Opera updated to 49 and now having flash player problems

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leocg Moderator Volunteer @lot3rd1 last edited by

@lot3rd1 said in Opera updated to 49 and now having flash player problems:

So I know that it is related to this new opera release

It's related to Flash being deprecated. Chromium now asks you to allow or deny Flash on a site at the first time a Flash content is played.

You will see almost the same behavior in Chrome and in other Chromium based browsers.

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lot3rd1 @leocg last edited by

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yes, I go there and click to check and it says Sorry, Flash Player is not installed or not enabled and to go to step 2. When I click on step 2 it takes me to the download page for the flash player

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leocg Moderator Volunteer @lot3rd1 last edited by

@lot3rd1 Strange. What OS?

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lot3rd1 @lot3rd1 last edited by

I am now using the chrome browser - at least until this gets resolved and I am not having any issues with chrome and I am not getting any message to allow or deny flash on a site.

I am running Windows 10 Home and it is up to date.

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lot3rd1 @lot3rd1 last edited by

I have been working on this issue for almost 11 hours now and at this point in time, I would rather just go back to Opera 48.0 if possible (and without loosing all my bookmarks and speed dial links) and just not update the browser for the time being. (and hope that things will work themselves out).

I have also run multiple scans - anti-virus, malware and spyware and that is not an issue either. And as I had mentioned - all was working without any issues up until the update to the browser

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leocg Moderator Volunteer @lot3rd1 last edited by

@lot3rd1 What version of Chrome? Here on 64 I can see the same message on Chrome and Opera when visiting the same page.

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[bbildman]

bbildman last edited by

O48 had 4 options to work with:

Now we have only::

So much easier to have a global option to allow ALL sites to run Flash. It's obvious SOME sites have not adopted the "click to play flash" yet, as some work this way, and other simply won't play any flash.

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leocg Moderator Volunteer last edited by

'Click to play' was removed probably due to the changes in Chromium. Now the options for Flash are those two only.

[bbildman]

bbildman last edited by

Here's a web site that worked perfectly (the video window) but since yesterday when O49 updated isn't functional::

http://www.livenewson.com/american/msnbc.html

Works perfectly in IE11

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leocg Moderator Volunteer @bbildman last edited by

@bbildman Same on Chrome here. It works if added to exception list.

[A Former User]

A Former User last edited by

I'm having a similar problem as well after the update. My Adobe Flash Player is up to date (currently 27.0.0.183 PPAPI) and it seems like adding certain sites to the flash exception list in settings (specifically Amazon and Hulu) still does not allow video to play. Adding other sites to the exception list (such as the addresses listed earlier in this thread) does allow video to play.

[slytheringirl]

slytheringirl last edited by

I'm having the same problem after updating to Opera 49. Allowing exceptions doesn't work at all for me.

[operaturbosucks]

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Opera Turbo enabled every time Opera updates. Flash will not work with Opera Turbo. I absolutely hate that it turns itself on.

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bbildman @leocg last edited by

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Ah, ok, I see that. And now it surely works. SO it seems that if we have a Web site that isn't allowing Flash and still doesn't display the "Allow" drop down, you can just add the website to the exceptions list under Flash settings

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lot3rd1 last edited by

just adding the site to the exceptions list does not always work. I was doing that yesterday and it is not working when I add some sites to that list. I am not sure what the opera turbo is, but is definitely is not showing as any option when I click on the O in the upper left corner of my browser.

I had also contacted Adobe about this issue and they were doing quite a lot to try to get the issue resolved for me and in the end it was decided that this is browser behaviour, and not Flash Player, and it was recommend that I contact Opera for assistance.

Did that as well, but Opera certainly has not been of any help at all. At this point, I am going to start looking for another browser or just go back to using Google Chrome or Firefox and just dump Opera! If I could figure out how to go back to version 48.0 without loosing all of my settings, bookmarks and speed dials I would at least do that, but I can't find any information on how to do that either.

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leocg Moderator Volunteer last edited by

Chrome and any other Chromium based browsers based on the most recent version will behave the same. Other browsers like Firefox will probably start doing the same sooner or later.
Flash is in its ending process, so sites should start adapting to it.

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leocg Moderator Volunteer @operaturbosucks last edited by

@operaturbosucks Unless you have enabled it by yourself, Turbo will not enable itself on start up.
You can check if Turbo is enabled on settings page.

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So, soon there will be no Flash for any browser, and how sites work will be up to each site to "redraw" their coding so as to work without Flash.

https://www.theverge.com/2017/7/25/16026236/adobe-flash-end-of-support-2020

https://redmondmag.com/articles/2017/07/25/adobe-ending-flash-support.aspx

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leocg Moderator Volunteer @bbildman last edited by

@bbildman That's it. And I hope that those sites that use Flash start moving to a more modern solution (HTML5?) soon and don't leave it for the last hour.