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hunterjwizzard

hunterjwizzard

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I have this Crestron video switcher I bought for cheap. Turns out it was so cheap because the web GUI is flash-based and therefor difficult to access with flash having been depreciated.

So my quick and dirty solution is to use one of my vintage machines to get inside and poke around.

Except I don't have flash installed because all my XP-era things have been formatted and never touched The Internet.

Any idea where I can get a network-redistributable flash installer?
 
I'm hopping for a bit more guidance than that.

I was able to find both a standalone 32 bit installer and a full retail version of Flash in my archives. Loaded both but the only browser I have on that machine is the included Internet Explorer and that doesn't seem to work.

I remember NOTHING about web browsers from that era.
 
Yeah, just loaded that up on my modern Win10 machine. It gets further insofar as I can hit the play button and I get to see the Crestron logo and a screen saying "loading interface". And then it never loads.
 
I've also tried a portable install of a browser called Palemoon with a flash plugin. That gets me a DIFFERENT loading screen where the browser just hangs out forever.
 
I have version 11 and version 8 loaded onto my XP system now(should both be "pre time-bomb" if thats version 32). But I only have the basic version of Internet Explorer on that system and I remember absolutely nothing about browsers from that era.
 
Unfortunately, the direct link doesn't seem to work :/
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In that case, go to http://win2k.org/wlu/wlu.htm
click 手動 update. Then click 検索. Scroll to the bottom.
I have version 11 and version 8 loaded onto my XP system now(should both be "pre time-bomb" if thats version 32). But I only have the basic version of Internet Explorer on that system and I remember absolutely nothing about browsers from that era.
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I'm not clear on exactly what "era" this is about, or for that matter what a Crestron video switcher is or how it connects to the PC. Is this one of those situations where you type a local IP into the address bar and it brings up a page hosted on the device?
 
bakemono said:
I'm not clear on exactly what "era" this is about, or for that matter what a Crestron video switcher is or how it connects to the PC. Is this one of those situations where you type a local IP into the address bar and it brings up a page hosted on the device?
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I have so6e windows XP-era machines that should still be able to run flash with less trouble than a modern PC which wants to auto-update everything.

The Crestron video switcher has multiple video inputs and a single output. Its like a KVM that doesn't do the keyboard and the mouse parts.

In this case yes, the device has a local IP address and a we page hosted on the device. The problem is the page is in flash and I can't get it to load on a modern system.
 
Today I fired up an XP machine and installed Firefox 1.0(from 2004) and that old copy of 32 bit flash I had on hand and... I am getting yet a different problem. Now it just loads to a black screen. So let's run through the list:

-Ruffle plugin for Chrome just spins on the loading screen forever
-Palemoon with flash plugin goes through loading screen and errors
-M$ Edge just sits and loads forever
-Vintage XP system w/ Firefox 1.0 + appropriate Flash gets a black screen
 
Yes it was described as working. As far as I can tell the issue is not having a working flash install anywhere. I did find a work-around: its tough but with a lot of digging you can get control software for windows that lets you access all the same functions. That fixed the core problem and a few others, so I am in business.
 
I know this is a dumb question, but is the device you have one of the ones that's covered by this KB article about firmware upgrades for various Crestron products to eliminate the flash dependency?

Crestron Support

community.crestron.com community.crestron.com
 
It is and that's the KB I used along with some internetting to get a workaround in place. Someone on a forum called reddit linked me to it. I had no idea such a thing existed.

The specific unit I have DMPS3-4K-150-C is a FANTASTIC analogue-to-digital converter in fase anyone wants to grab one while they are cheap. The VGA inputs preserve aspect ratio by default and the upscaler is really crisp. Win98 in 1024x768 on my 43" screen looks amazing. Its better than any other digitizer I've tried(and I've got many). THe view is second only to my CRT monitor.
 
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