EDIT: if flash breaks or is buggy after a browser or flash plugin update, try uninstalling nspluginwrapper, if it's installed.
I have an odd problem, flashplayer-plugin works some of the time, but on a lot of videos (eg youtube) I get an error that says "flashplayer is required to view content" with an offer to install it from adobe.
All the videos that do not work with firefox work perfectly in chromium browser.
I notice the videos that I have tested in chromium all have commercials prior to the actual video. I'm not sure if that's what is blocking flashplayer in firefox, but whatever the problem, this just started, I only noticed it Friday. I recall recent updates to flash and firefox.
I have read the MAQ, and done things I found in various threads but nothing as worked.
I tried entering the html5 trial, as some of the videos that don't work all have "about html5" on the context menu and NOT the flash settings I see with 'real' flash videos. But whether in the test or not, I get the "flashplayer is required" message.
I tried installing upstream, uninstalled that ad tried the official package again, I deleted the .macromedia folder and even tried putting a copy of the .so in a local plugins directory. Nothing works.
I'm at a total loss, I just can't see why I have flash installed, it works, even shows I have the latest Linux version when I check on line, but 1/2 the videos on youtube throw a message implying flash is not installed.
Anyone else see similar? Ideas as to what I should poke at next?