I tried pepper-flash for chromium but it didn't work..neither did deb-multimedia. The only thing which worked was Google Chrome and it really works.
On Sun, Sep 13, 2015 at 6:34 AM, Liam O'Toole <liam.p.oto...@gmail.com> wrote: > On 2015-09-12, Brian <a...@cityscape.co.uk> wrote: > > On Sat 12 Sep 2015 at 20:21:40 +0000, Liam O'Toole wrote: > > > >> On 2015-09-11, Paul van der Vlis <p...@vandervlis.nl> wrote: > >> > Op 09-09-15 om 23:43 schreef Liam O'Toole: > >> >> > >> >> I've been using Flash from deb-multimedia for years without issue (on > >> >> stable releases, I grant you). I use the following pinning: > >> >> > >> >> Package: * > >> >> Pin: release o=Unofficial Multimedia Packages > >> >> Pin-Priority: 100 > >> > > >> > I don't know what this is doing, do you? > >> > >> Yes. When a package is available in both debian and deb-multimedia, the > >> former is always preferred. > > > > Except when you use "Flash from deb-multimedia for years". > > I don't follow. Could you please explain? > > > > >> > I think you will have many packages on your system what are coming > from > >> > deb-multimedia. Maybe that's what you want, no idea. > >> > >> Not so. See above. > >> > >> > I think the people from deb-multimedia are doing their best to make > good > >> > packages. But I think Debian is too complex to mix with a repo like > >> > deb-multimedia with many packages. Maybe you don't have problems with > >> > flash, but I think your system is not "rock solid" anymore. > >> > And what does deb-multimedia bring you for that? > >> > >> The system is no longer 'rock solid' as soon as you install any > >> third-party software, be it via flashplayer-mozilla or > >> flashplugin-nonfree or anything else. > > > > Both packages use the same source from Adobe. Why specifically should > > one be less solid than the other when it comes to watching flash video? > > The point I was trying to make above neither is no more or less 'rock > solid' than the other. > > -- > > Liam > > > -- Himanshu Shekhar IIIT-Allahabad IRM2015006
