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Unblocking the Microphone in Google Chrome Using the Flash Plugin


Sometimes the Flash plugin is still used on some old sites, as you know the Flash plugin is blocked almost everywhere now, due to security vulnerabilities, except for Microsoft's Internet Explorer which is less strict. For some sites, it is sometimes necessary to enable Flash and the Microphone.

How to force the microphone (input) and audio (output) to open on Google Chrome for Flash?

First, go to your site where Adobe Flash is requested, you should see a logo at the bottom of the screen in your Google Chrome browser:

'Get Adobe Flash Player' button with the red Flash logo and a download arrow.

Click on it, Google Chrome will then ask you for permission to enable Adobe Flash, if you do not see this window click on the little i next to the URL

Google Chrome site info menu 'Your connection to this site is not secure', with the Flash option set to 'Ask (default)'.

Allow Flash

Site information menu in Google Chrome, marked 'Not secure', with the Flash drop-down open on Ask, Allow or Block

There you go for Adobe Flash, it is enabled, however the Microphone will still be blocked

Let's enable the Microphone!

In Adobe Flash if you see an empty list under Microphone, it means that you do not have a microphone or that the microphone is not permitted, if you are sure you have a working microphone on your Mac or PC, it means that Google Chrome is blocking it.
Adobe Flash Player Settings window, Microphone tab: empty microphone list, recording volume slider and 'reduce echo' checkbox

  1. Then open Google Chrome if you haven't already
  2. Type this in the URL: chrome://flags/#unsafely-treat-insecure-origin-as-secure
    Chrome flags page: the 'Insecure origins treated as secure' option is set to 'Enabled', with http://monsite.com entered in the origins list.
  3. Type in the box the site from which you want to open sound and the microphone, here I put an example http://monsite.com, make sure to type your site and if the site uses a port like: http://monsite.com:2080, type the port as well, you need to be precise!
  4. The button must be set to "Enabled"
  5. Google Chrome will ask you to restart Chrome, accept or restart manually
  6. Now go to your site: http://monsite.com or http://monsite.com:2080 
  7. Click again on the little i next to the URL
    Same Google Chrome site menu, with the Flash option now set to 'Allow'.
  8. Click at the bottom on "Site settings"
  9. A new window will offer you several options:
    Google Chrome site settings: the Microphone (Ask) and Flash (Allow) permissions are outlined in red
  10. Enable the Microphone on "Allow" and Flash should also be set to "Allow"
  11. Close this window (here with the settings, not Google Chrome)
  12. Go back to your site and you will see this appear:
    Google Chrome bar reading 'To apply your updated settings to this site, reload this page', with a blue 'Reload' button
  13. Click on the "Refresh" button
  14. And there you go, your site will now accept Flash and the Microphone!

There you go, this site will now be accepted by Google Chrome as an unsecured site and will allow sound input and output, if you click on the little i again, you will see that the Microphone is enabled

Chrome site information panel warning that the connection is not secure, with Microphone and Flash both set to 'Allow'.

Warning! This manipulation must be done every time you want to use the Microphone on this site! Google Chrome does not allow saving this change. Grrr....

Shorter version!

Create a shortcut on your desktop for this command:

"C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe" --user-data-dir=C:\ChromeTempFiles --unsafely-treat-insecure-origin-as-secure="http://monsite.com"

Make sure to change http://monsite.com to your site (and don't forget the port if you are using a port)

Then configure by clicking on the little i next to the URL, under the "Site settings" menu to open the Microphone and Flash

 

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