Problems with flash video in browser - TouchPad General

I haven't seen this mentioned anywhere, but has anyone else had issues with flash videos not playing? Instead of them playing in the browser, a new gray window pops up with the touchplayer logo in the middle. Then it spins for maybe 20 seconds, and says that there was an error playing the video.
Has anyone else experienced this? Any ideas on how to solve it?
Its the biggest issue I have with the touchpad, I love it besides this.
I've attached screen shots of what I'm seeing (if it works from my Evo 3D, couldn't seem to attach images from the touchpad browser)
Thanks!
{
"lightbox_close": "Close",
"lightbox_next": "Next",
"lightbox_previous": "Previous",
"lightbox_error": "The requested content cannot be loaded. Please try again later.",
"lightbox_start_slideshow": "Start slideshow",
"lightbox_stop_slideshow": "Stop slideshow",
"lightbox_full_screen": "Full screen",
"lightbox_thumbnails": "Thumbnails",
"lightbox_download": "Download",
"lightbox_share": "Share",
"lightbox_zoom": "Zoom",
"lightbox_new_window": "New window",
"lightbox_toggle_sidebar": "Toggle sidebar"
}
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Any sites in particular?
My guess though is poor implementation on the sites you can't get it to work with, but it could also be from ad blocking.

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here is one.
http://jalopnik.com/5837515/watch-this-ninja-flip-over-a-speeding-acura-nsx
I watch a lot of videos here, and at least 90% of the time it doesn't work. Every once in a while a video does work normally. I tried taking off ad blocker, but it didn't seem to help.
can you guys play that video on your TP?

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site works fine for me. Sorry

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wow, this is frustrating. Even YouTube videos thru the YouTube "app" do this. I really gotta figure this out.

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One possible scenario could be the kernel you're using. I had the same problem when I was using the F-15 kernel. Once I switched over to the F-4 Phantom kernel, flash worked just fine. Might wanna try that if you've experimented with kernels, overclocked, etc.

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Works for me too and I block ads with my own list directly in /etc/hosts. Should also work for you, it's just a youtube video. Try watching it on youtube.com if you cant make it work there (press on the youtube button at the bottom).

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Did you download the last adobe flash player drivers? 10.3 i think.
it solve this issue with my Nexus.

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nnamcha said:
Did you download the last adobe flash player drivers? 10.3 i think.
it solve this issue with my Nexus.
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As far as I know, there is no manual way to update the flash plugin on webOS, it just comes with the official updates sent out by HP. However, did you try updating your touchpad to the latest webOS version under settings?

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This happens to me as well, it's quite annoying. :/ I am running a custom kernel though...I'll have to look into it more.

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Please let me know if you find a fix. I was using Uberkernal at 1.5, but I tried going back to stock kernal and nothing changed. I have the recommended patches as well to speed up the tp, but I doubt those are causing issues, otherwise everyone would be reporting this issue.
Maybe tonite i will look into a hard reset (full wipe). I don't know how to do that as of now, but i assume it can be done easily.
Any other thoughts on this issue?
ffolkes said:
This happens to me as well, it's quite annoying. :/ I am running a custom kernel though...I'll have to look into it more.
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I am using uberkernel right now and it worked okay. I would just try doing a full reset of your tablet, because youtube should probably be the first flash based site that always works. The only other thing I can think of that might be causing the problem is if you are signed into the html5 test on youtube.

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Just wanted to post an update. I was able to get flash working again. Flashing the stock kernal back didnt help, nor did a hard reset. But when I looked at the browser preferences, i cleared cookies and cache, and turned off "enable flash" and "Autoload Flash". Not sure exactly what combo made it work, but everything is working as it should now.
Thanks to those who looked into this for me, I appreciate it!

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similar issue
I have a similar issue, flash doesn't work on some sites especially the cbc.ca video site (none of the videos work ). Youtube works fine though.
Things I've tried so far:
1) Full Erase and reinitialization of WebOS
2) Installation and later removal of some "performance tweaks" including Preware, Uberkernel etc.
3) Clearing of Cache and Cookies
4) Reinstallation of WebOS through WebOSDoctor
Everything works fine with my laptop on the same network, just not on the Touchpad.