OK, I can't figure out what's going on here, and I'm at my wits end, especially since it works fine in Kubuntu (what I use on another system). I'm using the latest versions of Opera (9.0.1.xxx.6) and Flash.
Two problems occur:
1) Starting with a new .opera directory, going to YouTube and clicking a video doesn't seem to do anything at all. No downloading, no caching, nothing.
2) Using my normal .opera directory, clicking a video shows that it's being loaded into cache, since I see the video being downloaded by the browser itself, and *not* be redirected to the Flash plugin.
Does anyone have any idea what's going on here? Is there some other setting/file that Opera uses that isn't part of the Opera package that could cause this? Obviously there's something different between Mandriva and Kubuntu wrt this, but I can start with a fresh installation of Opera on both, and it still doesn't work in Mandriva. Arrghh :(
SA <sa666...@gmail.com> writes: > OK, I can't figure out what's going on here, and I'm at my wits end, > especially since it works fine in Kubuntu (what I use on another system). > I'm using the latest versions of Opera (9.0.1.xxx.6) and Flash.
> Two problems occur:
> 1) Starting with a new .opera directory, going to YouTube and clicking a > video doesn't seem to do anything at all. No downloading, no caching, > nothing.
> 2) Using my normal .opera directory, clicking a video shows that it's being > loaded into cache, since I see the video being downloaded by the browser > itself, and *not* be redirected to the Flash plugin.
> Does anyone have any idea what's going on here? Is there some other > setting/file that Opera uses that isn't part of the Opera package that > could cause this? Obviously there's something different between Mandriva > and Kubuntu wrt this, but I can start with a fresh installation of Opera on > both, and it still doesn't work in Mandriva. Arrghh :(
> Steve
If nothing at all happens, then this is not your problem, but just in case: Make sure the flash library is not in a directory where any of the path components is "netscape". For some reason, flash detects this case and then video playback doesn't work on youtube nor videos.google. However, in this case the flash should still work, it just does not show any video.
Note that opera is a bit stubborn about which plug-in to use, so you may have to manually modify which plug-in it uses in prefs->advanced->downloads, mime type application/x-shockwave-flash.
To be sure which plug-in opera uses, you can 'ps xwww' while opera shows the flash and look at the final argument to 'operapluginwrapper'. It should be the complete path to the plug-in in use.
On Fri, 18 Aug 2006 13:55:46 -0230, SA wrote: > OK, I can't figure out what's going on here, and I'm at my wits end, > especially since it works fine in Kubuntu (what I use on another system). > I'm using the latest versions of Opera (9.0.1.xxx.6) and Flash.
For what it's worth, I'm finding that the flash at youtube.com won't work in either opera 9.0 or 9.01 on a brand new Gentoo install with all current updates. I'm using the static qt version only because I haven't installed qt yet. It works fine in firefox on this install...pretty annoying.
"TomD" <no...@nowhere.com> writes: > On Fri, 18 Aug 2006 13:55:46 -0230, SA wrote:
>> OK, I can't figure out what's going on here, and I'm at my wits >> end, especially since it works fine in Kubuntu (what I use on >> another system). I'm using the latest versions of Opera >> (9.0.1.xxx.6) and Flash.
> For what it's worth, I'm finding that the flash at youtube.com won't > work in either opera 9.0 or 9.01 on a brand new Gentoo install with > all current updates. I'm using the static qt version only because I > haven't installed qt yet. It works fine in firefox on this > install...pretty annoying.
~% ls -al ~/.opera/flashplugin/ total 2 drwxr-x--x 2 me users 88 Apr 1 17:38 . drwx--x--x 22 me users 1784 Aug 22 16:02 .. lrwxrwxrwx 1 me users 39 Apr 1 17:38 libflashplayer.so -> /opt/netscape/plugins/libflashplayer.so
I tend to be a control freak -- I have separate directories in ~/.opera/ that only point to one (1) plugin. Makes it easier to disable individual plugins.
I using 9.01-20060728.1 -- the static version of Opera and the current version of flash.
~% emerge -pv netscape-flash
These are the packages that would be merged, in order:
Calculating dependencies... done! [ebuild R ] net-www/netscape-flash-7.0.63 0 kB
Most strange. One of the guys on the Gentoo forums reported (and issued a bug-report against Opera) the netscape problem i.e. if netscape is in the flash path, flash doesn't work.
On Fri, 18 Aug 2006 13:55:46 -0230, SA wrote: > Does anyone have any idea what's going on here? Is there some other > setting/file that Opera uses that isn't part of the Opera package that > could cause this? Obviously there's something different between Mandriva > and Kubuntu wrt this, but I can start with a fresh installation of Opera on > both, and it still doesn't work in Mandriva. Arrghh :(
> Steve
I have Mandriva 2006 and have no problems with YouTube's Flash videos. I have found that you *might* need to manually inform Opera about the whereabouts of the Flash plugin directory, but maybe that's because I installed it as a user in my ~/.mozilla/plugins (I used to use Firefox as my main browser and still have it installed) rather than it being installed elsewhere on the system. In any case, maybe a look in opera:plugins might be in order. If it shows that Opera doesn't know where the Flash plug-in is, then you can set it via Tools>Preferences>Content>Plug-in Options>Plug-in Path. Other than that, I'm not sure what's wrong, other than to say it works for me.
"TomD" <no...@nowhere.com> writes: > On Fri, 18 Aug 2006 13:55:46 -0230, SA wrote:
>> OK, I can't figure out what's going on here, and I'm at my wits end, >> especially since it works fine in Kubuntu (what I use on another system). >> I'm using the latest versions of Opera (9.0.1.xxx.6) and Flash.
> For what it's worth, I'm finding that the flash at youtube.com won't work > in either opera 9.0 or 9.01 on a brand new Gentoo install with all current > updates. I'm using the static qt version only because I haven't installed > qt yet. It works fine in firefox on this install...pretty annoying.
> Tom
Gentoo installs flash in a directory where one of the path components is 'netscape'. Move libflashplayer.so somewhere else, tell opera where to look for it, and reconfigure application/x-shockwave-flash to use it from the new location. If libflashplayer.so is placed in a directory where one of the path components is 'netscape', it won't work on youtube.
(Alternatively, you could use a hex editor and modify the string 'netscape' inside libflashplayer.so. That works too.)
>>> OK, I can't figure out what's going on here, and I'm at my wits end, >>> especially since it works fine in Kubuntu (what I use on another system). >>> I'm using the latest versions of Opera (9.0.1.xxx.6) and Flash.
>> For what it's worth, I'm finding that the flash at youtube.com won't work >> in either opera 9.0 or 9.01 on a brand new Gentoo install with all current >> updates. I'm using the static qt version only because I haven't installed >> qt yet. It works fine in firefox on this install...pretty annoying.
>> Tom
> Gentoo installs flash in a directory where one of the path components > is 'netscape'. Move libflashplayer.so somewhere else, tell opera > where to look for it, and reconfigure application/x-shockwave-flash to > use it from the new location. If libflashplayer.so is placed in a > directory where one of the path components is 'netscape', it won't > work on youtube.
> (Alternatively, you could use a hex editor and modify the string > 'netscape' inside libflashplayer.so. That works too.)
> eirik
Following the hint in your earlier post to this thread, I used 'Tools - Preferences - Advanced - Content - Plug-in Options - Change path' to un-select all the entries mentioning 'netscape' (leaving 'opera' and 'mozilla' selected), and now the Flash content at 'YouTube' does play in Opera. (Mandriva 2005).
Is there some sort of problem between YouTube and AOL/Netscape?
>>>> OK, I can't figure out what's going on here, and I'm at my wits end, >>>> especially since it works fine in Kubuntu (what I use on another system). >>>> I'm using the latest versions of Opera (9.0.1.xxx.6) and Flash.
>>> For what it's worth, I'm finding that the flash at youtube.com won't work >>> in either opera 9.0 or 9.01 on a brand new Gentoo install with all current >>> updates. I'm using the static qt version only because I haven't installed >>> qt yet. It works fine in firefox on this install...pretty annoying.
>>> Tom
>> Gentoo installs flash in a directory where one of the path components >> is 'netscape'. Move libflashplayer.so somewhere else, tell opera >> where to look for it, and reconfigure application/x-shockwave-flash to >> use it from the new location. If libflashplayer.so is placed in a >> directory where one of the path components is 'netscape', it won't >> work on youtube.
>> (Alternatively, you could use a hex editor and modify the string >> 'netscape' inside libflashplayer.so. That works too.)
>> eirik
> Following the hint in your earlier post to this thread, I used 'Tools - > Preferences - Advanced - Content - Plug-in Options - Change path' to > un-select all the entries mentioning 'netscape' (leaving 'opera' and > 'mozilla' selected), and now the Flash content at 'YouTube' does play in > Opera. (Mandriva 2005).
> Is there some sort of problem between YouTube and AOL/Netscape?
As far as I understand, the flash plug-in works fine in firefox even when placed in a "netscape" directory. It just doesn't work in opera. I have no idea what the flash plug-in is doing differently based on it's installation path, or why it affects only opera. Or for that matter, why it is only the video playback that fails. Other flash content seems to work.
>>>>>OK, I can't figure out what's going on here, and I'm at my wits end, >>>>>especially since it works fine in Kubuntu (what I use on another system). >>>>>I'm using the latest versions of Opera (9.0.1.xxx.6) and Flash.
>>>>For what it's worth, I'm finding that the flash at youtube.com won't work >>>>in either opera 9.0 or 9.01 on a brand new Gentoo install with all current >>>>updates. I'm using the static qt version only because I haven't installed >>>>qt yet. It works fine in firefox on this install...pretty annoying.
>>>>Tom
>>>Gentoo installs flash in a directory where one of the path components >>>is 'netscape'. Move libflashplayer.so somewhere else, tell opera >>>where to look for it, and reconfigure application/x-shockwave-flash to >>>use it from the new location. If libflashplayer.so is placed in a >>>directory where one of the path components is 'netscape', it won't >>>work on youtube.
>>>(Alternatively, you could use a hex editor and modify the string >>>'netscape' inside libflashplayer.so. That works too.)
>>>eirik
>>Following the hint in your earlier post to this thread, I used 'Tools - >>Preferences - Advanced - Content - Plug-in Options - Change path' to >>un-select all the entries mentioning 'netscape' (leaving 'opera' and >>'mozilla' selected), and now the Flash content at 'YouTube' does play in >>Opera. (Mandriva 2005).
>>Is there some sort of problem between YouTube and AOL/Netscape?
> As far as I understand, the flash plug-in works fine in firefox even > when placed in a "netscape" directory. It just doesn't work in opera. > I have no idea what the flash plug-in is doing differently based on > it's installation path, or why it affects only opera. Or for that > matter, why it is only the video playback that fails. Other flash > content seems to work.
> eirik
I have my flashplayer plugin in the home/.mozilla/plugins directory. It works with both Mozilla and Firefox in www.nasa.gov but gives me only the audio stream in www.jpl.nasa.gov and I don't know why. Tullio Chersi
Tullio Chersi <tullio.che...@tin.it> writes: > I have my flashplayer plugin in the home/.mozilla/plugins > directory. It works with both Mozilla and Firefox in www.nasa.gov but > gives me only the audio stream in www.jpl.nasa.gov and I don't know > why.
>>I have my flashplayer plugin in the home/.mozilla/plugins >>directory. It works with both Mozilla and Firefox in www.nasa.gov but >>gives me only the audio stream in www.jpl.nasa.gov and I don't know >>why.
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