Flash not displayed in Firefox (uses gnash)

[David Orman]

As an interested new Fedora user, who would like to avoid proprietary
software - is Gnash the way I should be looking? I've heard of another
project, swfdec, but never been told which option is better supported/has
more developer activity/tends to work best.
Flash usage for me is fairly limited, I only use flash for last.fm, youtube,
and menus on websites. Unfortunately, it is a necessary evil due to my
employment.

I've been attempting to go the Adobe route (due to seemingly not having an
option) - but this is a pain on 64-bit Linux. Any input would be very much
appreciated!

Cheers,
David

On Wed, Nov 5, 2008 at 10:34 AM, Matthew Flaschen <
matthew.flaschen at gatech.edu> wrote:

> Colin Paul Adams wrote:
> >>>>>> "Anoop" == Anoop  <anoop.chargotra at gmail.com> writes:
> >
> >     Anoop> On Wed, Nov 5, 2008 at 2:11 PM, Colin Paul Adams
> >     Anoop> <colin at colina.demon.co.uk>wrote:
> >
> >> If I point my browser to
> >     >>
> http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/us_elections_2008/7697829.stm
> >     >> , then the map is not displayed at all.
> >     >>
> >     >> Is there a way to get this to work, or do I have to install a
> >     >> different flash player?
> >
> >     Anoop> You need to install adobe flash player for that. You can
> >     Anoop> get it from www.adobe.com
> >
> > OK.
> >
> > But may I ask why? Is it the version of Flash needed? Or is gnash just
> buggy?
>
> Gnash has most Flash features up to SWF done, while above that it is
> spotty.  In this case, running the SWF with gnash's verbose output gives:
>
> 10666] 11:30:17: UNIMPLEMENTED: SWF9 is not fully supported, trying
> anyway but don't expect it to work
>
> for me.
>
> It is a very active project, and they are making significant progress.
> However, in the meantime, gnash can't handle this.
>
> Matt Flaschen
>
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