yum and rpm have different ideas about wether three packages are installed: [root@localhost log]# rpm -V 1:tk-8.5.9-2.fc14.i686 1:tix-8.4.3-5.fc13.i686 1:numpy-1.4.1-6.fc14.i686 package 1:tk-8.5.9-2.fc14.i686 is not installed package 1:tix-8.4.3-5.fc13.i686 is not installed package 1:numpy-1.4.1-6.fc14.i686 is not installed

How do I play a Macromedia Flash data (compressed), version 10 aka Shockwave Flash file (application/x-shockwave-flash) file. The former came from the file command, the latter from right-clicking. The first time, right-clicking produced an offer to search for a package. I clicked on yes . During the install, I got a "warning" about something aborting. Now right clicking produces an offer to open with vnc2swf Screen Recordings Player. It doesn't work. A window comes up and disappears without even achieving opacity. How do I play the file? -- Michael hennebry(a)web.cs.ndsu.NoDak.edu "Pessimist: The glass is half empty. Optimist: The glass is half full. Engineer: The glass is twice as big as it needs to be." -- users mailing list users(a)lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines

2011/8/31 Ranjan Maitra <maitra(a)iastate.edu&gt; > Well, you need to let us know more specifics for us to be any use at > all. > > Where did you get this file? If it is a flash plugin you need, which is > what I suspect, just download it from Adobe and install. (Of course, > what exactly you need to know will also depend on what exactly your > system is.)

> On Wed, 31 Aug 2011 14:11:23 -0500 Michael Hennebry > <hennebry(a)web.cs.ndsu.nodak.edu&gt; wrote: > >> How do I play a >> Macromedia Flash data (compressed), version 10 aka >> Shockwave Flash file (application/x-shockwave-flash) file. >> The former came from the file command, the latter from right-clicking.

is it a "swf" file? ok... You have 3 ways to do it:

For just viewing: 3) Click with left button of the mouse, hit "Open With" and Open it with firefox.

I should update my address book. It still has an old name for this list. I started a new subject by replying to myself and, as is my wont on mailing lists, replied y when asked if I wanted to reply to all recipients. The To: had the old name and the ReplyTo: had the current name.

What happens if you open the original file (no suffix changed) with VLC?

I'm just guessing but it is possible it's a FLA file... You'll need a Windows program to change the format to SWF and then play it in firefox inside Linux

That's my best idea Hummm can you attach me the Original file so I can figure it out? Thanks.

is it a "swf" file? ok... You have 3 ways to do it: For just viewing: 3) Click with left button of the mouse, hit "Open With" and Open it with firefox.

On Wed, 2011-08-31 at 18:06 -0500, Michael Hennebry wrote: > I started a new subject by replying to myself Um, no you didn't... You added a new reply to your old thread, with a different subject line. Your (wanted it to be a) new message is buried

in the middle of an old thread, where it may get ignored by someone who has the answer for your problem, but is ignoring this thread... When creating a "new" message, or a "new" topic, actually create a new message, don't reply to another one. Changing what's typed into the subject line isn't good enough. Other headers, which aren't displayed in your message editor, tie messages together (see the in-reply-to and references headers).

On Thu, 1 Sep 2011, Manuel Escudero wrote: > 2011/9/1 Tim <ignored_mailbox(a)yahoo.com.au&gt; > >> On Wed, 2011-08-31 at 15:24 -0500, Manuel Escudero wrote: >>> is it a "swf" file? ok... You have 3 ways to do it: >>> >>> For just viewing: >>> >>> 3) Click with left button of the mouse, hit "Open With" and Open it >>> with firefox. >> >> May not work... Some players, like "mplayer" can play Flash videos. >> >> Though, if what you've downloaded is a Flash player, rather than the >> Flash video (that the player would have played), or some other sort of >> container/referral file, you'll be out of luck. > Of course!! that's it! what tim just said is the answer... (Btw Yep, the > Firefox Method > Worked) and Yep, it actually is a SWF File but it plays only "a fullscreen > black" because what you've > downloaded is a Flash Player, the SWFObject player that web developers use > to embed Flash movies > on a webpage... That's why it only is 20K also, it's only the player without > the "SWFObject" library and without > the video itself... > > See, the "retrieve from cache" method works (or at least used to work) with > youtube videos, as when they play, > they actually "cache" (note the use of the word as a verb) among other > things, the original video... When the video stops > loading, it is on your cache and you can retrieve it in MP4 usually... > > Megavideo Caches the videos in SWF for example but files are way much larger > than 20K. when a webpage play flash videos, most of > the time they use the "SWFObject" method and one of the things that is > "caching" in the background is the SWF Player, that is the thing > you just downloaded... > > See, there are more easy ways to download videos from web, if you can, tell > me what you were trying to grab and I'll help you. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QpzjxsSfDKg very preferably including the subtitles. The English title is When Father was Away on Business. I actually have a DVD of this, but I suspect the youtube version of being clearer. It's more than two hours long, which is why I was practicing on http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-M3zhoq5tT0&feature=related , which is less than 15 minutes. They have different "share" mechanisms. The big one just gets a link back to youtube. -- Michael hennebry(a)web.cs.ndsu.NoDak.edu "Pessimist: The glass is half empty. Optimist: The glass is half full. Engineer: The glass is twice as big as it needs to be." -- users mailing list users(a)lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines