Flash no longer plays
Reported by
yaoziy...@gmail.com,
Oct 16 2016
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Issue descriptionUserAgent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/54.0.2840.59 Safari/537.36 Example URL: adobe.com/software/flash/about/ Steps to reproduce the problem: 1. Install a fresh Ubuntu 16.10; 2. Install the latest Chrome from chrome.google.com (54.0.x for me); 3. Go to a video site that uses Flash or adobe.com/software/flash/about/ ; What is the expected behavior? adobe.com/software/flash/about/ should tell you your Flash plugin's version. What went wrong? adobe.com/software/flash/about/ won't show your Flash plugin's version. Video sites that use Flash will show something like "Adobe Flash Player has expired" where a Flash video is supposed to show up. Did this work before? Yes Flash stops working since around October 14, 2016 Is it a problem with Flash or HTML5? Flash Does this work in other browsers? Yes Chrome version: 54.0.2840.59 Channel: stable OS Version: Ubuntu 16.10 64-bit Flash Version: Shockwave Flash 23.0 r0 Firefox can play Flash.
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Oct 18 2016
The problem first occurred around October 14, 2016, when I was still using Ubuntu 15.10 (64-bit) and the latest or near-latest Chrome. Flash videos were playing fine but suddenly a message like "Adobe Flash Player has expired" began to show up in all Flash boxes. I suspected that my Ubuntu or Chrome was too old, so I installed a fresh Ubuntu 16.10 (64-bit) and the latest Chrome. The problem persists. Firefox's Flash still works probably because Firefox uses a different (earlier) Flash version (11.2.202.637) while Chrome uses 23.0 r0. Maybe Flash version 23.0 r0 would automatically expire around October 14, 2016. If this is the case, maybe Chrome should uses an earlier Flash version for now. Also, to reproduce my software environment, I recommend installing Ubuntu 16.10 (64-bit) in a VirutalBox virtual machine and then installing the latest Chrome in it.
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Oct 18 2016
Could be due to something around the Flash deprecation? Can you provide screenshots of the messages + urls to the video websites reporting the version as expired? My Chrome 54 on Ubuntu reports the Flash version as 23,0,0,185 which seems to be the current one. I have to right-click the plugin to allow it to run though.
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Oct 18 2016
The attached screenshot shows Chrome 54 (on Ubuntu 16.10 64-bit) visiting http://live.kankanews.com/huikan/91.html and showing a Flash box with a Chinese message in it; the message translates to English as "Adobe Flash Player has expired."
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Oct 21 2016
I can confirm the same issue with yaoziy...
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Oct 21 2016
http://v.qq.com/x/cover/iamgde8gpe77z4z/h0022oclk5p.html Update to latest chrome, still got error Google Chrome 54.0.2840.71 (Official Build) (64-bit) Revision 5e302be61aa30f443d8ba24c9ece85e8f6076fb9-refs/branch-heads/2840@{#765} OS Linux JavaScript V8 5.4.500.36 Flash 23.0.0.185 User Agent Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/54.0.2840.71 Safari/537.36 Command Line /usr/bin/google-chrome-stable --wm-user-time-ms=2697318 --flag-switches-begin --flag-switches-end --disable_transparent_visuals --window-depth=24 --x11-visual-id=32 Executable Path /opt/google/chrome/google-chrome Profile Path /home/huzhifeng/.config/google-chrome/Default
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Oct 21 2016
Adobe Flash Player - Version: 23.0.0.185 Shockwave Flash 23.0 r0 Name: Shockwave Flash Description: Shockwave Flash 23.0 r0 Version: 23.0.0.185 Location: internal-not-yet-present Type: PPAPI (out-of-process) Disable MIME types: MIME type Description File extensions application/x-shockwave-flash Shockwave Flash .swf application/futuresplash FutureSplash Player .spl Disable Always allowed to run
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Oct 21 2016
We do not an Ubuntu 16.0 workstation. hdodda@ will try a repro again in Ubuntu 14.0 with the urls mentioned comment in #4 & #6.
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Oct 21 2016
If need. you can contact me . i can gave you remote vnc access (or Teamviewer ) to my pc. I can show you the real user environment. not just you test in your workstation. my skype live:hufeng1987
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Oct 21 2016
Tested on Linux 14.04 both corp and non-corp machines : Chrome version : 54.0.2840.71 Flash Version : 23.0.0.185 Navigated to above URL's mentioned in comment #4 & #6 , got a message "right click to play adobe flash player " and video played after doing so. Screencast attached for reference. We do not an Ubuntu 16.0 workstation, adding TE-Hardware-Dependency label. Thanks !
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Oct 21 2016
Hello. i have chrome on ubuntu 16.04. contact me . you can test it on my pc. my mail hufeng1987@gmail.com
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Oct 21 2016
As I mentioned above, you can reproduce my software environment by installing VirtualBox on your computer and Ubuntu 16.10 in VirtualBox. Both VirtualBox and Ubuntu are free software. Google them.
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Oct 21 2016
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Nov 8 2016
I works for me with chrome Google Chrome 54.0.2840.90 (Official Build) (64-bit) Revision 08caab7e9bdb32c94f9d6dda9a4f147fc0076c93-refs/branch-heads/2840@{#811} OS Linux JavaScript V8 5.4.500.40 Flash 23.0.0.205 User Agent Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/54.0.2840.90 Safari/537.36 Command Line /usr/bin/google-chrome-stable --wm-user-time-ms=1107393 --flag-switches-begin --flag-switches-end --disable_transparent_visuals --window-depth=24 --x11-visual-id=33 Executable Path /opt/google/chrome/google-chrome Profile Path /home/huzhifeng/.config/google-chrome/Default Variations 6a89113b-a7aa8ed 68ebfce2-ca7d8d80 6345b824-3f4a17df 3095aa95-3f4a17df 7c1bc906-f55a7974 ba3f87da-683ff4d1 31362330-ca7d8d80 f15c1c09-ca7d8d80 9e243dd-803f8fc4 9e5c75f1-c16ec2e6 6b121ae7-ca7d8d80 f79cb77b-3d47f4f4 b7786474-d93a0620 74df3f1-803f8fc4 868bda90-ca7d8d80 4ea303a6-e25ec47e fe9bec35-186f5907 9736de91-ca7d8d80 867c4c68-ca7d8d80 b2f0086-93053e47 3ac60855-486e2a9c f296190c-9fa1c5bd 4442aae2-6bdfffe7 ed1d377-e1cc0f14 75f0f0a0-a5822863 e2b18481-6bdfffe7 e7e71889-e1cc0f14 828a5926-ca7d8d80
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Nov 8 2016
I can play flash now. thanks. for your hard work. And flash player version: Adobe Flash Player - Version: 23.0.0.205 Shockwave Flash 23.0 r0 Name: Shockwave Flash Description: Shockwave Flash 23.0 r0 Version: 23.0.0.205 Location: /home/huzhifeng/.config/google-chrome/PepperFlash/23.0.0.205/libpepflashplayer.so Type: PPAPI (out-of-process) Disable MIME types: MIME type Description File extensions application/x-shockwave-flash Shockwave Flash .swf application/futuresplash FutureSplash Player .spl
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Nov 11 2016
Removing TE-NeedsTriageFromMTV label since it is a Hardware dependent issue.
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Nov 12 2016
I (the original reporter) still can't play. It's not a hardware-dependent issue. I used to be able to play, until Chrome "expired" Flash around October 14, 2016.
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Nov 16 2016
could this be related to crbug.com/659670
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Nov 17 2016
Thinking about this problem again, Chrome and Firefox actually both report that the Adobe Flash Player has expired since around October 14, 20016. But Firefox gives me an option to disregard this expiration and play Flash anyway, on a site-specific basis (for each site that wants to play Flash, Firefox would ask me whether to play or not). This option is useful, and currently I use Firefox to visit sites that play Flash. I hope Chrome can provide such an option. Chrome actually has a command-line option "--allow-outdated-plugins", but it doesn't work for me.
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Nov 22 2016
@yaoziyuan@gmail.com. can you please provide log files? can you please check if /home/huzhifeng/.config/google-chrome/PepperFlash/23.0.0.205/ has correct permissions (writable for user huzhifeng)? thanks.
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Nov 22 2016
@smaslenitsyn@google.com Which log files? (Please specify file paths) I have a ~/.config/google-chrome/PepperFlash directory, but there isn't any file or subdirectory in it.
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Nov 23 2017
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Comment 1 by hdodda@chromium.org
, Oct 18 2016Labels: TE-NeedsTriageFromMTV