Adobe Flash Being Phased Out

Submitted by Ruthie on Mon, 08/10/2020 - 17:46
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I recently started using H5P more heavily, but I'm worried about what the removal of Adobe Flash means for the activities I've created, especially since I've used many types. How do I ensure everything keeps working after December 2020? I'm not super techie so if I need to change the embed codes (that's how I'm inserting them into Wordpress), I don't know how to do that.

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BV52

Mon, 08/10/2020 - 20:34

Hi Ruthie,

H5P does not use Flash, so you don't have to worry about this.

-BV

Ruthie

Mon, 08/10/2020 - 20:57

Thank you for your fast reply! Are you sure the Course Presentation doesn't use flash? When I was loading a page I was editing, it said right click to run flash. I just want to make sure that the one activity will work.

Ruthie

Mon, 08/10/2020 - 21:00

Thanks for your quick reply! I ask because when I was loading a page with a Course Presentation activity, it said right click to use flash. So I hope that activity will still work when flash is gone.

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otacke

Mon, 08/10/2020 - 22:39

Hi Ruthie!

H5P is completely Flash-free. It was actually developed as a reaction to Flash becoming obsolete.

Best,

Oliver 

bablingua

Tue, 03/01/2022 - 03:04

Hello,

One of the users of my H5P interactive videos reports he's not able to play them because they use Flash.

Please see the attached picture.

Thanks!

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otacke

Tue, 03/01/2022 - 20:21

Hi!

I don't think what you highlighted is a message from H5P.

Best,

Oliver 

bablingua

Wed, 03/02/2022 - 03:10

Thanks for your reply. Please see the new screenshot I've attached. The user who sent me that image is not able to play an interactive video and gets a "video format not supported" message.

I can play it with no problem on my end. Any reasons beyond Flash that could explain why an interactive video displays such message?

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otacke

Wed, 03/02/2022 - 13:48

Hi!

That message actually is given you by the browser, not H5P, because H5P uses the browsers' video playing capabilities. If a browser doesn't support the video format that you used for the video, then users will get that message.

Best,
Oliver