On Sat, 2 Apr 2016 17:28:52 +0000 (UTC)
Arnoud van der Veer <arnoudvanderv...@yahoo.com> wrote:

> I am having problems with playing flash files while using Iceweasel in 
> Debian.Iam using Debian for about 4 weeks now and have never been able to 
> play flash files: unknown SWF file. (flash player plugin crashes)

Being able to open and play SWF files has nothing to do with your web browser. 
Try install GNU Gnash, a free flash player, by running the following:

# apt-get install gnash

You should then be able to open SWF files using Gnash.

> Bit of a pain really: uploaded a movie to youtube today, in order to look at 
> it on Youtube I had to refer to a computer with Windows installed since i 
> cannot watch anything in Iceweasel on Youtube (and many other websites) using 
> Debian.

Which version of Iceweasel are you using? I am using 38.7.1esr-1~deb8u1, and I 
can watch YouTube videos without Flash. I would recommend uninstalling your 
Flash plugin, so that it does not interfere with YouTube's HTML5 video player.

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