On 21/12/16 08:01, Tim Evans wrote:
I'm trying to long-distance-coach a tech-challenged friend on using
his Samsung SmartTV's web browser to view content his Cable TV service
doesn't carry. (This is not trying to get around stuff without
paying--the content, out of area sports, FWIW, is freely available to
watch on his PC.)
When he tries to access the content with the Samsung-embedded browser,
he gets an immediate prompt to upgrade Flash. Following the offered
links allows access to what is labeled as "Linux" rpm and/or tgz
versions, neither of which will install on the TV. So, the content
won't load.
While I've suggest he do a general upgrade of the TV firmware, in
hopes there's a usable Flash upgrade included, I'm thinking of
pointing him in a different direction--say, a ChromeCast.
Any other suggestions? Thanks.
My Samsung Smart TV has a Screen Mirroring Option in its devices list
provided when pressing 'Source' on the remote. When this option is
invoked it provides instructions to go to the Samsung Web Site to
download an App for your PC to enable the PC's output to be mirrored on
the TV (assuming the TV and PC are both network connected, but not
necessarily directly connected to each other). If your friend's Smart TV
has that option that may be a viable workaround to the flash upgrade
option. My experience with flash on Linux is similar to what you are
experiencing on the TV, and in most situations, installing the rpm
pointed to makes no difference to the issue. I believe that the problem
is not that the version of flash available for Linux doesn't work, its
that the web sites in question are looking for a minimum flash version
relative to whats available in a Windows environment, and because the
Linux flash versions have a lower version number, the site refuses to
play the content, whereas if they ignored the version number and just
served up the content it would probably play quite happily in what is
available for Linux.
regards,
Steve
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