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Susan 59
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September 17, 2020
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Flash Player Question

  • September 17, 2020
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Hi,  I have a slideshow that I want to keep,but flash player will not be supported after Dec 2020. What options do I have to be able to still watch it after this date? Thanks for any info

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    Correct answer jeromiec83223024

    I replied to this initially with a mindset of demonstrating how you could salvage something like this from a technical perspective, but it's been bugging me, and in hindsight, I didn't give you the best answer.

     

    The best answer is to reach out the photographer, explain that this particular piece of their work is something that you really value and appreciate, and ask if they might be kind enough to publish an updated slideshow that you could continue to enjoy.  At the end of the day, the photographer created something that you found moving and valuable, which took effort and skill on their part.  They most likely own the rights to those photos, (and I assume have permission to use the accompanying music).  Creative professionals generally appreciate when people enjoy their work, and really appreciate being able to make rent.  Drop them a note!

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    Inspiring
    September 30, 2020

    I replied to this initially with a mindset of demonstrating how you could salvage something like this from a technical perspective, but it's been bugging me, and in hindsight, I didn't give you the best answer.

     

    The best answer is to reach out the photographer, explain that this particular piece of their work is something that you really value and appreciate, and ask if they might be kind enough to publish an updated slideshow that you could continue to enjoy.  At the end of the day, the photographer created something that you found moving and valuable, which took effort and skill on their part.  They most likely own the rights to those photos, (and I assume have permission to use the accompanying music).  Creative professionals generally appreciate when people enjoy their work, and really appreciate being able to make rent.  Drop them a note!

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    Susan 59Author
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    September 27, 2020

    Hi, It is just a slideshow with some photo's of a concert that has a song playing with it. It is on Facebook,made by the photographer. It plays start to finish. I have the link to it.  I hope you can help me.    http://www.golubphoto.com/Slideshow/TenYears

    jeromiec83223024
    jeromiec83223024
    Inspiring
    September 23, 2020

    Ideally, you'd just convert it to a video or something that doesn't depend on Flash.  I might be able to offer a decent suggestion, but there's not much detail here to go on.  Can you tell me more?  Was there a particular program that generated the slideshow?  Is it yours?  Do you have access to the original file(s)?  Is it interactive, or do you just start it and it plays to the end?

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      Susan 59Author
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      September 28, 2020

      Hi, It is just a slideshow with some photo's of a concert that has a song playing with it. It is on Facebook,made by the photographer. It plays start to finish. I have the link to it.  I hope you can help me.    http://www.golubphoto.com/Slideshow/TenYears

      jeromiec83223024
      jeromiec83223024
      Inspiring
      September 28, 2020

      It looks like the actual Flash part of the slideshow just loads all the images and music as discrete assets.  You should be able to just save them as individual files and then use whatever slideshow program you want to make a replacement. 

       

      It might be a little scary looking if you're not technical, but it's not too bad. 

       

      Here's how you can do it: 

      Open the Developer Tools tab in your browser (View > Developer > Developer Tools in Chrome)

      Click on the Network tab.  This shows everything that gets loaded. 

      Load the slideshow

       

      Once it's done, you've got a list of all the assets that were loaded.  It will look like this. 

       

       

      The things you care about are the files that end in .mp3 (the music) and the files that end in .jpg (the pictures). 

       

      For each one of those, right-click it and choose Open in New Tab

      In the new tab, right click and choose Save As to save it to a folder on your computer. 

       

      It's a little tedious, but at the end, you should end up with a whole bunch of pictures and an audio track.  You'll need to find some slideshow software to let you recreate it, but you're 90% of the way there.

       

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