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Description of problem: Flash video does not play if page code checks version. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): gnash-0.8.9-5.fc16.x86_64 firefox 9.0.1 How reproducible: Always. Steps to Reproduce: 1. Go to a site that checks flash player video (comedycentral, e.g., but preferably one that will report a version error.) 2. Error is either (a) version 10.x or newer required, or (b) you need to install Adobe flash and/or enable java script. 3. Actual results: Gnash works on youtube and adobe's page, but hardly anywhere else since everyone else stupidly insists on checking player versions in page code. Go to Adobe flash support page: www.adobe.com/support/flashplayer/ . Step 1 (check flash Player version) shows null for both installed player version and OS. gnash will not even load on any page that enforces a version requirement. Few pages throw a useful error message in this case, either. Expected results: Go to Adobe flash support page: www.adobe.com/support/flashplayer/ installed player version and OS should be something reasonable like LNX 10,1,999,0 or probably should be whatever is shown in Gnash Preferences under "Player version" so that such checks can be overridden. Additional info:
Sorry, I meant always for pages that check/verify flash player *version*, not video.
Hmm, this may be specific to Firefox 9. I updated Firefox on a F15 system to Firefox 9.0.1 and it also exhibits this problem, but did not before (with FF8.x).
Any word on this? I'm sure it's not just me because it's happening on multiple systems. This is not a small issue. It basically *only* works on youtube and the Adobe site. Sure, that's fortunate, but still...almost every other web-site checks version, which means flash video is practically broken in F16, even though gnash is capable.
I can confirm this is also still a problem with Firefox 10.
This problem continues with Firefox 11.
Problem continues with FF11 and gnash-0.8.10-2.fc16.x86_64. Please let me know if there is anything I can do to help.
Problem continues with FF12.
Problem continues with F17 and FF14.
Okay, now YouTube doesn't work either. I don't understand how this has lasted for 4 major Fedora releases and 6 major Firefox releases. Is there something I can do to assist?
(In reply to comment #9) > Okay, now YouTube doesn't work either. I don't understand how this has > lasted for 4 major Fedora releases and 6 major Firefox releases. Is there > something I can do to assist? Yes, please report the bug upstream.
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