[ Solved ] How to play swf videos or flash videos in Linux

[way12go]

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http://superuser.com/questions/726789/flash-files-swf-prompts-for-download-instead-of-opening


Apparently, the problem was with the MIME type used by the browser to open the files.

The workaround to resolve this is to

edit the

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sudo leafpad /usr/share/mime/packages/freedesktop.org.xml

/usr/share/mime/packages/freedesktop.org.xml file from:

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<mime-type type="application/vnd.adobe.flash.movie">

to:

<mime-type type="application/x-shockwave-flash">

and then run:

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sudo update-mime-database /usr/share/mime

Some users needed to reinstall the flash player as well.