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No thats not it, i am using the adobe plugin not pepperflash. |
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This is the message that I get |
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http://imgur.com/LoNB9RV |
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-Kevin |
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On 02/12/2013 09:14 AM, Bruce Hill wrote: |
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> On Tue, Feb 12, 2013 at 01:32:10AM -0600, Kevin Brandstatter wrote: |
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>> I just got amazon prime for the instant videos (among other things) and |
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>> figured i should |
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>> be able to watch it on linux since its in flash. |
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>> However, I have had no luck getting it to play an instant video, |
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>> i've narrowed it down to videos with DRM, (because trailers play fine |
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>> and DRM screws up everything) |
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>> Google searches come up that it needs HAL (which is deprecated) |
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>> I even managed to install HAL, and still no luck |
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>> |
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>> i keep getting "error occurred and your player cannot be updated" |
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>> I have the latest flash, chrome and firefox. (tried both) |
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>> |
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>> Just wondering if others are having the same trouble or if someone has a |
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>> solution. |
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>> |
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>> -Kevin |
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> Is this attached screenshot the type of message you get? If so, you should |
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> have clicked on the link there which states "Why can't I watch videos on my |
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> Chrome browser in Linux?" ... and this is the message it provides: |
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> |
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> The Flash Player Plugin in Chrome removed support for Digital Rights |
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> Management (DRM) in Linux as part of the upgrade from 11.3 to 11.4. This |
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> upgrade was bundled with the latest Chrome 22 update for Linux. If you applied |
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> the Chrome update, you are no longer able to watch DRM-protected content, such |
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> as movies and TV episodes. Trailers are unaffected as they do not use DRM. To |
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> get around this issue, you can use a different browser, such as Firefox. For |
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> information on Chrome and the Flash Player plug-in, see: |
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> https://support.google.com/chrome/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=108086. |
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> |
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> My Gentoo workstation is using firefox-18.0.1 and just updated to |
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> adobe-flash-11.2.202.262 but won't play the free instant video I tried. |
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> |
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> Since that's the latest version of flash in portage, I supposed you could try |
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> and get the later source and create a local overlay and try that. |
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