Hi
OK, so as a test copy the mimeapps.list to your home directory as a backup, edit the file so there is only one line with application/x-shockwave-flash
Restart the shel and firefox and try opening, if it doesn’t work, check the FF preferences again and if the VLC plugin is still present delete and try firefox again.
You could then restore the original mimeapps.list file back and see if it comes back…
I tried, but still not possible to display the .swf flash-video file with VLC.
I did also disable the VLC web plugin in FF 'about:addons.
Then the default VLC media player was default in FF preferences.
I have the VLC Media player selected as the default (preferred) video application in Gnome control center.
By the way, VLC won’t display .swf flash video file stored locally, at least not on my system (and not on malcolmlewis’ system ?)
Terje J. H
On Wed 16 Sep 2015 08:46:01 PM CDT, terjejh wrote:
malcolmlewis;2728493 Wrote:
> Hi
> OK, so as a test copy the mimeapps.list to your home directory as a
> backup, edit the file so there is only one line with
> application/x-shockwave-flash
>
> Restart the shel and firefox and try opening, if it doesn’t work,
> check the FF preferences again and if the VLC plugin is still present
> delete and try firefox again.
>
> You could then restore the original mimeapps.list file back and see if
> it comes back…
I tried, but still not possible to display the .swf flash-video file
with VLC.
I did also disable the VLC web plugin in FF 'about:addons.
Then the default VLC media player was default in FF preferences.
I have the VLC Media player selected as the default (preferred) video
application in Gnome control center.
By the way, VLC won’t display .swf flash video file stored locally, at
least not on my system (and not on malcolmlewis’ system ?)
Terje J. H
Hi
I only used firefox to play the file. I only have the one entry in the
mimetypes.list file.
You need to check in preferences->applications and there should be a
swf entry?
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On 2015-09-16 19:06, terjejh wrote:
> I tried to search for ‘flash’ in FF ‘about: preferences#applications’
> and got:
>
>
> - Content type - Actions
> - Flash-video - VLC plugin (in Firefox)
> - Shockwave Flash file - Shockwave flash (in Firefox)
I only have the later in that list, although VLC plugin is installed.
try removing “VLC plugin” from that list.
> Why is the VLC player the only option to use (not Shockwave flash) when
> I try to open the local .swg file from FF ?
maybe because VLC is an application, and shokwave is not.
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Cheers / Saludos,
Carlos E. R.
(from 13.1 x86_64 “Bottle” at Telcontar)
You mean ‘mimeapps.list’ 
On my system, Firefox preferences doesn’t change according to the content of ~/.local/share/applications/mimeapps.list
I tried both the single entry in it and even deleted the file, but the FF ‘about: preferences#applications’ were all still the same.
cat /home/terje/.local/share/applications/mimeapps.list
[Default Applications]
application/x-shockwave-flash
[Added Associations]
And there is also a mimeapps.list in .config with full content …
find ~ -name mimeapps.list
/home/terje/.local/share/applications/mimeapps.list
/home/terje/.config/mimeapps.list
The FF prefs change according to which ‘about:add-ons’ (Tools > Extensions) that are installed and enabled/ask/disabled
You need to check in preferences->applications and there should be a
swf entry?
No, my FF has no ‘swf’ entry, only two entries for ‘flash’ as I wrote in #20
Try FF ‘about: preferences#applications’ and search for ‘swf’. If you hit ‘swf’, which Action is set for it?
Here is the content list for my FF 40.0.3 extensions, beyond the languages:
[Extension] Copy Extensions to Clipboard 4.0.1-signed [installed in the current profile directory]
[Extension] Flash and Video Download 1.75 [installed in the current profile directory]
[Extension] Flash Video Downloader - YouTube HD Download [4K] 8.0.1 [installed in the current profile directory]
[Extension] Save Images 1.1.0.1-signed [installed in the current profile directory]
[Extension] YouTube Flash Video Player 40.0 [installed in the current profile directory]
[Extension] YouTube™ Flash-HTML5 0.1.0.1-signed [installed in the current profile directory]
[Extension] YouTube™ Flash® Player 1.3.1-signed [installed in the current profile directory]
[Extension][INACTIVE] Flash Block 4.20.13.1-signed [installed in the current profile directory]
[Extension][INACTIVE] Flashblock 1.5.18.1-signed [installed in the current profile directory]
[Plugin] Adobe Reader 9.5 [installed somewhere global to the system]
[Plugin] Gnome Shell Integration [installed somewhere global to the system]
[Plugin] IcedTea-Web Plugin (using IcedTea-Web 1.5.1 (suse-4.1-x86_64)) [installed somewhere global to the system]
[Plugin] NPAPI Plugins Wrapper 1.4.4 [installed somewhere global to the system]
[Plugin] OpenH264 video-kodek er levert av Cisco Systems, Inc. 1.4 [part of the current application]
[Plugin] PackageKit [installed somewhere global to the system]
[Plugin] Shockwave Flash 11.2.202.508 [installed somewhere global to the system]
[Plugin] Skype Buttons for Kopete [installed somewhere global to the system]
[Plugin][INACTIVE] VLC Web Plugin [installed somewhere global to the system]
[Theme] Standard 40.0.3 [part of the current application]
When I play the swf file ok over Internet, the (f) icon started is similar like the YouTube Flash Player icon…
In case you use
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 GNOME 3.10.1 Kernel 3.12.44-52.10-default
this differ from my openSUSE 13.2, Gnome 3.14.3 Kernel 3.16.7and Firefox 40.0.3
Terje J. H
You can have the VLC web plugin installed and disabled (not always enabled)
As I wrote later, I disabled it, and then the VLC media player (as default gnome video application) took over that place in FF preferences.
> Why is the VLC player the only option to use (not Shockwave flash) when
> I try to open the local .swg file from FF ?
maybe because VLC is an application, and shokwave is not.
application/x-shockwave-flash
Terje J. H
On 2015-09-17 01:16, terjejh wrote:
>
> robin_listas;2728530 Wrote:
>> On 2015-09-16 19:06, terjejh wrote:
>>
>>> - Content type - Actions
>>> - Flash-video - VLC plugin (in Firefox)
>>> - Shockwave Flash file - Shockwave flash (in Firefox)
>>
>> I only have the later in that list, although VLC plugin is installed.
>> try removing “VLC plugin” from that list.
>>
> You can have the VLC web plugin installed and disabled (not always
> enabled)
> As I wrote later, I disabled it, and then the VLC media player (as
> default gnome video application) took over that place in FF preferences.
Go to preferences, applications. In the search box, type flash. Then on
the right hand panel, you can change the action: automatically select
something, or ask.
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Cheers / Saludos,
Carlos E. R.
(from 13.1 x86_64 “Bottle” (Minas Tirith))
Hi
In openSUSE 42.1M2 with FF 40.0.3 and “[Plugin] Shockwave Flash 11.2.202.508” the about:preferences#applications for SWF file is ‘Action’ Use Shockwave Flash (in Firefox).
I also have had that all the time, where the default VLC or Gnome-videos won’t play .wsf and the ‘Use other…’ option contains nothing useful (opens the file browser)
Terje J. H
Hm. I have 42.1 installed in triple-boot with 13.2 and TW using shared /home for all roots. I booted to 42.1 and tested it too. Do to shared FF profiles I had much the same application preferences, though not VLC installed default, and Gnome-videos (Totem) was the default video player. Shockwave Flash file use also uses Gnome-videos as default player, but It requires a missing flash plugin. The SWF file type still lacks here too. Next I installed the default VLC media player from the suse repo, but as expected it doesn’t play the swf file.
Terje J. H
On 2015-09-17 03:06, terjejh wrote:
>> Go to preferences, applications. In the search box, type flash. Then on
>> the right hand panel, you can change the action: automatically select
>> something, or ask.
>>
> I also have had that all the time, where the default VLC or Gnome-videos
> won’t play .wsf and the ‘Use other…’ option contains nothing useful
> (opens the file browser)
Well, tell it to use shockwave.
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Cheers / Saludos,
Carlos E. R.
(from 13.1 x86_64 “Bottle” at Telcontar)
Hi
The shared home could be an issue, I would suggest creating a test user i the OS of your choice, login and try with a complete new profile, defaults etc.
On 2015-09-17 04:16, malcolmlewis wrote:
>
> terjejh;2728554 Wrote:
>> Hm. I have 42.1 installed in triple-boot with 13.2 and TW using shared
>> /home for all roots. I booted to 42.1 and tested it too. Do to shared FF
>> profiles I had much the same application preferences, though not VLC
>> installed default, and Gnome-videos (Totem) was the default video
>> player. Shockwave Flash file use also uses Gnome-videos as default
>> player, but It requires a missing flash plugin. The SWF file type still
>> lacks here too. Next I installed the default VLC media player from the
>> suse repo, but as expected it doesn’t play the swf file.
> Hi
> The shared home could be an issue, I would suggest creating a test user
> i the OS of your choice, login and try with a complete new profile,
> defaults etc.
Yes.
Also, FYI:
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Cheers / Saludos,
Carlos E. R.
(from 13.1 x86_64 “Bottle” at Telcontar)