No thats not it, i am using the adobe plugin not pepperflash. This is the message that I get
http://imgur.com/LoNB9RV -Kevin On 02/12/2013 09:14 AM, Bruce Hill wrote: > On Tue, Feb 12, 2013 at 01:32:10AM -0600, Kevin Brandstatter wrote: >> I just got amazon prime for the instant videos (among other things) and >> figured i should >> be able to watch it on linux since its in flash. >> However, I have had no luck getting it to play an instant video, >> i've narrowed it down to videos with DRM, (because trailers play fine >> and DRM screws up everything) >> Google searches come up that it needs HAL (which is deprecated) >> I even managed to install HAL, and still no luck >> >> i keep getting "error occurred and your player cannot be updated" >> I have the latest flash, chrome and firefox. (tried both) >> >> Just wondering if others are having the same trouble or if someone has a >> solution. >> >> -Kevin > Is this attached screenshot the type of message you get? If so, you should > have clicked on the link there which states "Why can't I watch videos on my > Chrome browser in Linux?" ... and this is the message it provides: > > The Flash Player Plugin in Chrome removed support for Digital Rights > Management (DRM) in Linux as part of the upgrade from 11.3 to 11.4. This > upgrade was bundled with the latest Chrome 22 update for Linux. If you applied > the Chrome update, you are no longer able to watch DRM-protected content, such > as movies and TV episodes. Trailers are unaffected as they do not use DRM. To > get around this issue, you can use a different browser, such as Firefox. For > information on Chrome and the Flash Player plug-in, see: > https://support.google.com/chrome/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=108086. > > My Gentoo workstation is using firefox-18.0.1 and just updated to > adobe-flash-11.2.202.262 but won't play the free instant video I tried. > > Since that's the latest version of flash in portage, I supposed you could try > and get the later source and create a local overlay and try that.
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