[ale] OT - outdated Flash plugin for PPC

[arxaaron]

On 2012/11/12, at 19:34 , Jim Kinney wrote:
> There's a point where a hardware upgrade is the only solution.
> That said, websites should not prevent access but should always send  
> it anyway.
> See if tools like downloadhelper will pull down the flash vid anyway  
> and convert to other format with ffmpeg.
>
I have a few functional PPC Mac systems that I, too, would like to keep
serviceable for a while longer.  FaceBorg and Google both give  
notifications
of my "outdated" browser, but they both still work; only noticed point  
of site
fail so far is that the Guitar Center site breaks on redirect to the  
cloud for
product info.

FLASH is the big rake-over though.
Youtube complains but plays.  I have to download Ted talks if I want
to see them (I use Mpeg Streamclip, a free utility from  
www.squared5.com,
to play FLV.  Wish they had a Linux version...).  Embedded videos in
FaceBorg were the first to fail.

Oddly all the common pron sites have continued to work without
any issues. ;-)

I have recently installed a hacked version of Flash player that I'm
guessing spoofs the ID string to report a newer version.  Embedded
FaceBorg will play now.  "Ted" tries to load the video, but never
actually starts playing, but again, they provide a ready DL option.
Youtube stopped complaining as much.

flash 11 ppc hack -- URL's
Video from hacker:
<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iCrAKhv3R_c>

Info Site Link:
<http://lowendmac.com/ed/royal/12sr/flash-11-and-powerpc.html>


in peace
aaron





> On Nov 12, 2012 5:07 PM, "PairOfTwins" <PairOfTwins at mindspring.com>  
> wrote:
> Jim:
>
> If only I could locate a current version of gnash.  The one's that  
> I've located are from early 2011.  If only I could compile gnash on  
> a Mac -- without taking a vacation from billable work to do it.
>
> Tom
> ============================================================
> On 11/10/2012 01:28 PM, Jim Kinney wrote:
>
> Those old Macs should never see the Interest!  There is a Linux  
> distri replacement but flash will have to be gnash-plugin.
>
> On Nov 10, 2012 12:11 PM, "PairOfTwins" <PairOfTwins at mindspring.com <mailto:PairOfTwins at mindspring.com 
> >> wrote:
>
>     Several friends still use Apple's abandoned PowerPC Macs.
>
>     They're getting locked out of online content due to outdated Flash
>     plugins.
>
>     I'd hoped to find a Firefox plugin that would report the desired
>     version of Flash, like the plugin that allows the browser itself
>     to report that it's a version and platform that it's not.  Perhaps
>     that would violate some Adobe licensing clause, but it sure would
>     be handy!
>
>     Tom
>
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