Questions tagged [flash-player]
Adobe Flash Player is a plug-in for web browsers that enables viewing multimedia and interactive content created on the Adobe Flash (formerly Macromedia Flash) platform. It is one of the most popular and ubiquitous pieces of software, estimated to be installed on over 90% of personal computers.
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Where to download Flash Player for offline installation?
I can't find Flash Player download link which will give me the full EXE/MSI file, not the tiny downloader which downloads data from the internet.
What's the proper download site for this?
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How to automatically remove Flash history/privacy trail? Or stop Flash from storing it?
Many people have heard about third-party cookies, and some browsers even block those by default. Some people may even be using Private Browsing modes. However, only few seem to realise that Adobe's ...
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Turn off Google Chrome's Notification for "Flash Player will no longer be supported after December 2020."
Every time I launch Google Chrome, I get this notification on top. I'm not going to turn it off, and I click on the x button to close it but it pops up again when I restart Chrome.
Is there any ...
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Is there a standalone Flash Player for Linux? [closed]
I would like to download a Flash game and play it without using Firefox under Ubuntu Lucid - any ideas how?
I can download the game fine, I'm just wondering how to play it without Firefox. Is there a ...
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How can I force YouTube to not use HTML5 player because it is not working on the latest version of Firefox and now I can't see any video?
This is really annoying. Yesterday everything was working fine, now I wake up only to realize that all the videos on YouTube are using the HTML5 player.
Here is what I see when I try to play a video ...
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How to play SWF files without browser
I like to play some downloaded Shockwave Flash (.SWF) files without opening my internet browser. Sometime ago, I remember I could do it just double clicking on the SWF item. Then it was opening in a ...
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Linux flash player settings dialog unclickable
I'm using Slackware 13. When a flash app pops up the allow/deny dialog, I'm stuck because the buttons are unclickable. My adobe flash player version is 10,0,42,34. How can I fix this problem?
Edit: I'...
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Flash Player Automatic Updater on Windows Startup
Adobe Flash Player is set to automatically check for updates on Windows startup. I've always wondered where exactly it is set to do this. Checking the running services, as well as msconfig does not ...
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How can I automatically update Flash Player whenever a new version is released?
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Flash Player Update Service doesn't run on a reliable schedule, and doesn't automatically download and apply updates when it does run.
Given the importance of having an up-to-date version ...
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What is Silverlight and how is different from flash? Why should I install it?
I went Microsoft's website and in order to see some videos is requests me to install Silverlight? Is there any benefit?
I don't really feel like installing a plugin from Microsoft, but I wonder is ...
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Dual monitors and flash movie to stay maximized on one of them
I have recently assembled a dual monitor setup.
I often watch live.twit.tv in my browser and I would like to run it maximized while I do other stuff on second screen, but when I click on a desktop ...
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Why is H.264 video so much faster in an FLV container than in an MP4 container?
I am developing a tube site, and currently having issues with H.264 format. I noticed that YouTube put their hi-def videos into an MP4 container, so logically I did the same.
Next, I installed ...
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Firefox trying to download local .swf files
I'm quite annoyed with my firefox and Flash files :
When I try opening a .swf file with it:
If the file is on the web (via http://...), it plays normally in browser
If the file is local (via file:///...
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Red and blue are swapped on Youtube
Since Sunday (April 1st), red and blue are sometimes swapped when I watch videos on YouTube.
Examples are "Peeling Apple Like A Boss" (blue arms and apple) or, to my dismay, the famous Red vs. Blue ...
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Is it possible to get the text of a document being shown by the Flash Player?
I was searching for something, and found a document on a website. It is showing it using the Flash Player. When I wanted to save a copy by clicking "Download this document", it says needs to ...
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I don't want Flash, how do I make IE stop asking about installing it?
I don't have Flash installed, so on many web pages I get a dialogue which says something like "this website wants to install the following add-on: Adobe Flash Player".
Can I set this dialogue to ...
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Firefox thinks I'm using and older Flash version
I'm running Firefox 35.0 on Fedora 20. It has the current latest Adobe Flash version (11.2.202.440).
Firefox is blocking Flash and displaying an alert bar, claiming it is outdated:
In English: ...
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How do you tell the version of Flash Player running in Chrome?
I am getting an error trying to debug in Flex: it says to make sure I'm running the debugger version of Flash Player.
I downloaded it and installed it, but still am getting the error. But I wonder ...
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How to remove pre-installed Flash Player in Windows 8?
Windows 8 comes with Flash Player pre-installed. How do I remove it? It does not appear in "Programs and Features".
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What makes Flash so vulnerable and how does Mozilla fix it?
As said,
What makes Adobe Flash so vulnerable and how does Mozilla Shumway fix it?
Flash related malicious activity is due to malicious website right? Not in Adobe's software right? If so, how can ...
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How can I remove a website from the exceptions list for a plugin on Mozilla Firefox that is set to "ask to activate"?
I normally have Mozilla Firefox ask me before activating shockwave flash on
account of a slight bit of instability I notice when I tried to use YouTube. I
have it set to "allow and remember" on most ...
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Getting "Only a single instance of this application can run" error when upgrading Flash Player for Firefox and IE
I'm getting this error when I try to upgrade Flash Player for Firefox and IE:
Only a single instance of this application can run..
Any idea how to update Flash player then?
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How to debug a issue with flash player on Linux (ubuntu)?
I play a few games and watch movies online that use flash (Shockwave Flash 10.3 r183) with Firefox (3.6.22). From time to time, flash gets horribly slow and I have to restart the browser (some time it ...
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IE has trouble with Flash content
For some time now (dunno exactly) Flash doesn't load here when it's embedded using the <embed> element. It works fine, however, if done via <object> alone. So most embedded videos in web ...
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How can I prevent Google Chrome update from re-enabling integrated Flash plugin?
I frequently debug Flex applications in Google Chrome and use a debug version of Flash Player to get the job done. However, for some time now, Google Chrome has deployed an integrated version of Flash....
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Why are all flash videos lagging a lot?
Windows XP - SP3
I'm using both Firefox 3.5.2 and Opera 10 and I have this problem with both.
Flash videos stutter visually a LOT. During the short millisecond stutters the UI of the browser freezes ...
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How come I can't access Youtube videos on Chrome in Ubuntu?
When I try to watch Youtube videos in Google Chrome on Ubuntu Quantal Quetzal, I get the following "Couldn't load plugin." message.
I tried to go to "Wrench" -> Tools -> Task Manager in Google Chrome,...
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Is the standalone Adobe Flash Player still necessary?
I noticed that Internet Explorer 10 also has Adobe Flash Player built-in (like Google Chrome). So my question is, whether the standalone Flash Player (downloadable at Adobe’s site) is necessary ...
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Make IE stop asking me to install adobe flash player
I don't have adobe flash player installed, and don't miss the flashing ads a bit.
The only thing that annoys me: IE8 keeps asking me "this web site wants to install Adobe Flash Player", and I want to ...
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No Flash Player found. 11.5.0 version required. under ubuntu?
i want to play new games on Facebook but i have the message : No flash player found 11.5.0requis. It seems that there is no update version for ubuntu. How can y play games? Is ther another solution ?
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Constant Adobe Flash, browser and laptop crashes - reason?
For the last two days I have had constant problems with my browser and laptop, as both crash pretty fast (every 30-45 minutes) and regularly. Now I don't think it is a browser issue, even though I use ...
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Is there a way to maximize Youtube/flash videos to the size of window?
I have a single monitor on my home computer. Often when I'm using it, I'll put a video on the left half and whatever I'm working on on the right using W7's snap. I'd like the video to be the width of ...
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Does builtin flash player in Google Chrome on Linux x64 work?
I'm using Google Chrome on a Ubuntu 10.04 x64 system and I just finished doing an update which got me version 19.0.1084.46 of Chrome. Now for the first time I see a message that says Adobe Flash ...
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Fullscreen Flash video only shows 1/4 of video
When I maximize some Flash (version 15.0.0.xxx) videos to fullscreen, only the top left quarter of the screen is showing video, the rest is completely black.
I've tried this on OSX 10.9 and 10.10, ...
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IE can't load embedded swfs on the Internet, but can access them locally
We have two Windows Embedded Standard machines that have suddenly started failing to load embedded swfs over the Internet via IE, but then they're able to load them just fine when the HTML wrappers ...
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Switching Between Flash and Gnash in Firefox
How do you easily switch Flash players in Firefox on Linux between Adobe Flash and Gnash? Neither players work very well, but when one fails, the other usually works, so being able to quickly try one ...
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How can I fix video tearing and pausing on Windows XP Flash videos?
I have what should be a reasonably fast PC: it's a Quadcore Intel 6600 at 2.4 GHz, 4GB of RAM, an ATI 3800 series video card and an LG L246WP monitor, which I selected particularly because it was ...
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Where can I download the Flash Player redistributable installer [duplicate]
The standard process of downloading and installing Adobe Flash involves downloading a small installer, that will itself download the full Flash version adequate to your system, and perform the ...
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I need *what* for Flash video?
I've been vaguely considering setting up a computer in our home entertainment system as an Internet console. Namely, to watch video from Globaltv.ca, which is remarkably Hulu-like, just with one ...
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Where can I find a stand-alone Flash player install? [duplicate]
I don't like the Adobe download manager installing. I want to just download the program and install it. I have several systems so is it the same for each one?
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Flash continually asking to update
Each time I boot into Windows, I get an update request from (my already updated to current) Adobe Flash. I'm seeing similar across a range of laptops and other Windows 7 installs.
Either Adobe is ...
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What browser or any tool can reduce flash CPU usage?
OS: windows XP SP3
While listening to Pandora in Chrome, the CPU usage is almost to 100% for a single core in CPU. Is there any way to reduce CPU usage? Either by using another browser, any plugins ...
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How to Update ShockWave Flash Add-Ons in FireFox?
I currently have v10.1.8.53 of the Shockwave Flash Add-on installed in Firefox v3.5.19.
I want to update the add-on to the latest version so I downloaded the installer .exe and ran the installation. ...
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Adobe Flash not working anymore with Browsers
I have a really annoying problem: essentially, Adobe Flash is not working anymore. For instance, I cant watch any clip on youtube and I always get a black screen saying:
Movie not loaded ...
I have ...
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Why are there two types of Adobe Flash Player download / update?
Adobe Flash Player checks for updates at startup. If updates are required the Adobe dialog pops up with a [Download] button.
Usually when I hit the [Download] button it downloads the update straight ...
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Possible to capture and re-broadcast as RTMP?
I may have a need coming up soon to capture a live video broadcast stream and re-broadcast it as an RTMP stream for playback in Flash Player.
Is this possible? I'm seeing posts online from 2005 to ...
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Work around for yahoo mail slowness (using 100% cpu)
My yahoo mail is very slow sometimes. When it is, I notice that IE8 is using 100% cpu. Using sysinternals process explorer I discovered the thread using all the cpu in IE8 has Flash in the stackwalk....
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Why will flash videos not start until fully loaded?
All of a sudden, flash videos won't start until all of the movie is loaded. Affects every flash movie youtube, brake.com, my own videos.. I have Vista SP1 and I have tried uninstalling / reinstalling ...
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Flash player in firefox doesn't update playback device without a refresh
In firefox, while a video (flash player) is playing, I cannot immediately change the playback device. After I set the new playback device, the video continues playing in the previous one, and a ...
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How can I make Chrome work with OSS?
I had to install OSS on my new Arch system because ALSA didn't work (I tried disabling snd_intel8x0m). Flash in Firefox produces sound, but Chrome's Flash doesn't work. libflashsupport-oss is ...