-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 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@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. - -- David -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.7 (MingW32) iD8DBQFHalGkAO0wNI1X4QERApZoAJ40Rl+g4WAUb5Lh4c85aiahXzEC4gCgh6QA faH1hJi/4fd4lCOKV95yoXU= =qvhW -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
