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Tiny Core Base => TCB Q&A Forum => Topic started by: superj on February 13, 2012, 05:14:32 PM

Title: still no videos, even after following the instructions i found while searching
Post by: superj on February 13, 2012, 05:14:32 PM

ok guys, 

i searched on why i couldn't watch youtube or anything like that and found a thread that seemed like it would give me the fix because it said said no flashplayer (fixed) in the title.  anyways,  i tried out the response and couldn;t get anyhting to work.  i also tried following what the faq said about searching for getflash and installing it and still a no-go. 

what do i have to do to get youtube or flash player stuff to work?

please give first grade level instructions.  otherwise there is a strong possibility i will have to ask to have the instructions written out on how to exactly type stuff in.  i am not really strong in computer programming  (ha ha ha,  how about not at all)

Title: Re: still no videos, even after following the instructions i found while searching
Post by: Lee on February 13, 2012, 08:54:36 PM

Download and install getFlash11.tcz.  Do not make it "onboot".

On installation, getFlash11 will automatically run, which will create flash11.tcz, load it and add it to onboot.lst.

If your web browser is already open, close it and reopen it.

I have only actually used flash11.tcz with some of the firefox variants but I believe it works with other browsers as well - though I don't know if it works with all of them.  Same with flash10.tcz.

If you want sound, you will need OSS or alsa but I don't think the lack of a sound system will prevent flash from working.

Title: Re: still no videos, even after following the instructions i found while searching
Post by: superj on February 14, 2012, 11:46:39 AM

I'll give it a shot

Title: Re: still no videos, even after following the instructions i found while searching
Post by: Triophile on February 16, 2012, 03:34:27 PM

Hi superj.

You'll like TC once you get used to it :-) I struggled at first too, but with help from forum members, I've got my TC machine (well, one of them ;-) ) running very sweetly (and very fast!)

Ditto what Rich says about Flash. I use OSS for sound on YouTube, and have no problems. I used the App Browser to download OSS and ossxmix (as On Demand apps), and when I want to watch and listen, I start oss, then ossxmix, get the volume level set properly, then start my browser, and I get sound with the Flash videos.