Flash Player 8 not working on Opera 9 for Mac

Flash Player 8 not working on Opera 9 for Mac

Macromedia Flash Player 8 (8.0.27.0) preview release not working on Version 9.00 Beta Build 3385

Platform MacOS X
System 10.4.6

Anybody had the same problem?.What did I do wrong?.Please help

Hello and welcome to the Forums

I saw someone else reporting this some time ago. For me it works with 8.0.24.0 (platform and system are the same for me, I currently have Opera build 3398 installed), have not tried newer versions of the Flash player yet.

Originally posted by Papa_Leech:

Macromedia Flash Player 8 (8.0.27.0) preview release not working on Version 9.00 Beta Build 3385

Platform MacOS X
System 10.4.6

Anybody had the same problem?.What did I do wrong?.Please help

I've not had any problems with Flash myself with any Opera 9 build. This is on a PPC Mac with Flash 8.0.24. Are you running PPC or Intel?

Originally posted by lachralle:

I saw someone else reporting this some time ago.

Me?
No problems with latest "weekly" and Flashplayer 9. Hurrah!

Originally posted by derekJAB:

Originally posted by lachralle:

I saw someone else reporting this some time ago.

Me?
No problems with latest "weekly" and Flashplayer 9. Hurrah!

Wher did you get Flash 9?
I am pretty sure that it may solve the problem I have on the BTYahoo log in page. I get the the bunnnnys chomping the carrot but only intermeitently. It never happened in 8.54 but only since having moved up to 9. I did a save of the wand/password for this site so it retained my user name and password but when tis page is actioned so to speak (click on birdy) only the user name box is visible and the pasword box is completly shaded out. Maybe Flash 9 might make difference. If I use Camino or FF or even Safari and Shirra for that matter the problem does not exist. Interestingly enough when I remove all of the jargon after the word login? but not the stuff prior I get a windo from Yahoo (in yellow) in which I can fill details. I some times need to do this as my wife has a BTYahoo account as well where I have to go to dump the F***ing hoodia, pharms, etc etc spams. Who are all these strange named people/ Do they realy make money?
I think I will go and see Sherlock Holmes in Baker St. and ask him if he can take on the case.

Sorry about sidetracking but I feel a little better now.
Cheers to Operea.

Originally posted by mwayne:

Wher did you get Flash 9?

http://www.adobe.com/products/flashplayer/public_beta/
It is a beta, so don't blame me

Yay, have to check that one, too.

Hi,

I have just been on a web site which used a Flash Player presentation and I had no problem. A smooth trouble-free presentation.

I have a PowerPC 300MHz running OS 10.2.8 with Opera 9 build 3336 and the Flash Player version is 8.0 r23 for the enabler and r24 for the application.

Alan

Hi all!

I'm too having a problem with flashplayer on Opera9 using OSX 10.4.6 -> little difference: on a Macbook Pro using a Intel-Chip. And I guess papa leech is too using an intel mac. Any ideas how to get Flash running on an intel mac? didn't have the problem with opera 8.54 but with beta9

i too dont see any flash in opera (works in camino, safari etc)
a macbook and using that beta universal flash version

opera 9.00, OS X 10.3.9, Flash 8.0.24.0 : able to see videos on Google Video

intel or power pc? and was the video you saw a flash-video or quicktime video?

guys this is serious, i need flash! any ideas?

Earlier this year flash didn't work, since then it has worked fine. I recently upgraded my version of Flash to the Flash 8 beta on Adobe's site, and it still works fine - this is on an iMac Core Duo and MacBook. Hedgehog, I suggest you download the Flash 8 beta and see if that fixes things. Also, try going to the Get Info window about Opera, and setting it to open in Rosetta to further diagnose what exactly is going wrong.

Seems like i got it running now, but only in rosetta mode. so, if opera launches native, not flash, launched in rosetta it works. problem: rosetta is remarkably slower. you really feel the speed of the native mode. isn't there any possibility to run opera in intel mode and still use flash? (universal beta of flash or something?)

thnx anyways!

Flash is working for me on my MacBook. I run Opera natively and it seems to use the Flash plugin that ships with Mac OS X 10.4.6.

Solution: go to http://www.adobe.com/cfusion/knowledgebase/index.cfm?id=2dda3d81 and reinstall.

<long version below>

Download this uninstaller: http://www.adobe.com/cfusion/knowledgebase/index.cfm?id=tn_14157

Shut down ALL browsers, and run the uninstaller.

Go to :
http://www.adobe.com/cfusion/knowledgebase/index.cfm?id=2dda3d81

Download the plugin and read the instructions.

Shut down the ALL browsers, copy the plug-in to : Macintosh HD:Library:Internet Plug-ins

Start Opera, it now works on my Intel-MacBook

note: I also removed the file called NP-PPC-Dir-Shockwave, as it is macromedia and PPC-only. It might have been what triggered the solution, or it may have nothing to do with it - nonetheless, try to remove it if the aboe doesn't work.

That did it totally! Thnx a lot! (didnt need to remove NP-PPC-Dir-Shockwave) and its so much faster and smoother than running the ppc version of flash in rosetta ...

Indeed thanks! I couldn't get it to work to save my life!

I followed chknapp's advice but couldnt get it to work.
Then I tried to run Opera under Rosetta, and Flash worked! So I thought 'There must be a PPC version of Flash somewhere that the unistaller didnt care about' and so I found "Flash Player Enabler.plugin" in /Library/Internet Plug-ins/. I've seen this file many times but I thougt it was just a file that enabled Flash in some case, but when I looked at the info, it said PPC :<
File deleted and now Flash works in Opera on my Macbook

(I seldom start Opera on Mac though since its so damn ugly, but I guess I should be happy that there even is a macversion)

I had this exact problem and tried all of the above . I think the solution depends entirely on your set-up - I have flash 8 pro installed which added extra PowerPC files. I think the easiest way to fix the problem is simply to search the HD for "flash player" then check the "folders' and "other" categories for anything powerpc rather than universal binary using "get info". This should weed out any crap on an affected system regardless of setup - oh yeah, don't delete any bundles though!

Hope this helps if anyone is still stuck!

Deleting the Enabler file worked for me too! I've tried on several occasions and this is the first time I've had it work without resorting to Rosetta. Thanks!

Yes. It broke at me again, and my description didn't work with the new Flash 9 Beta, but removing the flash-enabler made it work perfectly! It is the _stupid_ Flash 9 installer that installs that file, because I deleted it before installing Flash 9.

Originally posted by superjoppe:

(I seldom start Opera on Mac though since its so damn ugly, but I guess I should be happy that there even is a macversion)

Just witch the skin. Tools -> Appearance. Chane from Mac-Standard, to Opera-Standard - and set «Color scheme» to «System colors»

Just wanted to note that Flash Player 9 universal seems to be out of Beta. It seems installing the Final release puts the Enabler file back in though... Just a reminder so you can delete it or move to the disabled folder.

Created this sticky post about the problem: http://my.opera.com/community/forums/topic.dml?id=155425