As the title of the post says, I'm unable to play flash videos on some sites when Proxomitron is running. I have been noticing this since maybe a week or so.

If I try to play any video on Youtube or some sites like this, everything I get is this error: "Hello, you either have JavaScript turned off or an old version of Adobe's Flash Player. Get the latest Flash player.". I have that version and is running nicely if I load these pages without Proxomitron enabled. I'm running latest (december 5th) version.

Same happens with either Opera or Firefox. I guess that Proxo + Grypen's filters are the culprit. Otherwise I wouldn't be able to see the videos when they are disabled.

Anyone experiencing the same over here? I can post Proxo's debug pages if anyone wants to check.

Regards and TIA

The root of the problem is that the Toggle Flash filter is trying to match in some rather advanced js.

Surprisingly, the following hacks seem to work for YouTube.
Although, I must admit I don't know what Quick Bypass is supposed to do.

To fix the problem in the Bounds embed match:

Thanks, z12!

I hard a hard time trying to figure exactly what to modify, but I think I succeed:

Now videos a toggable at Youtube, but for example this flash video is still broken, and disabling the toggle flash filter doesn't fix it.

Is the problem elsewhere?

BTW, I can't believe that people isn't more interested in Proxomitron. Damn! It's the best program EVER!

I knew that fix wouldn't last long.

The flash on the Opera site is using some fairly common js.

From what you posted, it looks like you made the right changes to the filter.
Howerver, the filter still has issues and is breaking some js.
If the flash doesn't work right bypassed, flush the browser cache to reload the flash script.

So here's round two.

In the Replacement text, deleting:

The good news is I got the "Save Media" functionality working.

The bad news is the filter is still not matching some common flash js.

Here for example, the filter won't match.
http://puzzles.usatoday.com/sudoku/

The js code used there is by adobe, and a lot of sites use it.

The problem is with the matching expression.

Essentially, none of the matches in the first four lines of the matching expression will match.

The only solution that I can see is to remove these checks.

Here is the resulting Match Expression:

Thanks ProxFox.

I remember some issue with IE and png images.

Maybe it was when a png image was served up with an object tag,
instead of an image tag.

I have some notes on that somewhere, but it seems
that there's no need to look for it now.

BTW, I seem to recall that IE loaded the fash file even though
the flash was initially toggled off.

Is that still true?

z12

Hi guys, I want to make sure I'm updating these filters correctly (and haven't seen the Object to Img filter either?) so once you are happy, please post the relevant filters here as code and/or JS and I'll incorporate them into my next build.

Sorry I haven't been here more but I have just begun my film production and camera rental company here in Japan and am quite busy!

Cheers!

Paul

Here's one to take out for a spin:

Before anyone posts it, I know the above filter doesn't work at google video, at least not with Firefox. Probably not with Opera either, maybe IE though.
As far as I can tell, google video will need its own filter.

Paul, good to hear things are going well for you in Japan.
The filter I posted above needs a bit more work before it's ready for general release.

For sure, one thing that needs to be looked at is the bypass and the url keyword check.

It would be nice if someone could format the replacement images better.
But without having the width & height attributes always available, I can't figure it out.
Also, using a table will make the js a bit uglier.

z12

I've been playing around with this filter.

I've modified the bounds & matching exppresion to what I
currently use.

I'm down to one button, which toggles the player on & off.
The "toggle" button's image changes to the stop or play image.

I set the href of the "toggle" button to the file name.
This eliminates need for a "Save Media" button.
If you want to save the file, right click on the "toggle"
button and "Save Link As".

The "Quick Bypass" button seems useless, so I removed it.
It seems to me that if you want to play the file, toggle it on.
If you always want the file to play, add it to an include/exclude list.
Or am I missing something here?

Personally, I think I would prefer the "toggle" button to always appear
above the player. I find it somewhat unsettling that the button "appears"
to move around after you click it.

I'll wait for comments before posting any code revisions.

z12