listed as not installed.
Anyway, it's no big deal I just use two browsers when one site doesn't work I'll use the other.
Last edited by thepatriot9_9; 07-18-2017 at 09:06 PM.
A lot of sites limit things based on the browser ID string and the flash version number. I used to get NPAPI flash to work for some sites by hex editing the version number to the windows version number. But most times the PPAPI flash version is the better choice with freshwrapperplugin for firefox. It's not that the plugin doesn't work, it's that the site intentionally sabotages various versions and platforms. But otherwise works when lied to.
Normally something NPAPI or PPAPI in chromium, firefox, or uzbl (webkit) with or without hex edits can make most things work -ish. The webkit option for NPAPI flash with GPU accelleration. Less of an issue these days since a lot of things no longer need flash (youtube), or no longer offer free content (hulu).
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Flash isn't fully supported in Linux anymore since around version 11, besides it is an old and outdated platform, HTML5 is the way to go for the near and far future. It is supported in Chrome to an extent because it is built-in, however. Maybe Google decided not to ship it anymore or disabled it for Linux due to security, I'm not sure.
Flash isn't fully supported in Linux anymore since around version 11, besides it is an old and outdated platform, HTML5 is the way to go for the near and far future. It is supported in Chrome to an extent because it is built-in, however. Maybe Google decided not to ship it anymore or disabled it for Linux due to security, I'm not sure.
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