How to use macromedia flash with firefox??

cgmd · Last edited by cgmd on Wed Dec 21, 2005 3:32 pm; edited 2 times in total

Whenever I wish to view a video on the USATODAY.com web site I get the following error:

jstead1 · Posted: Tue Dec 20, 2005 2:26 am Post subject:

I believe they are incorrectly routing you to the don't meet requirements site.
It is not your error, it is theirs.
Send them a note from the link on that page you get redirected to.

It is kind of ironic since before you get to the page where you are told you can't watch flash movies, you are directed to an advertising site where, you guessed it, you get to watch a flash movie advertisement.
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sirdilznik · l33t Joined: 28 Apr 2005 Posts: 731

Can you view flash on any other site?

cgmd · Posted: Tue Dec 20, 2005 1:57 pm Post subject:

Yes I do see flash elsewhere... e.g. Test Flash

And, using my wife's Windows pc, I see flash on video links at USATODAY

Unfortunately, I just get the error mentioned above when I try to follow the "USATODAY" link...

Does anyone succeed in following that link using their gentoo box??

Thanks to anyone willing to try USATODAY using gentoo and post the result!
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immudium · Guru Joined: 12 Oct 2004 Posts: 332 Location: Utah

Try installing the user agent switcher extension from http://chrispederick.com/work/useragentswitcher/

Then go to Tools, User Agent Switcher and select Internet Explorer 6 (Windows XP)

Using this method the USATODAY videos play for me in Firefox 1.5. Interestingly enough, using the Netscape or Opera settings don't work for me either, just the Explorer setting, so it definitely seems to be something foobar'ed on USA Today's side of things. Maybe they're looking at the OS name being reported from Firefox rather than looking for flash capability.

cgmd · Posted: Wed Dec 21, 2005 2:46 pm Post subject:

immudium wrote:

sirdilznik · l33t Joined: 28 Apr 2005 Posts: 731

I doubt flashplayer 8 has been ported to linux. It's barely been out for windows a short while. Until a linux port comes out I'm afraid you won't be able to view flash 8 content on Linux.