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From: Alan McKinnon <alan.mckinnon@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: YouTube "HD" unusable with Flash 10?
Date: Tue, 02 Sep 2008 21:45:25
Message-Id: 200809022345.09405.alan.mckinnon@gmail.com
In Reply to: [gentoo-user] Re: YouTube "HD" unusable with Flash 10? by Nikos Chantziaras
1 On Tuesday 02 September 2008 23:16:50 Nikos Chantziaras wrote:
2 > Nicola wrote:
3 > > Alle martedì 2 settembre 2008, Nikos Chantziaras ha scritto:
4 > >> I'm using Flash 10_beta20080811. All high-resolution content on YouTube
5 > >> gives a "We're sorry, this video is no longer available." error. Can
6 > >> someone confirm? Here's a high-res video:
7 > >>
8 > >> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zhZd3WU5l38&fmt=18
9 > >>
10 > >> (Usually, you can just add "&fmt=18" at the end of the URL to get the
11 > >> high-res, H.264/AVC version of a video, if that video is not older than
12 > >> 1 year.)
13 > >
14 > > I'am using Flash 9.0.124.0 and no problem with the high-res video you
15 > > pasted.
16 >
17 > I know that Flash 9 can play it. I'm just wondering if everyone here
18 > who uses Flash 10 has the same problem.
19
20 I have no idea how Flash 10 copes with this video as Adobe, in their infinite
21 wisdom, have decided to "improve" Flash 10 so that in addition to improving
22 the "amazing" "Flash" "user" "experience", it is also unloadable in Konqueror.
23
24 I think this deserves a good old fashioned fatwa be issued.
25
26 --
27 alan dot mckinnon at gmail dot com