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GeorgeLaird
Participant
October 25, 2016
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Flash player not working

  • October 25, 2016
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Hi Folks

I am interested in motion graphics, I bought some time ago a product called Action Essentials 2 which contain offline tutorials embedded in web pages. I was able to watch these tutorials offline using Chrome and IE., now for some reason I get a blank white screen where the video is on the web page. I have tried a few things with my limited knowledge of computers and nothing works.

I deleted and reinstalled Chrome, no help same problem, tried reinstalling flash player no luck either.

When I used adobe bridge I can view the videos but the screen is too small, so there is a connection problem between the offline pages and what ever is used to play the videos via the flash player.

The version of flash I am running is the current up to date version. 23.0.0.185

When I brought the tutorials folder with the videos into the library and ran it on their machines, the web page videos run properly as they should.

I am really stumped and after 5 days reading trying to find a solution I think I need help.

George

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jeromiec83223024
Inspiring
October 26, 2016

Yeah, that doesn't look familiar to me either.  I'd try changing the mms.cfg flag above, and using IE/Firefox as the default browser.

Details here:

Adobe Flash Player Administration Guide for Flash Player | Adobe Developer Connection

jeromiec83223024
Inspiring
October 25, 2016

Disabling local-with-filesystem access in Flash Player by default

Beginning with Flash Player 23, local-with-network permissions will now be applied to all local SWF content, regardless of the preference chosen at compile time.

Background:
When playing Flash (SWF) content from local filesystem, developers have historically been able to configure content to exclusively read from the filesystem, or communicate to the network. When this functionality was introduced over a decade ago, it enabled an interesting array of use-cases ranging from simple games to interactive kiosks. In context of modern web security, we believe that it is time to retire local filesystem functionality in the browser plugin. At the same time, Adobe AIR has been established as a robust, mature solution for delivering ActionScript-based content as a standalone application.

Vast majority of Flash Player users and content will be unaffected by this change. This change only impacts Flash content played from the local filesystem, using the browser. Flash content hosted on the internet and local webservers, as well as the Standalone Flash Player remains unaffected.If you are a user who requires this functionality, these files can be added to the list of Trusted Locations in Flash Player.

Workarounds for Legacy Content:
We highly recommend that you only circumvent these controls to enable content from sources that they trust.

For Individuals:
For Internet Explorer, Edge, Firefox, Opera and Safari:
On the affected system, go to the Flash Player Settings Manager:
• Mac: System Preferences > Flash Player
• Windows: Control Panel > Flash Player
Select the Advanced tab
In the Developer Tools section, click the Trusted Location Settings button
Click the "Add..." button and add relevant files and folders to the list


For Google Chrome (and other PPAPI browsers):

Navigate to the Settings Manager page
Choose Edit Locations > Add Locations from the popup list
In the text field that appears, type or paste the file/folder path that you'd like to trust
Click the "Confirm" button
Note: Please be aware that the "Browse for files" and "Browse for folder" buttons do not function properly. You must manually type or copy/paste your path into the text field above the buttons to add the file or folder to the trusted list.

For System Administrators:
The legacy behavior can be restored by applying the EnableInsecureLocalWithFileSystem=1 flag to mms.cfg.

GeorgeLaird
Participant
October 26, 2016

Hi Jerome

I found this text debug doc appear in the folder.

[1026/142452:ERROR:file_io.cc(41)] write: The pipe is being closed. (0xE8)

I tried to add the file location to settings manager, didn't work.

Tried to google what this is and not having much luck.

George