cnn flash video
Antti J. Huhtala
ahuhtal4 at welho.com
Thu Dec 20 12:20:02 UTC 2007
to, 2007-12-20 kello 06:27 -0500, David Boles kirjoitti:
> Antti J. Huhtala wrote:
> > to, 2007-12-20 kello 05:16 +0000, Amadeus W.M. kirjoitti:
<snip>
> >> Is there anything wrong with java then? Can people see the cnn clips?
> >>
> > I just tried, and yes, for ca. 1 second I saw moving picture and heard
> > the sound. Then the screen went blank (grey).
> > When I tried CNN Live Video, the following error message appeared:
> >
> > UNSUPPORTED PLATFORM ERROR:
> > This video is not supported on the current platform (browser/operating
> > system). For technical issues, use the FAQ
> >
> > The fact that I could see the chosen clip for a second or so makes me
> > think that exclusion of Firefox/Linux is deliberate. I'm sure someone on
> > this list knows more about this...
>
>
> "exclusion of Firefox/Linux is deliberate"? FUD and paranoia here.
Unnecessarily strong words here, don't you think? I didn't mention it
but yesterday I tried CNN on IE7/WindowsXP (this same dual-boot box) and
it worked all right once I downloaded the necessary plugin. No
"UNSUPPORTED PLATFORM ERROR" then.
> I can
> watch CNN videos in Firefox and I can also see the currency rate window,
> the one that changes, at the mentioned link.
Good for you.
> Somethings wrong with your system.
>
No doubt. It's a clean install of F8 with (AFAIK) the latest flash
plugin. Instead of criticizing me for reporting what I found (and
thought), why don't you tell me and the OP what your system has to make
it work with CNN?
>
> >
> > I'm running F8 x86_64 on a desktop box with IcedTea Java and Flash
> > plugins. Youtube and many others providing video clips work just fine.
> - --
> David
BR, Antti
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