How To Fix The No Sound Issue in Firefox Flash
This is the method that worked for me. It’s not really a method, it’s more of a simple program installation. By no means do I take credit for the solution, but here is the package that will need to be installed:
http://www.paulbetts.org/projects/libflashsupport_1.0~2219-2_i386.deb
I wouldn’t even bother saving it, just open with the default application. It will install it and you’ll be sittin’ pretty.
BTW: This also appears to be true for Fedora 8. I had the same problem with the default installation of the new Pulse Audio controller. So, after installing the “libflashsupport” package, the sound in Firefox flash worked again. Refer to my other Fedora 8 guide on this page:
http://www.derekhildreth.com/blog/guides-to-help-with-fedora-8-install/
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I’m just glad I could help!
I noticed a high spike in traffic around here and saw that most people are coming from the ubuntu forums. I’d just like to say, welcome to my little piece of the web! See you on the forums!
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=590989
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?p=3689954
I spent lot of time trying to find a working solution for this issue (that was really pissing me off btw). But tonight, I found your post in the ubuntu forums and gave it a try. And guess what: sound is now working with flash under firefox / epiphany. Thanks you very much for the tip.
Ah!!! Sucess!!! I switched to pulseaudio and have been pulling my hair out to get flash video sound to work and this did it. Awesome. Thank you soooo much.
Anyone have a solution for amd64? If so, please email me at howard (dot) dave (at) gmail (dot) com Thanks!
[...] This seems to be a pretty random problem, but the solution is easy. Just install the “libflashsupport” package. This is also documented in my other post “How to Fix the No Sound Issue in Firefox“. [...]
Hello !
I noticed a bug in your lib
First i’ve to say that it solved the problem xD
But, when i’ve a firefox open and a flash video open (playing or not), all sounds are disabled for system and other audio appz (like banshee)
when i close the youtube tab in my firefox, everything come back
thanx again
romain
Unfortunately, those with AMD64 versions of Ubuntu are screwed by the i386 DEB, and the makefile in that tarball doesn’t work. How can I get this to work on an AMD64?
Excellent work; I’d been getting frustrated after I fixed the video, only to have the audio disappear.
… now I only have to get DVDs to play…
For me, it was in the repositories.
The command is (as root):
yum install libflashsupport
That’s it!
how do I get to the repositories
maybe I didn’t say it well enough, I have no idea what I am doing in linux
do i just open up a terminal and type that?
Oh! Well, it’s easy to do, so no worries! There are two different ways to go about it:
With the Graphical User Interface:
1.) Goto Applications -> Add/Remove Software.
2.) Type in your password for root.
3.) Click on the “Search” tab and search for “libflashsupport”
4.) Make sure “libflashsupport” has a check mark next to it and click “Apply”.
5.) The package manager will go out, download it, and install it to your computer.
With the Terminal:
1.) Open the terminal by going to Applications -> System Tools -> Terminal
2.) Login as root by typing “su”
3.) Enter your password.
4.) Type “yum install libflashsupport”
5.) The package manager will go out, download it, and install it to your computer.
Did you restart the computer?
If you did, and it’s still not working, I’m not sure what else to recommend other then starting a new thread on the Fedora Forums at http://forums.fedoraforum.org
Sorry I couldn’t be any more help to you.
Hey I justrealized that the one it shows as being installed is 000 something not the 2100 that i downloaded
didnt worked …
those who have the issue still try.. this
http://thilinavithanage.blogspot.com/2008/01/fedora-core-8-no-sounds-with-firefox.html
I am using RHEL and have the same (no sound) problem while using Firefox2/Flash9 combo. Could you kindly suggest a *.rpm that will fix my issue.
Many Thanks!
Oh thank-you so much for this solution. So I have been having flash problems for ever on Ubuntu so I finally got flash working on Ubuntu 8.04 but with no sound. After search for a month now, saw your solution, gave it a try and I can’t not believe it!!! YOUR SOLUTION WORKED like magic.
Thanks so much for the solution!!!!
-Mike
@Alax… This was a suggested solution that happened to work for me. I didn’t bend your arm or anything. I’m sorry to hear it didn’t work out for you. I hope you get it solved soon.
i may be missing something here but when i try to install it i click on it then it says cannot find a programme to run it? what can i use to install it?
Thanks alot, found this page trough google and fixed my sound problem with flash in less than 60 seconds. 
Worked perfectly!! Thanks.