[Solved] Videos are not working

[14themoon]

I am having a problem with playing online videos--any online videos--on Pale Moon. When I go to a site with a video, in the area where the screen should be it says, "Activate Adobe Flash. This plugin is vulnerable and should be updated." Problem is, when I click on the screen it takes me to an Apple site...I don't have Apple, I have Linux! What is going on here? Also, if I use a different browser, videos play just fine. Thank you in advance for any assistance!

[SvenG]

Which version of flash do you have installed? Most recent should be 11.2.202.491.
Also most sites should fall back to html5 when media.gstreamer.enabled in about:config is set to true.

[14themoon]

You'll have to help me out a bit here...Where do I find the version of flash I have installed? Not really sure. I've never had a problem with videos on Pale Moon, ever. This just flared up all of a sudden. I'm wondering if one of the updates on Xubuntu (which I install regularly) conflicted with flash or some other program? Please tell me, if you can, some specific things I should try in order to correct this problem. Thanks!

[Night Wing]

I run 64 bit linux Mint 17. The Mint update manager downloaded and installed Flash 11.2.202.491 and I have no problem viewing online videos (such as those on YouTube) using 64 bit linux Pale Moon (25.6.0).

[14themoon]

Maybe Xubuntu hasn't gotten to that update yet. Is there a way you can use mplayer as a default video player rather than flash? That's what I use for playing my own videos and it's my media player of choice.

[Night Wing]

I do not know about "mplayer" since I do not use it in linux Mint.

[squarefractal]

Where do I find the version of flash I have installed? Not really sure.

You can find full details about installed plugins through the about:plugins page.

[14themoon]

Hmmm...where do I find the "about plugins" page? Is this something within Pale Moon itself or is it a Linux command?

[ikar-us]

Type

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about:plugins

in the address bar.
(The forum refuses [url=about:plugins]about:plugins[/url] as link.)

[14themoon]

Thanks for that. Okay...this is what I show--no Adobe flash but Shockwave flash:

Shockwave Flash

File: libflashplayer.so
Path: /usr/lib/flashplugin-installer/libflashplayer.so
Version: 11,2,202,491
State: Enabled (STATE_VULNERABLE_UPDATE_AVAILABLE)
Shockwave Flash 11.2 r202

[14themoon]

It would seem to me that my flash player is up to date. I don't understand it at all. When I click on "check for updates" it even shows there that my flash player is up to date! I've found that if I click on the little camera by the control bar I can temporarily suspend the block, but that isn't solving the problem.

[SvenG]

Good, please provide some more detail:
Which version of Xubuntu (version number, 32/64 bit)?
Which version of Pale Moon (version number, 32/64 bit, how installed)?
Adobe Flash, how did you get/install it?
Where does it happen (provide an accessible link, if it is for all flash, still provide a link)?

[ikar-us]

It would seem to me that my flash player is up to date. I don't understand it at all. When I click on "check for updates" it even shows there that my flash player is up to date!

You can also check on http://www.adobe.com/software/flash/about/ which version you are using, and which is current.
(The explanation text for Linux has changed the last days.)

[14themoon]

I have Xubuntu 14.04 and it is 64 bits. Where do I find my version of Pale Moon? Don't know. I downloaded it and installed from the webpage. I think Adobe Flash was bundled with the original Xubuntu package. I don't recall installing it independently. Thanks.

[14themoon]

Some techies say that flash is unsafe to use under any circumstances. Is there a way to use other media players as default?

[Night Wing]

Some techies say that flash is unsafe to use under any circumstances.

In my opinion, the above comment is basically paranoia.

I've been using Flash in both Windows and linux for many years and I've never had any problems with it security wise in either of these two operating systems.

BTW, I'm not a techie or a power user either. If I can use Flash and not have any problems security wise, I'm guessing the techies can use it too unless of course, the techies aren't really techies after all.

[SvenG]

Some techies say that flash is unsafe to use under any circumstances. Is there a way to use other media players as default?

The problem with Flash is, that it is a great target, Flash is everywhere, lots of websites use it, virtually all systems support it, etc. I have Flash set to always ask. Videos usually are played through HTML5 then, so there is not much use for Flash.

I have Xubuntu 14.04 and it is 64 bits. [...] I think Adobe Flash was bundled with the original Xubuntu package. I don't recall installing it independently.

14.04 x64, so we have basically the same system, if you open your package management, you should have either "adobe-flashplugin" or "flashplugin-installer" installed both should work.

Where do I find my version of Pale Moon? Don't know. I downloaded it and installed from the webpage.

Menu Bar: Help -> About Pale Moon
Did you use the installer or did you install manually?

Does Flash work in Firefox?

[14themoon]

My alternate browser is SeaMonkey and, yes, my videos work fine there.

[SvenG]

It's really hard, cause you just answer questions partially. So again:

Where do I find my version of Pale Moon? Don't know. I downloaded it and installed from the webpage.

Menu Bar: Help -> About Pale Moon
Did you use the installer or did you install manually?

It would really be helpful to know that!

My alternate browser is SeaMonkey and, yes, my videos work fine there.

So we can assume, that Flash is there and working correctly (assuming that you checked that whether or not Seamonkey is playing videos through Flash).

[14themoon]

Sorry...trying to do my best. Okay my version of Pale Moon is 25.3.2 (x64). Where do I find the installer? You say the fact SeaMonkey is working means that flash (or some other player) is working. How do I determine which? Would it be under "Preferences"? Please understand that I have been using Pale Moon for about six months now and I just had this video problem start about a week ago. So something must have changed...