Need it for Win XP Pro x32.

I have some videos on my PC that I need to view.

Yes, I know it was "discontinued" and there might be some risk but I
need to see the videos.

Links on wayback or other would help immensely.

Thank you.

On Fri, 11 Nov 2022 10:35:15 -0800, MyName <MyName@NoSpam.com> wrote:

>Need it for Win XP Pro x32.
>
>I have some videos on my PC that I need to view.
>
>Yes, I know it was "discontinued" and there might be some risk but I
>need to see the videos.
>
>Links on wayback or other would help immensely.
>
>Thank you.

I use something called:

flashplayer_12_sa_debug_v12.0.0.77.exe

From 2014 and the sha256 is
d65d32e86c53cb9bf425fcaf6d70cf140353a67c130d5a20c2629b6557b6e206

<https://virusscan.jotti.org/en-US/search/hash/b6e5ec4bf9c293c2f8fb8063bdd75401>

If you can find it, just drop your SWF on it, and it'll play. It's
portable, does not interact with your browser, so would only be a
security risk if the SWF file was malware.

Wish you luck.
[]'s

--
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We have a new policy - Google 2012
Google Fuchsia - 2021

On Fri, 11 Nov 2022 17:36:33 -0300, Shadow <Sh@dow.br> wrote:

>On Fri, 11 Nov 2022 10:35:15 -0800, MyName <MyName@NoSpam.com> wrote:
>
>>Need it for Win XP Pro x32.
>>
>>I have some videos on my PC that I need to view.
>>
>>Yes, I know it was "discontinued" and there might be some risk but I
>>need to see the videos.
>>
>>Links on wayback or other would help immensely.
>>
>>Thank you.
>
> I use something called:
>
>flashplayer_12_sa_debug_v12.0.0.77.exe
>
>From 2014 and the sha256 is
>d65d32e86c53cb9bf425fcaf6d70cf140353a67c130d5a20c2629b6557b6e206
>
><https://virusscan.jotti.org/en-US/search/hash/b6e5ec4bf9c293c2f8fb8063bdd75401>
>
>If you can find it, just drop your SWF on it, and it'll play. It's
>portable, does not interact with your browser, so would only be a
>security risk if the SWF file was malware.
>
> Wish you luck.
> []'s

PS Found a link to a more recent version that works under XP
and comes up clean on Virustotal:

<https://archive.org/download/flashplayer_32_sa_debug_20211030-after/flashplayer_32_sa_debug.exe>

It does write a lot of unnecessary crud to the registry
though. Portable my A** !!!
HTH
[]'s

--
Don't be evil - Google 2004
We have a new policy - Google 2012
Google Fuchsia - 2021

On 11/11/2022 1:35 PM, MyName wrote:
> Need it for Win XP Pro x32.
>
> I have some videos on my PC that I need to view.
>
> Yes, I know it was "discontinued" and there might be some risk but I need to see the videos.
>
> Links on wayback or other would help immensely.
>
> Thank you.

Does VLC play them ?

"Windy 50s Mobility Scooter Race 16 sec 654KB 360x288 300KBps 25FPS"

https://www.mediacollege.com/video-gallery/testclips/20051210-w50s.flv

OK, VLC plays that one.

If I test with ffprobe

ffprobe.exe 20051210-w50s.flv

then it says the encoding is:

Duration: 00:00:16.92, start: 0.000000, bitrate: 316 kb/s
Stream #0:0: Audio: mp3, 22050 Hz, stereo, fltp, 40 kb/s
Stream #0:1: Video: vp6f, yuv420p, 360x288, 266 kb/s, 25 fps, 25 tbr, 1k tbn

FFprobe is part of the FFMPEG package.

This will play it (ffplay is part of FFMPEG as well),
but VLC is easier to use.

ffplay.exe 20051210-w50s.flv

Paul

Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> wrote:

> On 11/11/2022 1:35 PM, MyName wrote:
>> Need it for Win XP Pro x32.
>>
>> I have some videos on my PC that I need to view.
>>
>> Yes, I know it was "discontinued" and there might be some risk but I need to see the videos.
>>
>> Links on wayback or other would help immensely.
>>
>> Thank you.
>
> Does VLC play them ?
>
> "Windy 50s Mobility Scooter Race 16 sec 654KB 360x288 300KBps 25FPS"
>
> https://www.mediacollege.com/video-gallery/testclips/20051210-w50s.flv
>
> OK, VLC plays that one.
>
> If I test with ffprobe
>
> ffprobe.exe 20051210-w50s.flv
>
> then it says the encoding is:
>
> Duration: 00:00:16.92, start: 0.000000, bitrate: 316 kb/s
> Stream #0:0: Audio: mp3, 22050 Hz, stereo, fltp, 40 kb/s
> Stream #0:1: Video: vp6f, yuv420p, 360x288, 266 kb/s, 25 fps, 25 tbr, 1k tbn
>
> FFprobe is part of the FFMPEG package.
>
> This will play it (ffplay is part of FFMPEG as well),
> but VLC is easier to use.
>
> ffplay.exe 20051210-w50s.flv

https://wiki.videolan.org/Flash_Video/

Yep, Flash is supported with some caveats. The OP should try VLC to see
if his Flash video play okay in it.

On Fri, 11 Nov 2022 10:35:15 -0800, MyName wrote:
> Need it for Win XP Pro x32.
>
> I have some videos on my PC that I need to view.
>
> Yes, I know it was "discontinued" and there might be some risk but I
> need to see the videos.
>
> Links on wayback or other would help immensely.
>
> Thank you.

For *.flv video files, Adobe Flash Player alone is not enough. It would
still need a FLV video player flash module.

It would be easier to use an open source media player which uses libavcodec
library such as MPC-HC/MPC-BE, VLC, MPlayer, etc. libavcodec has good
support for FLV, aside from other various media formats.

"MyName" <MyName@NoSpam.com> wrote

| I have some videos on my PC that I need to view.
|

I use Media Player Classic for videos. I'm pretty sure it
plays FLV. I think Irfan View also plays them with a plugin.
I've never, ever, had the Flash plugin for any browser,
yet I can plat FLV.

So if I need it for the Firefox Web Browser then what ?

Thanks for the relies so far !

On Sun, 13 Nov 2022 12:15:49 -0800, MyName wrote:
> So if I need it for the Firefox Web Browser then what ?
>
> Thanks for the relies so far !

Firefox ESR version, Adobe Flash Player, and a Flash based FLV video player.

For the Flash based FLV video player, find the one where web browser is not
its requirement. i.e. ready to use out of the box via a standalone Flash
player application.

Otherwise, it would be an application component which is not ready to use
out of the box, because it's meant to be used as part of a HTML page, and be
set up by a web developer. It will require HTML and JavaScript skills.

MyName <MyName@NoSpam.com> wrote:

> So if I need it for the Firefox Web Browser then what ?

In Firefox at about:preferences under Applications, select which FLV
handler you want to use. Firefox will pass off the .flv to that
external handler. I have VLC selected.

I haven't used Windows XP for many years, and the above navigation is in
the latest Firefox on Windows 10. You will need to find out where
external handlers are defined in Firefox ESR 52 which was the last
version that supported Windows XP.

On 11/13/2022 3:15 PM, MyName wrote:
> So if I need it for the Firefox Web Browser then what ?
>
> Thanks for the relies so far !

If you edit the mimetypes.rdf file, that allows adding
a new mimetype. If .flv isn't in the Applications of the
browser, then you can't launch VLC player as a separate
program from the browser. That isn't integration,
but it might allow very basic functions such as saving
the video as a file.

*******

VLC has an NPAPI plugin for Firefox. It's the Mozilla tick box here.

https://images.wondershare.com/videoconverter/en/vlc/Plugin-2.jpg

You could combine a 32-bit version of VLC, with a 32-bit version
of Firefox, on your 32-bit WinXP OS.

https://wiki.videolan.org/Documentation:WebPlugin/

For this reason, the NPAPI plugin will be dropped in vlc version 4.
[That means it is still available from a version perspective.]

That means the item is still in the current player, but it
won't be there forever.

I tested it, and it didn't work. And I think this has been broken
for more than seven years. It's abandoned.

Playing the .flv file directly in VLC, seems to work pretty smoothly.

Paul