When will totem play Apple.com/trailers again?

[john wendel]

On 10/24/2009 09:00 AM, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote:
> On Sat, 2009-10-24 at 11:45 -0400, fred smith wrote:
>> On Sat, Oct 24, 2009 at 01:06:34PM -0200, Andre Costa wrote:
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> it's been 2 months already[1] since Apple has changed the way they stream
>>> trailers from Apple.com/trailers, and ever since totem chokes on it.
>>> According to the last comment[2] on that post, this issue has already been
>>> fixed on gecko-mediaplayer. Any plans on implementing a similar fix on totem
>>> as well, considering it is the default media player plugin shipped by
>>> Fedora?
>>>
>>> For the record: I blame this totally on Apple, and it sucks to play catch
>>> up, but it's not the first time this happens, and it won't be the last
>>> either...
>>>
>>> BTW: I know there's a workaround involving wget and a custom user-agent id,
>>> but it's somewhat cumbersome, and it's annoying that this is taking so long
>>> to be fixed (even considering it's not a totem bug per se).
>>>
>>
>> I agree that it's a total pain in the neck.
>>
>> On the Centos list I was given this url:
>>
>>   http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1245441&page=4
>>
>> which takes you to a discussion that tells you how to fix the problem
>> using the firefox user agent switcher add-on.
>>
>> It works on my Centos box, but I tried the same on F11 on my eeepc and
>> it didn't solve it there. I make no guarantees, but you may want to look
>> into it 'cause maybe you'll be the lucky one where it works! :)
>
> Tried it on F11. Didn't work.
>
> I find it interesting that the Apple TV ads do play on F11, which is an
> admission that QT is a niche format.
>
> poc
>

I just installed gecko-mediaplayer (F11) and it plays the trailers at 
apple.com just fine.

John