CNN video

[Nigel Henry]

On Sunday 01 July 2007 22:58, Christopher A. Williams wrote:
> On Sun, 2007-07-01 at 15:36 -0500, Aaron Konstam wrote:
> > On Sun, 2007-07-01 at 10:47 -0400, Tom Horsley wrote:
> > > On Sun, 01 Jul 2007 08:40:07 -0500
> > >
> > > Aaron Konstam <akonstam at sbcglobal.net> wrote:
> > > > Edit :
> > > > /etc/mplayerplug-in.conf
> > > > Uncomment noembed and set it to 1.
> > > > noembed=1
> > >
> > > Nah, that's what used to make ie=work, the new improved
> > > site they boast about spending so many man hours on doesn't work
> > > at all :-).e
> >
> > The above worked for viewing CNN videos on my machine but Fox news videos
> > are still just sound and a black screen.
>
> I have a workable fox for Fox News.
>
> 1) Download Greasemonkey from http://www.greasespot.net
> 2) Download and install the Fox News Friendly Video script for
> Greasemonkey (you should be able to do a search for it)
>
> This makes the video play normally, with the added benefit of killing
> the advertisements.
>
> It doesn't work with CNN's new Flash video though. All I get are the
> commercials as well - with no actual story...
>
> Cheers,
>
> Chris

I believe this is the script.

http://userscripts.org/scripts/show/1371

Nigel.