I believe since updating to Tiger 10.4.6 the beta flash plugin has been
broken. Anytime I attempt to play a flash video with audio no sound is
outputted and these asserts appear in my console log:

Assert failed:
/flashfarm/depot/main/player/branches/FlashPlayer/FlashPlayer8_MacIntel_Integrat
ed/platform/mac/plugins/../mpi_sound.cpp:158
Assert failed:
/flashfarm/depot/main/player/branches/FlashPlayer/FlashPlayer8_MacIntel_Integrat
ed/platform/mac/plugins/../../../core/sndmix.cpp:563
Assert failed:
/flashfarm/depot/main/player/branches/FlashPlayer/FlashPlayer8_MacIntel_Integrat
ed/platform/mac/plugins/../mpi_sound.cpp:214
Assert failed:
/flashfarm/depot/main/player/branches/FlashPlayer/FlashPlayer8_MacIntel_Integrat
ed/platform/mac/plugins/../mpi_sound.cpp:220

I also see this occasionally:

Assert failed:
/flashfarm/depot/main/player/branches/FlashPlayer/FlashPlayer8_MacIntel_Integrat
ed/platform/mac/plugins/../../../core/splayer.cpp:22008

Is anyone else seeing the same thing?

I've followed the instructions from "Troubleshooting Macromedia Flash Player
for Intel-based Macs" to no avail. Specifically re-installing the PowerPC
version of the flash player and then replacing the intel plugin binary does not
work.

What I really need to know is whether or not something else on my systems has
become corrupt or if this is expected behavior after the update from 10.4.5 ->
10.4.6 of OSX?

-zim