Gnash - open source Flash player!

Gnash is a project which aims to create a player and browser plugin for the Adobe Flash file format which is free software, replacing the proprietary software niche currently occupied by Adobe Flash Player.

Gnash requires either of the following - AGG, Cairo, or OpenGL for rendering.

It supports SWF-4 version completely and parts of SWF-8-9 formats

To install Gnash -

sudo apt-get install gnash

sudo apt-get install mozilla-plugin-gnash

Fixing Flash Sound issues in Firefox

You don't hear anything when playing a Flash video or it just doesn't sound after pausing and playing?

Install

sudo aptitude install alsa-oss


sudo vim /etc/firefox/firefoxrc

You will see a entry like

FIREFOX_DSP=”none”

Change it to

FIREFOX_DSP=”aoss”

Please note that these issues are usually noticed with the older versions of Flash.

Maybe you should upgrade to the latest version of Flash for Linux.

Flash 9 for Linux

Flash 9 for Linux - Enjoy!