cnn flash video

[David Boles]

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Antti J. Huhtala wrote:
> to, 2007-12-20 kello 05:16 +0000, Amadeus W.M. kirjoitti:
>> On Thu, 20 Dec 2007 13:05:08 +0800, Ed Greshko wrote:
>>
>>> Amadeus W.M. wrote:
>>>> Lately I've had troubles watching the clips on cnn.com. It's very
>>>> strange, when I select a video from the main cnn page, the clip starts,
>>>> plays a few frames (sometimes more sometimes less), then it stops and
>>>> the image goes blank.
>>>>
>>>> Also, on www.dbfx.com there is a flash window that should display some
>>>> information (currency prices) in real time, but it doesn't, its all
>>>> blank to begin with.
>>> I believe that is a java applet and not related to flash.
>>>
>>>
>>>> Does anybody have any clue what the problem might be? Other sites with
>>>> flash media work ok (e.g. youtube, google video). This is what I have:
>>>>
>>>> [root at phoenix ~]# yum list | grep flash flash-plugin.i386              
>>>>          9.0.115.0-release installed
>>>> gallery2-flashvideo.noarch               2.2-0.7.svn20070831.fc
>>>> installed
>>>> libflashsupport.i386                     000-0.1.svn20070904 installed
>>>>
>>>>
>>> --
>>> Is this going to involve RAW human ecstasy?
>> 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. I can
watch CNN videos in Firefox and I can also see the currency rate window,
the one that changes, at the mentioned link. Somethings wrong with your
system.


> 
> 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.



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