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12-14-14, 07:48 AM | #1 |
Lucky Jack
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Free Shockwave Player
I have un-installed Adobe Shockwave Player yet another security alert and when I updated to a new version lost all sound on the Internet, that was the final straw.
Anyone know of a good free one that will not download other junk on to my PC without me knowing until its on. YouTube is alright but BBC News and few others are no go. Win8.1
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12-14-14, 09:59 AM | #2 |
Silent Hunter
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shockwave and flash are licensed and controlled by adobe. If the page uses shockwave, for example - you have to have that plugin to make it run. Same with flash.
Simply put - there is no good way to get around it.
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12-14-14, 01:39 PM | #3 |
Lucky Jack
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Nuts!
Thanks, just see how I get on without it.
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12-18-14, 07:02 AM | #4 |
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With YouTube and certain other sites you can use DownloadHelper which plugin available to Mozilla Firefox. If for any reason video fails to play on site I just download it, watch it and discard it (I don't have space for all the junk...). This however does not work everywhere.
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12-31-14, 10:59 AM | #5 |
Lucky Jack
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I do believe DownloadHelper works with mosts sites that stream video.
I've used it on about dozen different sites. |
12-31-14, 11:29 AM | #6 | |
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I've always ticked the choice to "Notify me when an update is available", then when I am notified, un-tick the 'Google Toolbar' or whatever piece of cr*p software the Install wants to include. Never had a problem with Adobe Shockwave Player going back through Win ME, Win XP, or Win 7 64x which I'm currently using, by manually installing the updates when notified and un-ticking the extras. I use Firefox and the Add-on Extension "Flash Video Downloader - YouTube HD downloader 6.9.2" by Nimbus Web Inc to download most any flash. Hope that helps. : ) |
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