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| 1425576 | 2016-09-19 00:55:00 | Try right clicking on the .swf/click on properties/ click on open with tab/ scroll down to Firefox/ select it so it highlights in green/ click on Set as default/ then click close. Once all that is done, you should only need to double click your .swf and it should play in Firefox. |
KarameaDave (15222) | ||
| 1425577 | 2016-09-19 01:32:00 | Try right clicking on the .swf/click on properties/ click on open with tab/ scroll down to Firefox/ select it so it highlights in green/ click on Set as default/ then click close. Once all that is done, you should only need to double click your .swf and it should play in Firefox. Nooop, just wind up with a black screen. 7448 7449 7450 Can you post a link to a swf that you can open please Dave and we'll see what happens then. |
B.M. (505) | ||
| 1425578 | 2016-09-19 01:57:00 | Yeah, I'm beginning to wonder if the "Hervey Bay.swf" file is damaged in some way. Did you try opening it from vlc media player? If you want to know if some Windows apps will work in Linux via Wine, you can look them up here: http://appdb.winehq.org/ I couldn't find an entry for that "Flash Movie Player" in the database but it might work. Though I think you'd be better off using a Linux native player if possible. |
Rod J (451) | ||
| 1425579 | 2016-09-19 02:11:00 | I don't know about it being damaged because it plays fine on the Windows machines, XP - Win7 and Win10. How do you associate and install Flash Movie Player? This is all foreign to me. It's a .exe file. 7451 |
B.M. (505) | ||
| 1425580 | 2016-09-19 02:24:00 | Sorry Rod, yes tried VLC but no luck there either. Vlc just sits on opening screen. | B.M. (505) | ||
| 1425581 | 2016-09-19 02:58:00 | OK, I guess it's time to install Wine (Windows compatibility layer). Start up Software Manager or Synaptic and search for "wine" and install it. Then you should just double click on the flash_movie_player.exe in your Downloads folder and it should then proceed to install just like it would in Windows. :) |
Rod J (451) | ||
| 1425582 | 2016-09-19 03:01:00 | Sorry Rod, yes tried VLC but no luck there either. Vlc just sits on opening screen. try here get.adobe.com pick linux in the drop down box or www.adobe.com Use with caution , flash has a looooong history of security issues & never ending patches .Sort of defeats the whole point of Linux ? :) or even better, see if you can open the swf in Chrome |
1101 (13337) | ||
| 1425583 | 2016-09-19 03:41:00 | convert it to html5... less and less use for horrible flash player anyway as HTML5 becomes default more and more |
bevy121 (117) | ||
| 1425584 | 2016-09-19 03:53:00 | OK, I guess it's time to install Wine (Windows compatibility layer). Start up Software Manager or Synaptic and search for "wine" and install it. Then you should just double click on the flash_movie_player.exe in your Downloads folder and it should then proceed to install just like it would in Windows. :) Right, got all that done and Flash Movie Player seemed to install itself OK but it cant find the Shockwave Plug-in. Fine, so we try and install it, but get advised that the latest version is already installed. Around we go in circles. :waughh: 7452 7453 7454 7455 |
B.M. (505) | ||
| 1425585 | 2016-09-19 04:32:00 | Yes, but as you're running a Windows app now it's looking for the Windows version of Flash which it can't find. Honestly, it would make more sense to abandon Flash which is on the way out (especially in Linux) and convert the .swf file(s) to something more universal like .mp4. But, maybe this will work as it appears that the problem is really that the .swf file isn't recognised properly as a video file. I got this solution here: askubuntu.com The second answer on that page is simpler and doesn't involve root access: "Another option is to create ~/.mime.types in the home directory with following content: application/x-shockwave-flash swf swfl This way it will not get overwritten on system upgrade." Basically, it translates to: Create a text file in your home folder (/home/bob) named ".mime.types" (note the leading "." which means it's a hidden file in Linux. The contents of the file is the one line (copy and paste): application/x-shockwave-flash swf swfl Just use the standard text editor "Gedit". Maybe, just maybe, the file will then open in Firefox. :) |
Rod J (451) | ||
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