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Well I've been having trouble with sites like hulu and colbertnation.com. The video box keeps saying adobe flash. is this because I don't have the high enough veesion for that site? and if thats the case is there an update for my tablet?

The version on your tablet is not the correct version despite having Flash enabled and installed on your tablet.

Especially sites like Hulu - they need Flash Player 9, you're using Flash Player 8 on your tablet and there is not an update for the Nokia internet tablets.

Downloading and attempting to install the Linux version is not right - that's for x86 processors, not the ARM processor inside of your tablet.

These players have a tendency to specify newer flash version than they actually require, unfortunately. Either way, Hulu definitely isn't going to play well even if it did play.

The tablet ship (and have shipped since forever) Flash 9, the "requirements" are more specific.

No, I believe that hulu requires flash player 9.0.115 As well as many other websites which use updated adobe flash, such as flash 10. The original firmware on the n810 comes with flash 9.0.0
So, I guess we'll just have to wait till adobe or nokia comes out with an update.

I don't recommend pinning your hopes on either. At this point, the best chance for an updated Flash player on N8x0 devices is probably Nokia somehow assisting one or more Mer developers in becoming Open Screen Project licensees.

As Nokia is a co-founder of the Open Screen Project, there may be a glimmer of hope there, but I'm sure there are numerous legal hurdles involved. Also, I don't know that any qualified developer(s) would be willing to sign the necessary contracts if Nokia & the OSP made the option available.

Thanks GA, it felt wrong when I posted it was 8.0, I just know that I can't even view a lot of the stuff I've done in Adobe Flex at all and that's with requiring 9.0.0 when deployed.

Even with a flat requirement of Flash 9.0.0 sometimes isn't enough; however a lot of sites make requirements based on video playback and there's major differences between Flash 8 and Flash 9 - different codecs.

So far, if it's straight ActionScript 3 and flat Flash 9.0.0 requirements, then the sites tend to play. Add video to the mix; and it starts to get specific above 9.0.0 due to the requirements.

And an update from Adobe is upcoming; however Nokia's pretty much abandoned this version of the OS imho.

Adobe is up to 10.0.22.87. Not sure what'll happen with the Open Screen Project, but we'll just cross our fingers...

arrrgh i'm gettin frustrated.

i do a lot of stuff for my band's myspace. now i can't even check to see if stuff is working right because the music player says i need the latest flash.

there has GOT to be a way around this.

i can see / understand video being a problem, but the simple music player???

come on.

my latest attempts at functionality are beginning to prove omega right...

forgive me all... the thing could start on fire and omega still wouldn't be right.

since posting this, i did a compulsory reflash (as I do periodically with all my pc's, just for freshness' sake).

2 new things I did which make me feel better about the n810:

1. FINALLY found Tear & installed (thanks Qole)
2. Found iNES, which brings back 2d memories long forgotten.

The Flash thing is a big bummer/disappointment, but overall, I still like this gizmo better than my friends' iPhone and G1 (how many fart apps do you need???).

I have hope that EVENTUALLY someone will find a solution for the flash. Maybe a way to spoof the installed version???

*waiting semi-patiently*

For the record, this is a dead end for Diablo:
https://bugs.maemo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=4744

See also:
http://talk.maemo.org/showthread.php?t=29980