8:49 a.m.
I've come back to this issue of the Fox News Channel videos not wanting
to play, because perhaps I have some more information that might provide
a clue.
Fox News Channel hosts a number of videos, and provides an embedding
link to each one. About an hour ago, I went to find one. When my Fedora
12/Firefox 3.5.8 setup wouldn't play nice, I went to another machine
that had Windows XP on it. I was able to play the video there, and to
get the embedding script. I got it and pasted it into an article I wrote.
And when I went to display my article, guess what? The video wouldn't play.
Here is the link to the article I wrote, that has the embedded video:
<http://www.examiner.com/x-28973-Essex-County-Conservative-Examiner~y2010m...
Here is the embedding URL I used:
<script type="text/javascript"
src="http://video.foxnews.com/v/embed.js?id=4106724&w=400&h=...
the latest news video at <a
href="http://video.foxnews.com/">video.foxnews.com</a>...
And now: here is what that script embed.js contains:
if(document.domain.indexOf('rightscoop') < 0) { document.write(''); }
And that's it.
Every other video site I have visited will play nice--YouTube, Google
Video, everyone. What is wrong with Fox?
Am I missing a plugin, perhaps? Here's the output of about:plugins on my
browser:
_________________________________________________________________
Installed plugins
Find more information about browser plugins at mozilla.org.
Help for installing plugins is available from plugindoc.mozdev.org.
Shockwave Flash
File name: nswrapper_32_32.libflashplayer.so
Shockwave Flash 10.0 r45
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application/futuresplash FutureSplash Player spl Yes
IcedTea Java Web Browser Plugin (using IcedTea6 1.7.1
(fedora-36.b17.fc12-i386))
File name: IcedTeaPlugin.so
The IcedTea Java Web Browser Plugin (using IcedTea6 1.7.1
(fedora-36.b17.fc12-i386)) executes Java applets.
MIME Type Description Suffixes Enabled
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application/x-java-applet IcedTea class,jar Yes
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application/x-java-applet;version=1.2 IcedTea class,jar Yes
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application/x-java-applet;version=1.2.2 IcedTea class,jar Yes
application/x-java-applet;version=1.3 IcedTea class,jar Yes
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application/x-java-applet;version=1.4.1 IcedTea class,jar Yes
application/x-java-applet;version=1.4.2 IcedTea class,jar Yes
application/x-java-applet;version=1.5 IcedTea class,jar Yes
application/x-java-applet;version=1.6 IcedTea class,jar Yes
application/x-java-applet;jpi-version=1.6.0_00 IcedTea class,jar
Yes
application/x-java-bean IcedTea class,jar Yes
application/x-java-bean;version=1.1 IcedTea class,jar Yes
application/x-java-bean;version=1.1.1 IcedTea class,jar Yes
application/x-java-bean;version=1.1.2 IcedTea class,jar Yes
application/x-java-bean;version=1.1.3 IcedTea class,jar Yes
application/x-java-bean;version=1.2 IcedTea class,jar Yes
application/x-java-bean;version=1.2.1 IcedTea class,jar Yes
application/x-java-bean;version=1.2.2 IcedTea class,jar Yes
application/x-java-bean;version=1.3 IcedTea class,jar Yes
application/x-java-bean;version=1.3.1 IcedTea class,jar Yes
application/x-java-bean;version=1.4 IcedTea class,jar Yes
application/x-java-bean;version=1.4.1 IcedTea class,jar Yes
application/x-java-bean;version=1.4.2 IcedTea class,jar Yes
application/x-java-bean;version=1.5 IcedTea class,jar Yes
application/x-java-bean;version=1.6 IcedTea class,jar Yes
application/x-java-bean;jpi-version=1.6.0_00 IcedTea class,jar
Yes
VLC Multimedia Plug-in
File name: nswrapper_32_32.libvlcplugin.so
Version 1.0.5 Goldeneye, copyright 1996-2007 The VideoLAN Team
http://www.videolan.org/
MIME Type Description Suffixes Enabled
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video/x-mpeg-system MPEG video mpg,mpeg,mpe,vob Yes
audio/x-mpegurl MPEG audio m3u Yes
video/mp4 MPEG-4 video mp4,mpg4 Yes
audio/mp4 MPEG-4 audio mp4,mpg4 Yes
audio/x-m4a MPEG-4 audio m4a Yes
application/mpeg4-iod MPEG-4 video mp4,mpg4 Yes
application/mpeg4-muxcodetable MPEG-4 video mp4,mpg4 Yes
video/x-msvideo AVI video avi Yes
video/quicktime QuickTime video mov,qt Yes
application/x-ogg Ogg stream ogg Yes
application/ogg Ogg stream ogg Yes
application/x-vlc-plugin VLC plug-in vlc Yes
video/x-ms-asf-plugin Windows Media Video asf,asx Yes
video/x-ms-asf Windows Media Video asf,asx Yes
application/x-mplayer2 Windows Media Yes
video/x-ms-wmv Windows Media wmv Yes
video/x-ms-wvx Windows Media Video wvx Yes
audio/x-ms-wma Windows Media Audio wma Yes
application/x-google-vlc-plugin Google VLC plug-in Yes
audio/wav WAV audio wav Yes
audio/x-wav WAV audio wav Yes
audio/3gpp 3GPP audio 3gp,3gpp Yes
video/3gpp 3GPP video 3gp,3gpp Yes
audio/3gpp2 3GPP2 audio 3g2,3gpp2 Yes
video/3gpp2 3GPP2 video 3g2,3gpp2 Yes
video/divx DivX video divx Yes
video/flv FLV video flv Yes
video/x-flv FLV video flv Yes
video/x-matroska Matroska video mkv Yes
audio/x-matroska Matroska audio mka Yes
application/xspf+xml Playlist xspf xspf Yes
Adobe Reader 9.3
File name: nswrapper_32_32.nppdf.so
The Adobe Reader plugin is used to enable viewing of PDF and FDF
files from within the browser.
MIME Type Description Suffixes Enabled
application/pdf Portable Document Format pdf Yes
application/vnd.fdf Acrobat Forms Data Format fdf Yes
application/vnd.adobe.xfdf XML Version of Acrobat Forms Data Format
xfdf Yes
application/vnd.adobe.xdp+xml Acrobat XML Data Package xdp Yes
application/vnd.adobe.xfd+xml Adobe FormFlow99 Data File xfd Yes
Skype Buttons for Kopete
File name: nswrapper_32_32.skypebuttons.so
Mime Type x-skype for Skype Buttons
MIME Type Description Suffixes Enabled
application/x-skype Skype Buttons Yes
DivX Browser Plug-In
File name: gecko-mediaplayer-dvx.so
Gecko Media Player 0.9.9.2
Video Player Plug-in for QuickTime, RealPlayer and Windows Media
Player streams using MPlayer
MIME Type Description Suffixes Enabled
video/divx DivX Media Format divx Yes
video/vnd.divx DivX Media Format divx Yes
QuickTime Plug-in 7.6.4
File name: gecko-mediaplayer-qt.so
Gecko Media Player 0.9.9.2
Video Player Plug-in for QuickTime, RealPlayer and Windows Media
Player streams using MPlayer
MIME Type Description Suffixes Enabled
video/quicktime Quicktime mov Yes
video/x-quicktime Quicktime mov Yes
image/x-quicktime Quicktime mov Yes
video/quicktime Quicktime mp4 Yes
video/quicktime Quicktime - Session Description Protocol sdp Yes
application/x-quicktimeplayer Quicktime mov Yes
RealPlayer 9
File name: gecko-mediaplayer-rm.so
Gecko Media Player 0.9.9.2
Video Player Plug-in for QuickTime, RealPlayer and Windows Media
Player streams using MPlayer
MIME Type Description Suffixes Enabled
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audio/x-realaudio RealAudio ra Yes
audio/x-pn-realaudio-plugin RealAudio rpm Yes
application/smil SMIL smil Yes
Windows Media Player Plug-in
File name: gecko-mediaplayer-wmp.so
Gecko Media Player 0.9.9.2
Video Player Plug-in for QuickTime, RealPlayer and Windows Media
Player streams using MPlayer
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video/x-ms-wmv Microsoft WMV video wmv,* Yes
audio/x-ms-wmv Windows Media wmv,* Yes
video/x-ms-wmp Windows Media wmp,* Yes
application/x-ms-wmp Windows Media wmp,* Yes
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audio/x-ms-wma Windows Media wma,* Yes
application/x-drm-v2 Windows Media asx,* Yes
audio/wav Microsoft wave file wav,* Yes
audio/x-wav Microsoft wave file wav,* Yes
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File name: gecko-mediaplayer.so
Gecko Media Player 0.9.9.2
Video Player Plug-in for QuickTime, RealPlayer and Windows Media
Player streams using MPlayer
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audio/mpeg MPEG mpg,mpeg Yes
video/x-mpeg MPEG mpg,mpeg Yes
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audio/mpeg MPEG mpg,mpeg Yes
audio/x-mpeg MPEG mpg,mpeg Yes
audio/mpeg2 MPEG audio mp2 Yes
audio/x-mpeg2 MPEG audio mp2 Yes
audio/mp4 MPEG 4 audio mp4 Yes
audio/x-mp4 MPEG 4 audio mp4 Yes
video/mp4 MPEG 4 Video mp4 Yes
video/x-m4v MPEG 4 Video m4v Yes
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audio/x-mpeg3 MPEG audio mp3 Yes
audio/x-mpegurl MPEG url m3u Yes
audio/mp3 MPEG audio mp3 Yes
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application/ogg Ogg Vorbis Media ogg,oga,ogm Yes
audio/x-ogg Ogg Vorbis Audio ogg,oga Yes
audio/ogg Ogg Vorbis Audio ogg,oga Yes
video/x-ogg Ogg Vorbis Video ogg,ogm Yes
video/ogg Ogg Vorbis Video ogg,ogm Yes
application/x-vlc-plugin VLC plug-in vlc Yes
application/x-google-vlc-plugin Google VLC plug-in Yes
audio/flac FLAC Audio flac Yes
audio/x-flac FLAC Audio flac Yes
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video/x-fli FLI animation fli,flc Yes
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video/flv Flash Video flv Yes
video/vnd.vivo VivoActive viv,vivo Yes
audio/x-matroska Matroska Audio mka Yes
video/x-matroska Matroska Video mkv Yes
application/x-nsv-vp3-mp3 Nullsoft Streaming Video nsv Yes
audio/x-mod Soundtracker mod Yes
audio/x-aiff AIFF Audio aif Yes
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This plug-in detects the presence of iTunes when opening iTunes
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application/itunes-plugin Yes
NPAPI Plugins Wrapper 1.3.0
File name: npwrapper.so
nspluginwrapper is a cross-platform NPAPI plugin viewer, in
particular for linux/i386 plugins.
This beta software is available under the terms of the GNU General
Public License.
MIME Type Description Suffixes Enabled
unknown/mime-type Do not open none Yes
_________________________________________________________________
Temlakos
11:11 p.m.
New subject: Fox News Channels videos won't play--SOLVED
On 04/02/2010 09:14 PM, Christopher A. Williams wrote:
On Fri, 2010-04-02 at 11:10 -0400, Tom Horsley wrote:
> On Fri, 02 Apr 2010 10:40:42 -0400
> Temlakos wrote:
>
>
>> So: /all/ version of nspluginwrapper cause problems for videos called
>> with certain scripts. You can't even get the embedding code with
>> nspluginwrapper in place.
>>
> It isn't just videos. One of my credit cards has some silly
> flash app for generating temporary credit card numbers, and
> for many years, it wouldn't run with the wrapper. I had to
> go to a lot of trouble to run a 32 bit firefox with no
> wrapper when I wanted to generate a credit card number for
> mail order. I think recent versions have started working
> OK with the wrapper, but I have no idea what changed.
>
OK - Good to know. I tried to compile together all of the high points
from this thread into a BZ, which I just opened against nspluginwrapper.
BZ Number: 579092
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=579092
Please feel free to review and add any information you think is
pertinent.
Cheers,
Chris
--
=============================
"You see things as they are and ask, 'Why?'
I dream things as they never were and ask, 'Why not?'"
-- George Bernard Shaw
Worked for me too...un-installed the wrapper and restarted FF.
--
Saurabh Sharma
Linux user number: 490644
http://sawrub-blog.blogspot.com/
Open your doors.......It's time to look beyond Windows
10:44 a.m.
New subject: Fox News Channels videos won't play--SOLVED
On Fri, 2010-04-02 at 11:10 -0400, Tom Horsley wrote:
On Fri, 02 Apr 2010 10:40:42 -0400
Temlakos wrote:
> So: /all/ version of nspluginwrapper cause problems for videos called
> with certain scripts. You can't even get the embedding code with
> nspluginwrapper in place.
It isn't just videos. One of my credit cards has some silly
flash app for generating temporary credit card numbers, and
for many years, it wouldn't run with the wrapper. I had to
go to a lot of trouble to run a 32 bit firefox with no
wrapper when I wanted to generate a credit card number for
mail order. I think recent versions have started working
OK with the wrapper, but I have no idea what changed.
OK - Good to know. I tried to compile together all of the high points
from this thread into a BZ, which I just opened against nspluginwrapper.
BZ Number: 579092
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=579092
Please feel free to review and add any information you think is
pertinent.
Cheers,
Chris
--
=============================
"You see things as they are and ask, 'Why?'
I dream things as they never were and ask, 'Why not?'"
-- George Bernard Shaw
9:40 a.m.
New subject: Fox News Channels videos won't play--SOLVED
On 04/02/2010 09:31 AM, Christopher A. Williams wrote:
On Thu, 2010-04-01 at 22:22 -0400, Temlakos wrote:
> On 04/01/2010 09:23 PM, Aram J. Agajanian wrote:
>
>> On Wed, 31 Mar 2010 09:49:27 -0400
>> Temlakos<temlakos(a)gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>
>>
>>> I've come back to this issue of the Fox News Channel videos not
>>> wanting to play, because perhaps I have some more information that
>>> might provide a clue.
>>>
>>> Fox News Channel hosts a number of videos, and provides an embedding
>>> link to each one. About an hour ago, I went to find one. When my
>>> Fedora 12/Firefox 3.5.8 setup wouldn't play nice, I went to another
>>> machine that had Windows XP on it. I was able to play the video
>>> there, and to get the embedding script. I got it and pasted it into
>>> an article I wrote.
>>>
>>> And when I went to display my article, guess what? The video wouldn't
>>> play.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>> I am using flash 10.0.45.2 (64 bit) and Fedora 11 (with Firefox 3.5.9).
>>
>> Fox News videos wouldn't play until I uninstalled
>> nspluginwrapper.x86_64.
>>
>>
> And how did you do that?
>
Confirmed on my system. Running F12 x86_64 with FF 3.6.2 (latest from
Remi's repository). Uninstalling nspluginwrapper allows the Flash object
on Fox News Website to play without issue.
Command to uninstall nspluginwrapper is:
rpm -e nspluginwrapper-1.3.0-10.fc12.x86_64
Re-installing nspluginwrapper causes the 64-bit Flash player to fail.
I suggest we open a BZ against the 64-bit version of nspluginwrapper as
it is attempting to "wrap" 64-bit plugins such as Flash-64 in a way that
is causing them to fail when called with certain scripts. This also
might point to why the 32-bit Adobe Reader plugin fails to load in F12
x86_64...
Cheers,
Chris
Thanks for the tip.
Now for everyone's information, I removed nspluginwrapper from my
installed base of RPMs, using my particular package manager, which
happens to be Smart. Then I reloaded Firefox and went back to that page
I built, with the embedded video from Fox News Channel. And this time,
it played.
Chris, may I suggest that the problem is a bit wider than the 64-bit
version. The 32-bit version does the same. My plugins were all using
"nswrapper-32-32." Now, without nspluginwrapper, they're all back to
their native .so files.
So: /all/ version of nspluginwrapper cause problems for videos called
with certain scripts. You can't even get the embedding code with
nspluginwrapper in place.
Temlakos
8:31 a.m.
On Thu, 2010-04-01 at 22:22 -0400, Temlakos wrote:
On 04/01/2010 09:23 PM, Aram J. Agajanian wrote:
> On Wed, 31 Mar 2010 09:49:27 -0400
> Temlakos<temlakos(a)gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
>> I've come back to this issue of the Fox News Channel videos not
>> wanting to play, because perhaps I have some more information that
>> might provide a clue.
>>
>> Fox News Channel hosts a number of videos, and provides an embedding
>> link to each one. About an hour ago, I went to find one. When my
>> Fedora 12/Firefox 3.5.8 setup wouldn't play nice, I went to another
>> machine that had Windows XP on it. I was able to play the video
>> there, and to get the embedding script. I got it and pasted it into
>> an article I wrote.
>>
>> And when I went to display my article, guess what? The video wouldn't
>> play.
>>
>>
> I am using flash 10.0.45.2 (64 bit) and Fedora 11 (with Firefox 3.5.9).
>
> Fox News videos wouldn't play until I uninstalled
> nspluginwrapper.x86_64.
>
And how did you do that?
Confirmed on my system. Running F12 x86_64 with FF 3.6.2 (latest from
Remi's repository). Uninstalling nspluginwrapper allows the Flash object
on Fox News Website to play without issue.
Command to uninstall nspluginwrapper is:
rpm -e nspluginwrapper-1.3.0-10.fc12.x86_64
Re-installing nspluginwrapper causes the 64-bit Flash player to fail.
I suggest we open a BZ against the 64-bit version of nspluginwrapper as
it is attempting to "wrap" 64-bit plugins such as Flash-64 in a way that
is causing them to fail when called with certain scripts. This also
might point to why the 32-bit Adobe Reader plugin fails to load in F12
x86_64...
Cheers,
Chris
--
=============================
"You see things as they are and ask, 'Why?'
I dream things as they never were and ask, 'Why not?'"
-- George Bernard Shaw
9:22 p.m.
On 04/01/2010 09:23 PM, Aram J. Agajanian wrote:
On Wed, 31 Mar 2010 09:49:27 -0400
Temlakos<temlakos(a)gmail.com> wrote:
> I've come back to this issue of the Fox News Channel videos not
> wanting to play, because perhaps I have some more information that
> might provide a clue.
>
> Fox News Channel hosts a number of videos, and provides an embedding
> link to each one. About an hour ago, I went to find one. When my
> Fedora 12/Firefox 3.5.8 setup wouldn't play nice, I went to another
> machine that had Windows XP on it. I was able to play the video
> there, and to get the embedding script. I got it and pasted it into
> an article I wrote.
>
> And when I went to display my article, guess what? The video wouldn't
> play.
>
>
I am using flash 10.0.45.2 (64 bit) and Fedora 11 (with Firefox 3.5.9).
Fox News videos wouldn't play until I uninstalled
nspluginwrapper.x86_64.
And how did you do that?
Temlakos
9:28 p.m.
On 03/31/2010 07:37 AM, Temlakos wrote:
On 03/31/2010 10:24 AM, john wendel wrote:
> On 03/31/2010 06:49 AM, Temlakos wrote:
>
>> I've come back to this issue of the Fox News Channel videos not wanting
>> to play, because perhaps I have some more information that might provide
>> a clue.
>>
>> Fox News Channel hosts a number of videos, and provides an embedding
>> link to each one. About an hour ago, I went to find one. When my Fedora
>> 12/Firefox 3.5.8 setup wouldn't play nice, I went to another machine
>> that had Windows XP on it. I was able to play the video there, and to
>> get the embedding script. I got it and pasted it into an article I wrote.
>>
>> And when I went to display my article, guess what? The video wouldn't play.
>>
>> Here is the link to the article I wrote, that has the embedded video:
>>
>>
<http://www.examiner.com/x-28973-Essex-County-Conservative-Examiner~y2010m...
>>
>> Here is the embedding URL I used:
>>
>> <script type="text/javascript"
>>
src="http://video.foxnews.com/v/embed.js?id=4106724&w=400&h=...
>> the latest news video at<a
>>
href="http://video.foxnews.com/">video.foxnews.com</a>...
>>
>> And now: here is what that script embed.js contains:
>>
>> if(document.domain.indexOf('rightscoop')< 0) {
document.write(''); }
>>
>> And that's it.
>>
>>
> [snip]
>
> Played fine here, Firefox 3.6.2,
>
>
>> Shockwave Flash
>>
>> File: libflashplayer.so
>> Version:
>> Shockwave Flash 10.1 d51
>>
> Time to update your browser.
>
> Regards,
>
> John
>
>
>
Then you recommend abandoning the Fedora build and going directly to
Mozilla for their latest RPM?
And the same with Flash? I'm using "R45"; you have "D51."
Temlakos
Well, I see from other replies that the Fedora build will play these
videos properly, so, NO I would not recommend going directly to Mozilla
for their browser. I'm not sure where the Flash came from, probably
Adobe's website.
I enjoy "breaking" my system, so I often run non-fedora releases of
stuff. The Mozilla version of Firefox didn't run correctly
out-of-the-box on my (F11) system. To make it work I had to set the
environment with "export CANBERRA_DRIVER=null" before running Firefox.
I installed Firefox in my home directory (/home/john/firefox) and kept
the Fedora version.
Regards,
John
7:08 p.m.
On 03/31/2010 01:36 PM, Temlakos wrote:
How does it look? On my system, whenever I load a page having a video
from Fox (like the page with the above link, a page I created myself, by
the way), all I get is a top and bottom bar, with viewing controls not
even appearing, much less functioning.
I'm still using a 32-bit kernel, so you and I aren't using the same
kernel. Not that I would expect that to matter.
I tried installing the Greasemonkey add-on, and a script for "Fox News
friendly videos." No joy.
Temlakos
I haven't tried Greasemonkey at all. I get the same you do. Except it
seems I get the top bar, bottom bar and a black/gray background between
the two. The video controls (bottom bar) only show up when the cursor is
over the video. I get no video or audio or even really time
(length/remaining) on Fox.
Trever
--
"Of all the rights of women, the greatest is to be a mother." -- Lin Yutang
4:47 p.m.
On Wednesday 31 March 2010, Temlakos wrote:
On 03/31/2010 02:41 PM, Trever L. Adams wrote:
> On 03/31/2010 10:40 AM, suvayu ali wrote:
>> On 31 March 2010 06:49, Temlakos<temlakos(a)gmail.com> wrote:
>>> I've come back to this issue of the Fox News Channel videos not
>>> wanting to play, because perhaps I have some more information that
>>> might provide a clue.
>>>
>>> Fox News Channel hosts a number of videos, and provides an embedding
>>> link to each one. About an hour ago, I went to find one. When my
>>> Fedora 12/Firefox 3.5.8 setup wouldn't play nice, I went to another
>>> machine that had Windows XP on it. I was able to play the video there,
>>> and to get the embedding script. I got it and pasted it into an
>>> article I wrote.
>>>
>>> And when I went to display my article, guess what? The video wouldn't
>>> play.
>>>
>>> Here is the link to the article I wrote, that has the embedded video:
>>>
>>> <http://www.examiner.com/x-28973-Essex-County-Conservative-Examiner~y2
>>>010m3d31-Census-bureau-can-only-blame-itself-for-nonresponse>
>>
>> Plays here just fine with:
>>
>> $ firefox --version
>> Mozilla Firefox 3.5.8, Copyright (c) 1998 - 2010 mozilla.org
>>
>> $ uname -r
>> 2.6.30.10-105.2.23.fc11.x86_64
>>
>> Shockwave Flash 10.0 r45
>
> I have the same problem.
> $ firefox --version
> Mozilla Firefox 3.6.2, Copyright (c) 1998 - 2010 mozilla.org
>
> 2.6.33.1-19.fc13.x86_64
>
> flash-plugin-10.0.45.2-release.i386
>
> Trever
How does it look? On my system, whenever I load a page having a video
from Fox (like the page with the above link, a page I created myself, by
the way), all I get is a top and bottom bar, with viewing controls not
even appearing, much less functioning.
I'm still using a 32-bit kernel, so you and I aren't using the same
kernel. Not that I would expect that to matter.
So am I, using a 32 bit kernel.
[root@coyote grub]# uname -r
2.6.34-rc3
I tried installing the Greasemonkey add-on, and a script for "Fox
News
friendly videos." No joy.
I don't recall if I have greasemonkey running or not, but the latter I never
heard of. And no, greasemonkey is not now listed in the addons.
Temlakos
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3:51 p.m.
--- On Wed, 3/31/10, Temlakos <temlakos(a)gmail.com> wrote:
I've come back to this issue of the
Fox News Channel videos not wanting
to play, because perhaps I have some more information that
might provide
a clue.
Fox News Channel hosts a number of videos, and provides an
embedding
link to each one. About an hour ago, I went to find one.
When my Fedora
12/Firefox 3.5.8 setup wouldn't play nice, I went to
another machine
that had Windows XP on it. I was able to play the video
there, and to
get the embedding script. I got it and pasted it into an
article I wrote.
And when I went to display my article, guess what? The
video wouldn't play.
Here is the link to the article I wrote, that has the
embedded video:
<http://www.examiner.com/x-28973-Essex-County-Conservative-Examiner~y2010m...
Article displays properly & video plays. No problems.
Fedora 12. Firefox 3.5.8-1.fc12. Flash 10.0 r45 Alpha. kernel 2.6.32.10-90.fc12.x86_64.
Everything 64-bit, including plugins, the list of which at first glance looks similar to
yours, just all 64-bit.
Here is the embedding URL I used:
[snip]
___________________________
Installed plugins
Find more information about browser plugins at
mozilla.org.
Help for installing plugins is available from
plugindoc.mozdev.org.
Shockwave Flash
File name:
nswrapper_32_32.libflashplayer.so
Shockwave Flash 10.0 r45
MIME Type Description
[big snip]
From a later response of yours, you said you're all 32-bit--OS, Firefox, plugins, etc.
Yes? Then why do you have nspluginwrapper installed? It's not needed.
nspluginwrapper is meant to run 32-bit plugins on 64-bit browsers. You're all 32-bit.
Maybe, this is the problem.
B
2:36 p.m.
On 03/31/2010 02:41 PM, Trever L. Adams wrote:
On 03/31/2010 10:40 AM, suvayu ali wrote:
> On 31 March 2010 06:49, Temlakos<temlakos(a)gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
>> I've come back to this issue of the Fox News Channel videos not wanting
>> to play, because perhaps I have some more information that might provide
>> a clue.
>>
>> Fox News Channel hosts a number of videos, and provides an embedding
>> link to each one. About an hour ago, I went to find one. When my Fedora
>> 12/Firefox 3.5.8 setup wouldn't play nice, I went to another machine
>> that had Windows XP on it. I was able to play the video there, and to
>> get the embedding script. I got it and pasted it into an article I wrote.
>>
>> And when I went to display my article, guess what? The video wouldn't play.
>>
>> Here is the link to the article I wrote, that has the embedded video:
>>
>>
<http://www.examiner.com/x-28973-Essex-County-Conservative-Examiner~y2010m...
>>
>>
>>
> Plays here just fine with:
>
> $ firefox --version
> Mozilla Firefox 3.5.8, Copyright (c) 1998 - 2010 mozilla.org
>
> $ uname -r
> 2.6.30.10-105.2.23.fc11.x86_64
>
> Shockwave Flash 10.0 r45
>
>
I have the same problem.
$ firefox --version
Mozilla Firefox 3.6.2, Copyright (c) 1998 - 2010 mozilla.org
2.6.33.1-19.fc13.x86_64
flash-plugin-10.0.45.2-release.i386
Trever
How does it look? On my system, whenever I load a page having a video
from Fox (like the page with the above link, a page I created myself, by
the way), all I get is a top and bottom bar, with viewing controls not
even appearing, much less functioning.
I'm still using a 32-bit kernel, so you and I aren't using the same
kernel. Not that I would expect that to matter.
I tried installing the Greasemonkey add-on, and a script for "Fox News
friendly videos." No joy.
Temlakos
1:41 p.m.
On 03/31/2010 10:40 AM, suvayu ali wrote:
On 31 March 2010 06:49, Temlakos <temlakos(a)gmail.com> wrote:
> I've come back to this issue of the Fox News Channel videos not wanting
> to play, because perhaps I have some more information that might provide
> a clue.
>
> Fox News Channel hosts a number of videos, and provides an embedding
> link to each one. About an hour ago, I went to find one. When my Fedora
> 12/Firefox 3.5.8 setup wouldn't play nice, I went to another machine
> that had Windows XP on it. I was able to play the video there, and to
> get the embedding script. I got it and pasted it into an article I wrote.
>
> And when I went to display my article, guess what? The video wouldn't play.
>
> Here is the link to the article I wrote, that has the embedded video:
>
>
<http://www.examiner.com/x-28973-Essex-County-Conservative-Examiner~y2010m...
>
>
Plays here just fine with:
$ firefox --version
Mozilla Firefox 3.5.8, Copyright (c) 1998 - 2010 mozilla.org
$ uname -r
2.6.30.10-105.2.23.fc11.x86_64
Shockwave Flash 10.0 r45
I have the same problem.
$ firefox --version
Mozilla Firefox 3.6.2, Copyright (c) 1998 - 2010 mozilla.org
2.6.33.1-19.fc13.x86_64
flash-plugin-10.0.45.2-release.i386
Trever
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-- Walt Disney
11:40 a.m.
On 31 March 2010 06:49, Temlakos <temlakos(a)gmail.com> wrote:
I've come back to this issue of the Fox News Channel videos not
wanting
to play, because perhaps I have some more information that might provide
a clue.
Fox News Channel hosts a number of videos, and provides an embedding
link to each one. About an hour ago, I went to find one. When my Fedora
12/Firefox 3.5.8 setup wouldn't play nice, I went to another machine
that had Windows XP on it. I was able to play the video there, and to
get the embedding script. I got it and pasted it into an article I wrote.
And when I went to display my article, guess what? The video wouldn't play.
Here is the link to the article I wrote, that has the embedded video:
<http://www.examiner.com/x-28973-Essex-County-Conservative-Examiner~y2010m...
Plays here just fine with:
$ firefox --version
Mozilla Firefox 3.5.8, Copyright (c) 1998 - 2010 mozilla.org
$ uname -r
2.6.30.10-105.2.23.fc11.x86_64
Shockwave Flash 10.0 r45
Temlakos
--
--
Suvayu
Open source is the future. It sets us free.
10:39 a.m.
On Wednesday 31 March 2010, Temlakos wrote:
I've come back to this issue of the Fox News Channel videos not
wanting
to play, because perhaps I have some more information that might provide
a clue.
Fox News Channel hosts a number of videos, and provides an embedding
link to each one. About an hour ago, I went to find one. When my Fedora
12/Firefox 3.5.8 setup wouldn't play nice, I went to another machine
that had Windows XP on it. I was able to play the video there, and to
get the embedding script. I got it and pasted it into an article I wrote.
And when I went to display my article, guess what? The video wouldn't
play.
Here is the link to the article I wrote, that has the embedded video:
<http://www.examiner.com/x-28973-Essex-County-Conservative-Examiner~y2010m
3d31-Census-bureau-can-only-blame-itself-for-nonresponse>
The link works, and the video plays just fine. System is Fedora 10, uptodate
as of the end of support, the java is the latest _real_ java, and my plugins
dir looks like this:
[root@coyote 3.002005]# ls -l //usr/lib/plugins
total 3980
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 12720 2006-12-29 22:25 kaffeineplugin.so
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 39 2010-03-01 23:14 libflashplayer.so ->
/usr/lib/flash-plugin/libflashplayer.so
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 53 2008-11-18 18:51 libjavaplugin_oji.so ->
/usr/java/latest/plugin/i386/ns7/libjavaplugin_oji.so
-r--r--r-- 1 root root 426832 2009-08-08 05:53 libNPSVG3.so
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 15716 2010-03-24 16:28 libnullplugin.so
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 4076 2009-01-19 11:46 librhythmbox-itms-detection-
plugin.so
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 68512 2008-10-26 12:47 libtotem-basic-plugin.so
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 94568 2008-10-26 12:47 libtotem-cone-plugin.so
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 102688 2008-10-26 12:47 libtotem-gmp-plugin.so
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 68568 2008-10-26 12:47 libtotem-mully-plugin.so
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 77088 2008-10-26 12:47 libtotem-narrowspace-
plugin.so
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 99964 2009-04-09 13:31 libvlcplugin.so
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 531540 2009-02-13 10:01 mplayerplug-in-dvx.so
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 1067 2009-02-13 10:01 mplayerplug-in-dvx.xpt
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 531544 2009-02-13 10:01 mplayerplug-in-qt.so
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 1067 2009-02-13 10:01 mplayerplug-in-qt.xpt
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 531552 2009-02-13 10:01 mplayerplug-in-rm.so
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 1067 2009-02-13 10:01 mplayerplug-in-rm.xpt
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 532536 2009-02-13 10:01 mplayerplug-in.so
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 531540 2009-02-13 10:01 mplayerplug-in-wmp.so
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 1067 2009-02-13 10:01 mplayerplug-in-wmp.xpt
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 1067 2009-02-13 10:01 mplayerplug-in.xpt
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 40 2008-11-18 18:51 nphelix.so ->
/usr/local/RealPlayer/mozilla/nphelix.so
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 41 2008-11-18 18:51 nphelix.xpt ->
/usr/local/RealPlayer/mozilla/nphelix.xpt
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 179552 2009-05-13 10:42 nppdf.so
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 33944 2008-09-05 12:39 nsdejavu.so
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 121956 2009-03-08 12:52
nswrapper_32_32.libvlcplugin.so
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Cheers, Gene
"There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty:
soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order."
-Ed Howdershelt (Author)
River: "Also, I can kill you with my brain."
--Episode #11, "Trash"
9:37 a.m.
On 03/31/2010 10:24 AM, john wendel wrote:
On 03/31/2010 06:49 AM, Temlakos wrote:
> I've come back to this issue of the Fox News Channel videos not wanting
> to play, because perhaps I have some more information that might provide
> a clue.
>
> Fox News Channel hosts a number of videos, and provides an embedding
> link to each one. About an hour ago, I went to find one. When my Fedora
> 12/Firefox 3.5.8 setup wouldn't play nice, I went to another machine
> that had Windows XP on it. I was able to play the video there, and to
> get the embedding script. I got it and pasted it into an article I wrote.
>
> And when I went to display my article, guess what? The video wouldn't play.
>
> Here is the link to the article I wrote, that has the embedded video:
>
>
<http://www.examiner.com/x-28973-Essex-County-Conservative-Examiner~y2010m...
>
> Here is the embedding URL I used:
>
> <script type="text/javascript"
>
src="http://video.foxnews.com/v/embed.js?id=4106724&w=400&h=...
> the latest news video at<a
>
href="http://video.foxnews.com/">video.foxnews.com</a>...
>
> And now: here is what that script embed.js contains:
>
> if(document.domain.indexOf('rightscoop')< 0) {
document.write(''); }
>
> And that's it.
>
>
[snip]
Played fine here, Firefox 3.6.2,
> Shockwave Flash
>
> File: libflashplayer.so
> Version:
> Shockwave Flash 10.1 d51
>
Time to update your browser.
Regards,
John
Then you recommend abandoning the Fedora build and going directly to
Mozilla for their latest RPM?
And the same with Flash? I'm using "R45"; you have "D51."
Temlakos
9:24 a.m.
On 03/31/2010 06:49 AM, Temlakos wrote:
I've come back to this issue of the Fox News Channel videos not
wanting
to play, because perhaps I have some more information that might provide
a clue.
Fox News Channel hosts a number of videos, and provides an embedding
link to each one. About an hour ago, I went to find one. When my Fedora
12/Firefox 3.5.8 setup wouldn't play nice, I went to another machine
that had Windows XP on it. I was able to play the video there, and to
get the embedding script. I got it and pasted it into an article I wrote.
And when I went to display my article, guess what? The video wouldn't play.
Here is the link to the article I wrote, that has the embedded video:
<http://www.examiner.com/x-28973-Essex-County-Conservative-Examiner~y2010m...
Here is the embedding URL I used:
<script type="text/javascript"
src="http://video.foxnews.com/v/embed.js?id=4106724&w=400&h=...
the latest news video at<a
href="http://video.foxnews.com/">video.foxnews.com</a>...
And now: here is what that script embed.js contains:
if(document.domain.indexOf('rightscoop')< 0) { document.write(''); }
And that's it.
[snip]
Played fine here, Firefox 3.6.2,
Shockwave Flash
File: libflashplayer.so
Version:
Shockwave Flash 10.1 d51
Time to update your browser.
Regards,
John
10:10 a.m.
New subject: Fox News Channels videos won't play--SOLVED
On Fri, 02 Apr 2010 10:40:42 -0400
Temlakos wrote:
So: /all/ version of nspluginwrapper cause problems for videos called
with certain scripts. You can't even get the embedding code with
nspluginwrapper in place.
It isn't just videos. One of my credit cards has some silly
flash app for generating temporary credit card numbers, and
for many years, it wouldn't run with the wrapper. I had to
go to a lot of trouble to run a 32 bit firefox with no
wrapper when I wanted to generate a credit card number for
mail order. I think recent versions have started working
OK with the wrapper, but I have no idea what changed.
8:23 p.m.
On Wed, 31 Mar 2010 09:49:27 -0400
Temlakos <temlakos(a)gmail.com> wrote:
I've come back to this issue of the Fox News Channel videos not
wanting to play, because perhaps I have some more information that
might provide a clue.
Fox News Channel hosts a number of videos, and provides an embedding
link to each one. About an hour ago, I went to find one. When my
Fedora 12/Firefox 3.5.8 setup wouldn't play nice, I went to another
machine that had Windows XP on it. I was able to play the video
there, and to get the embedding script. I got it and pasted it into
an article I wrote.
And when I went to display my article, guess what? The video wouldn't
play.
I am using flash 10.0.45.2 (64 bit) and Fedora 11 (with Firefox 3.5.9).
Fox News videos wouldn't play until I uninstalled
nspluginwrapper.x86_64.
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