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Flash player 11.1 hack on PowerPC

We all hate Flash but wanted to share something I recently came across. This guy hacked the flash plugin to make websites like Facebook and CNN and Hulu think they are seeing the 11.1 player. I've tried it out (in Omniweb, trying to keep TenFourFox flash free) and can confirm they all work and have no error messages. This really makes you wonder what if any "new features" Adobe has added to flash since they decided to stop supporting PPC. The download is half the size of the 10.1 player, and even on a G4 / 450mhz Powermac, videos on YouTube are playing without stutter (on 240p.)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iCrAKhv3R_c

Posted on Dec 9, 2011 2:28 PM

22 replies

Dec 12, 2011 10:41 PM in response to Klaus1

Klaus1 wrote:

So you can see videos I can't, and I can see videos you can't?

Despite the fact that we (as far as I can tell) have the same software? Mystifying!

I know. 😟

Dec 13, 2011 6:35 AM in response to applefan_since1998

UPDATE: I installed the hacked Flash Player mentioned in the original post of this thread.

So far, I can watch all the videos mentioned in Firefox 3.6.24, and the Adobe page thinks I've got Flash 11.x installed:

So far, TenFourFox 8.0 still gives me the error message on the NY Times page.

MDiMac

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Aug 5, 2012 12:23 PM in response to Ramón G Castañeda

I am using TFF 10.0 with hacked Flash Player. I can see NYT but cant' see CNN. CNN will only play commericals but not vids.

Aug 21, 2012 6:05 AM in response to applefan_since1998

Hi,

I got it to play flash vids on Firefox. Initially messed about, but after a restart worked fine, some little pauses, but nothing serious. See how long this will last...

Inbuilt obselescence. That's how the Man makes money.

Oct 12, 2012 2:55 PM in response to axelbottenberg

hey

on my g4 running 10.5.8, the hack referred above (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iCrAKhv3R_c) opens, e.g., https://www.castforward.de/members/ with nothing but a stuck loader (while in fact working in youtube on facebook). Could anyone of you test how this castforward looks on your ppc with that hack (or a better one, if you have one) and maybe give me an idea what to do?

thanks

Feb 3, 2014 3:34 PM in response to applefan_since1998

I tryed says this app is to old for my current software 😟

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Feb 3, 2014 9:49 PM in response to Water_Luck

Hi, what versionof OSX are you on?

Flash player 11.1 hack on PowerPC