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No sound in Firefox Flash plugin

April 26th, 2008 by fnx

I'm pretty certain that I had this after upgrading my main PC to Fedora 8, but I hit it again this weekend on my laptop: no sound playing flash videos in Firefox.

I spent quite a while piddling around with settings, downloading flash videos, re-installing stuff and googling around the problem until I finally settled upon the solution.  It's quite commonly reported, once you know what to search for, and I'm fairly certain I've had and solved the self same issue before.

So, just to add to the noise, and hopefully let anyone rummaging the Net for a solution, I'll repeat it here:

You just need to ensure you install libflashsupport using your favourite package manager (I use smart).

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4 Responses to “No sound in Firefox Flash plugin”

  1. Ty Says:
    June 3rd, 2008 at 1:19 pm

    No hope mate. Nobody seems to know how to fix it

  2. fnx Says:
    June 3rd, 2008 at 6:28 pm

    This post tells you how to fix it.

    Plank.

  3. Chris Says:
    June 6th, 2008 at 10:29 pm

    I haven’t seen the word ‘plank’ used for ages. It really made my day.

  4. fnx Says:
    June 6th, 2008 at 11:16 pm

    I’m nothing if not obscure :-)

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