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Disabling flash does not work with VLCTube #73

Open Joschasa opened 8 years ago

Joschasa commented 8 years ago

I can't use youtube with VLCTube and flash plugin disabled.

Error: For video playback either Adobe Flash Player or a browser with HTML5 compatibility is required. ("Für die Videowiedergabe ist entweder der Adobe Flash Player oder ein Browser mit HTML5-Kompatibilität erforderlich.")

Without VLCTube the HTML5 player loads just fine. With flash plugin enabled (but on "ask to activate") VLCTube works fine aswell.

Browser: Firefox 39 OS: Arch Linux

FRex commented 8 years ago

Same issue on Fedora 21. What is even more stupid, is that I have outdated Flash plugin that doesn't even load in Firefox AT ALL because Mozilla blocked it, but it still makes VLCTube work if I put it on "ask to activate" (and it of course never asks since it's blocked by Mozilla).

EDIT: Actually, it's even more bizarre, outdated Flash can load, but it can't be set to "Always Activate" and it's off by default on all pages and Firefox warns about it being outdated when there is request to load it. I was thrown off by the fact that YouTube NEVER asks for Flash to load when loading a video (just asked now on main page once).

Table of outdated Flash x VLCTube interaction:

VLCTube Flash on "Ask to Activate" Flash on "Never Activate"
VLCTube is ON VLC player works correctly Everything breaks (message about needing Flash or HTML5 is shown in place of the player and only control bar of VLC player is visible)
VLCTube is OFF HTML5 player works correctly HTML5 player works correctly
ghost commented 8 years ago

I have found this to be the case as well. If you uninstall Flash, VLCTube works, but then it always autoplays and in the console a Githubissues.

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