CNN video

[jdow]

From: "Gene Heskett" <gene.heskett at verizon.net>

> On Monday 02 July 2007, Aaron Konstam wrote:
>>On Sun, 2007-07-01 at 15:49 -0500, Rod Haper wrote:
>>> 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.
>>>
>>> Does it work now?  CNN has switched to using Flash.
>>> deos work, foxnews videos do not
>>> --
>>> Rod
>>
>>I am not sure what you mean. CNN videos work, Fox News videos do not.
>>There is sound but no video.
>
> All I'm getting when I click on a news video is that damned HBO commercial
> that ought to be rated PG90+ or something.  Re-click and that loops plays
> just fine, but no trace of the news story, not even the text comes up 
> here.

Just as a reference point CNN's new stuff does not work with Internet 
Exploder
6.0, either. It just sits there with an unusually ugly look on its face and 
does
nothing. CNN is a write off anyway so....

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