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PostPosted: Thu May 27, 2004 3:14 pm    Post subject: Macromedia Flash 7 for Linux released Reply with quote

Finally it is available:
http://www.macromedia.com/shockwave/download/download.cgi?P1_Prod_Version=ShockwaveFlash&P2_Platform=Linux
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PostPosted: Thu May 27, 2004 3:17 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Jeeeeeeeeeehaaaa :D

At last :D Downloading it right now :)
Hopefully the audio-video sync problems are fixed.
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PostPosted: Thu May 27, 2004 3:26 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

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PostPosted: Thu May 27, 2004 3:33 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

OK, here are my experiences:

* Installation can be done by copying libflashplayer.so and flashplayer.xpt to /opt/netscape/plugins
* GFlashPlayer seems to be gone
* Audio/video sync problems are gone :)
* It is _really_ fast, rendering is a lot faster, CPU usage dropped enormously
* It's now working as it should in Firefox/Mozilla with GTK2 build (bugzilla)
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PostPosted: Thu May 27, 2004 4:03 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

all we need now is a shockwave player an ill be happy
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PostPosted: Thu May 27, 2004 4:38 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

8) 8) 8) 8)
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PostPosted: Thu May 27, 2004 7:18 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I just noticed: Gentoo is a "supported operating system" at Macromedia 8)

see here: http://www.macromedia.com/shockwave/download/alternates/#footnote-2

[for now, that's of course only for the version 6 player, but still :) ]
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PostPosted: Fri May 28, 2004 1:36 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Ebuild, ebuild, ebuild... I'm anxious to get you! :P
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PostPosted: Fri May 28, 2004 4:28 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

why when it's so easy to install?
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PostPosted: Fri May 28, 2004 7:24 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

I can also confirm that it works perfectly under Konqueror as well. If you don't have Mozilla installed (or one of it's deriviatives), you'll have to install things manually, which isn't difficult as outlined earlier in the thread.
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PostPosted: Fri May 28, 2004 7:48 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

cwt137 wrote:
why when it's so easy to install?

You're right, I used to do it manually. Gosh! I guess I'm terribly spoilt by portage! :oops:
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PostPosted: Fri May 28, 2004 10:42 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Niek wrote:

* It is _really_ fast, rendering is a lot faster, CPU usage dropped enormously
* It's now working as it should in Firefox/Mozilla with GTK2 build (bugzilla)

same experiences here :)
firefox used to crash on some flash sites, problem seems to be gone now :mrgreen:
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PostPosted: Fri May 28, 2004 10:53 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

No such luck for me with the audio/video sync problem :(. If anything it seems worse than version 6.

*sigh*
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PostPosted: Fri May 28, 2004 11:01 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Code:
inherit nsplugins

S=${WORKDIR}/install_flash_player_7_linux
DESCRIPTION="Macromedia Shockwave Flash Player"
SRC_URI="mirror://macromedia/install_flash_player_7_linux.tar.gz"
HOMEPAGE="http://www.macromedia.com/"

SLOT="0"
KEYWORDS="x86 -*"
LICENSE="Macromedia"

RDEPEND="!net-www/gplflash"

RESTRICT=nostrip

src_install() {
   exeinto /opt/netscape/plugins
   doexe libflashplayer.so

   insinto /opt/netscape/plugins
   doins flashplayer.xpt

   inst_plugin /opt/netscape/plugins/libflashplayer.so
   inst_plugin /opt/netscape/plugins/flashplayer.xpt

   dodoc readme.txt
   dohtml ReadMe.htm
}
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PostPosted: Fri May 28, 2004 11:34 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Skrot wrote:
No such luck for me with the audio/video sync problem :(. If anything it seems worse than version 6.

*sigh*


If you are using Konqueror, uncheck the Pipe sound through arts checkbox in the plugins tab. Things go out of sync slightly at times, but it's a lot better than it used to be.
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PostPosted: Fri May 28, 2004 11:43 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Utter groovyness--the Flash plugin had always crashed Firefox/Firebird/Phoenix for me before, on several distributions, no matter the method of installation. Finally, I don't have to switch to MS for Homestar Runner.
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PostPosted: Fri May 28, 2004 12:41 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Since I've installed flash 7 the videos at http://www.jerry.digisle.tv/room.html are without sound and at 2x the speed. Anyone else have this problem?
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PostPosted: Fri May 28, 2004 1:02 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

jmercer wrote:
Since I've installed flash 7 the videos at http://www.jerry.digisle.tv/room.html are without sound and at 2x the speed. Anyone else have this problem?


Works just perfectly here as it should be. Currently tested with mozilla 1.6 and firefox 0.8
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PostPosted: Fri May 28, 2004 1:33 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Thanks, good to know there is a solution. This computer (my office computer) is flaky anyway, I'll try on my computer at home after work.
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PostPosted: Fri May 28, 2004 1:43 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Hopefully it's better than its Windows-variant...... (And don't tell me you don't have any problems with it, b/c then you haven't really visited flash sites....)
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PostPosted: Fri May 28, 2004 2:07 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

wow @ the end i installed :P
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PostPosted: Sat May 29, 2004 1:13 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

DarkStalker wrote:
Skrot wrote:
No such luck for me with the audio/video sync problem :(. If anything it seems worse than version 6.

*sigh*


If you are using Konqueror, uncheck the Pipe sound through arts checkbox in the plugins tab. Things go out of sync slightly at times, but it's a lot better than it used to be.
No, I'm using firefox. On the homestar runner main pages, the sounds for the buttons on the left are *really* delayed now, whereas they used to be nearly fine. The sbemails start out fine now, but get WAY out of wack a bit further down the line... :/

Could a reboot of my computer fix it? I guess I'll try it just in case...
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PostPosted: Sat May 29, 2004 2:57 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

I'm having the exact same problem actually, which is frustrating..since at first it seemed like there was a huge improvement. Unfortunately the audio sync gradually fell out of place, as you described :/

Skrot wrote:
DarkStalker wrote:
Skrot wrote:
No such luck for me with the audio/video sync problem :(. If anything it seems worse than version 6.

*sigh*


If you are using Konqueror, uncheck the Pipe sound through arts checkbox in the plugins tab. Things go out of sync slightly at times, but it's a lot better than it used to be.
No, I'm using firefox. On the homestar runner main pages, the sounds for the buttons on the left are *really* delayed now, whereas they used to be nearly fine. The sbemails start out fine now, but get WAY out of wack a bit further down the line... :/

Could a reboot of my computer fix it? I guess I'll try it just in case...
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PostPosted: Sat May 29, 2004 4:18 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Yeah... :/ I restarted and no dice... I'm hoping its just some problem with old settings or something. Seems unlikely though.
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PostPosted: Sat May 29, 2004 6:02 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Hi.
The fonts in the flash movies are anti-aliased.
But I don't want those to be anti-aliased.

What should I do?
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