[email protected] writes:
>>>>>> "heracles" == heracles <[email protected]> writes:
> heracles> Ken Foskey wrote: Snip...
>>>
> heracles> Thanks Ken, I checked and I am using the official alpha
> heracles> plugin libflashplayer-10.0.22.87.linux-x86_64.so.tar.gz to
> heracles> be exact. I can now get silent video perfectly, that is I
> heracles> get no sound. My sound card is a Creative Sound Blaster
> heracles> Live! and the onboard sound is turned off in the BIOS so all
> heracles> shpuld be fine. I have sound in all other applications and
> heracles> if I capture a flash file and play it back using Totem
> heracles> 2.22.1 I get sound.
>
> Last I remember, Mozilla+Flash tries to use the (obsolete) OSS
> framework instead of ALSA.
No longer, in Flash 10, which is nice.
> I think there's a wrpper programme you can use to force use of ALSA,
> but its name currently escapes me.
Historically, libflashsupport, which the OP indicated he had an older
version of installed that caused some of the problems with crashing.
> On a related topic, has anyone been able to get the GNU Flash
> replacement, gnash, working well?
Well? No.
> For me, it seems to leak memory, and use up lots of processor time
> without displaying things correctly --- same as the non-free flash
> player.
Just like my experience, only non-free Flash gets it right
occasionally, at least. ;)
More seriously, none of the free Flash replacements worked correctly
outside of the Firefox environment when I last tested them, which was
very disappointing.
Regards,
Daniel
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