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Living Without Flash (Experiment)

I recently got my brand new, super fast (and super expensive) new MacBook Pro (15″, Intel i7 Quadcore 2.2GHZ CPU). As a little experiment, I will not install Adobe’s Flash Player on my new baby. Question is, how long does it take, before I give up and install that piece of #!@ software? My goal is to keep it away for several weeks. Webpages, that require Flash will be noted and maybe published.

Of course, the experiment is a little bit difficult, because Google Chrome, my preferred browser, has a Flash player built-in.

Let me know if you have tried something similar or if you want to support me :-)

Adobe Flash Player for Android … *lol*

I am sorry, I usually don’t flame about other people’s software. But Adobe Flash has always been a pain in the ass. I hate it on my MacBook and I don’t really like it on my Android (yes SteveJ, it drains my battery like crazy).

After investigating some issues with TV.Centerr and HTC Desire HD I came across the AndroidManifest.xml of the latest release (10.1.105.7). There I discovered some funny things

  1. android.webkit.PLUGIN is completely deprecated (source). So at some point, that stuff will no longer be supported by the Android system. Bad.
  2. Isn’t 8 gte 5 (8 > 5)? So Adobe develops for SDK version 8 (Android 2.2) but works with the SDK v5?

I really, really hope Adobe knows what they are doing …
And I still did not find a solution to the Desire HD problem.

TV.Centerr and Adobe Flash Player 10.1.92.10

Adobe recently updated their Flash player for the Android platform. No big deal you should guess. But wrong. Somehow the managed to screw up big! There is a security hole, Adobe also managed to somehow break TV.Centerr and the general Zattoo.com stream.

For now all you can do if TV.Centerr or Zattoo.com is not working for you, remove Adobe Flash player and install this version:
Download Adobe Flash Player 10.1.92.8 for Android

I am really sorry, but this is out of my hands.


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DEBUG/QCvdec(161): portDefn->nBufferSize 219648 m_height 352 m_width 416
DEBUG/QCvdec(161): portDefn->nBufferSize 219648 m_height 352 m_width 416
DEBUG/QCvdec(161): portDefn->nBufferSize 219648 m_height 352 m_width 416
WARN/QCvdec(161): H264_Utils::check_header
WARN/QCvdec(161): check_header: start code 31
WARN/QCvdec(161): check_header: start code got fisrt NAL 4
WARN/QCvdec(161): check_header: start code looking for second NAL 4
WARN/QCvdec(161): Error at extract rbsp line 1548
WARN/QCvdec(161): check_header: start code partial nal in one buffer 31
WARN/QCvdec(161): H264_Utils::check_header
WARN/QCvdec(161): check_header: start code 8
WARN/QCvdec(161): check_header: start code got fisrt NAL 4
WARN/QCvdec(161): check_header: start code looking for second NAL 4
WARN/QCvdec(161): Error at extract rbsp line 1548
WARN/QCvdec(161): check_header: start code partial nal in one buffer 8
WARN/QCvdec(161): H264 profile 77, level 21
WARN/QCvdec(161): vdec_open
ERROR/QCvdec(161): adsp: cannot open cpu_dma_latency, fd: 23 (Permission denied)
WARN/QCvdec(161): add_entry_subframe_stitching- H264
WARN/QCvdec(161): add_entry_subframe_stitching- H264
WARN/QCvdec(161): add_entry_subframe_stitching arbitrary bytes - SUBFRAME_TYPE_PREVIOUS_FRAME
WARN/QCvdec(161): add_entry_subframe_stitching- H264
WARN/QCvdec(161): add_entry_subframe_stitching arbitrary bytes - SUBFRAME_TYPE_PREVIOUS_FRAME
WARN/QCvdec(161): add_entry_subframe_stitching- H264
WARN/QCvdec(161): add_entry_subframe_stitching arbitrary bytes - SUBFRAME_TYPE_PREVIOUS_FRAME
WARN/QCvdec(161): add_entry_subframe_stitching- H264
WARN/QCvdec(161): add_entry_subframe_stitching - add entry previous buffer
WARN/QCvdec(161): add_entry_subframe_stitching- H264
WARN/QCvdec(161): add_entry_subframe_stitching arbitrary bytes - SUBFRAME_TYPE_PREVIOUS_FRAME
WARN/QCvdec(161): add_entry_subframe_stitching- H264
WARN/QCvdec(161): add_entry_subframe_stitching - add entry previous buffer

Flash 10.1 with Google Chrome 5 Sucks!

Warning, this is a personal rant, without any technical background and contains pure personal opinions!

Google recently distributed their browser Chrome with built-in Flash support. And ever since this has happened, not a single online web video on YouTube, Vimeo or any other website has worked correctly. Often after a few seconds the video stops but the audio continues to play. I have never been a fan of Flash, never! But I somehow have the feeling, they are getting less and less reliable. Maybe it is Google’s integration or really Adobe’s fault, but it really gets on my nerves.

And this has nothing to do with Steve Jobs rant against Flash or proprietary systems (my opinion: lol Steve, good one ;-) *mirror*).