playing video from abc.com?

[Harold Hallikainen]

> On Fri, 2006-10-06 at 14:49, Harold Hallikainen wrote:
>> > On Fri, 2006-10-06 at 10:39, Harold Hallikainen wrote:
>> >> I'm running FC5 and have the flash player working. When I try to play
>> >> video from abc.com (such as program episodes), it seems to just sit
>> >> there
>> >> downloading from Adobe forever. Has anyone had any luck playing video
>> >> from
>> >> abc.com?
>> >>
>> >> THANKS!
>> >>
>> >> Harold
>> >
>> > The question I have  is why is it downloading from Adobe ? Shouldn't
>> it
>> > be downloading/playing from abc.com ??
>> >
>> > Could it be a possible version incompatibility ? What browser are you
>> > playing it on ? Could it be looking for a flash player update at Adobe
>> > and never finding it ?
>> >
>> > Reason I mention this is because a lot of websites have switched to
>> > using Flash 8. Unfortunately there is no Flash 8 for Linux nor is
>> there
>> > going to be. The most recent Flash version for Linux is Flash 7.
>> >
>> > Adobe claims they are going to be releasing a Flash 9 for Linux
>> sometime
>> > in 2007. Still quite a long ways away.
>> >
>> > mylar
>>
>>
>> Thanks for the info! I imagine it's trying to do some sort of update,
>> but
>> it just seems to sit there saying it's downloading from Adobe. I'll have
>> to watch the network activity to see if it ever gets done. I've
>> generally
>> gone off and done other stuff, then, when I come back to that browser
>> window, it says it's done, but I still have no video, just a nice white
>> rectangle in the middle of the screen.
>>
>> So, I was just wondering if anyone has gotten that to work. My wife
>> wants
>> to see something she missed this week on ABC. It'd be nice to not have
>> to
>> watch it on a clunky old Windoze machine (our newer machines all run
>> Fedora).
>>
>> Harold
>>
>
> Just out of curiosity I decided to take a look at abc.com.  abc.com
> seems to be another one of those major commercial media sites that
> doesn't seem to know (or care) that such a thing as Linux exists. The
> flash vids on their front page play under flash 7 but when i went to
> their feature video I just get a blank white screen. According to their
> FAQ they claim that Flash vers. 8 is required so that's likely  the
> problem. I did manage to get it to work under Internet Exploiter with
> Flash vers 8  running on my Linux desktop under WINE.
>
> mylar


OK, Thanks! I've installed WINE, but have not tried running anything under
it. I understand Flash 9 for Linux is due out early next year. I'll mess
with WINE a bit.

Thanks!

Harold



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