Re: CNN video

[Rod Haper <rhaper@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

After a couple of days of Googling for info, I happened upon a 
work-around for the problem.

Click on Tools->Extensions to pop up the Extensions window.  Then click 
on the "Get More Extensions" link at the bottom of the window to bring 
up the Firefox Add-ons page.  Use the Search function to search for 
"User Agent Switcher". 
<https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/59>.  Download the User 
Agent Switcher and restart Firefox to complete the install.  Then 
right-click on the tool bar at the top and select the "Customize..." 
option.  	Drag-n-drop the User Agent icon onto the tool bar.  Left click 
the User Agent icon and select  the "Netscape 4.8 (Windows Vista)" 
option.  CNN videos will not play correctly.

I haven't played with User Agent Switcher enough to know if the problem 
is CNN rejecting Firefox, Linux or the combination of the two but 
spoofing the server as Netscape 4.8 running on Windows Vista works.  It 
will be interesting to see what other spoofing combinations work.

--
Rod