From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue May 8 20:14:34 2012 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3DCDF106564A for ; Tue, 8 May 2012 20:14:34 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from rwmaillists@googlemail.com) Received: from mail-ey0-f182.google.com (mail-ey0-f182.google.com [209.85.215.182]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C15288FC15 for ; Tue, 8 May 2012 20:14:33 +0000 (UTC) Received: by eabm6 with SMTP id m6so999605eab.13 for ; Tue, 08 May 2012 13:14:27 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=googlemail.com; s=20120113; h=date:from:to:subject:message-id:in-reply-to:references:x-mailer :mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=FXu8QOlzTOePiZ1jE/OZXmxlowGnJmvdIyJMR8tKMLk=; b=IDyzjhiyNzvP/Hd79Zd69NhWvvzNyVCh8rc2hM5sQmixHZCwAiLsd8J/rCwK9NBwe2 fgcjy70UOIf7zHh0n+hexWPxo8k4atWppB7Q/VzPbhsgYl8hs6Hv8Vwcp/qsQIpXlbLX GU/FZzCiwe+hfpyEQTwC4j2/VeZxpL+ajsRthaI3eS3Fs8c61YOJF3pnoDAe+ZMoD5DP Fm/Z9Shn92ag+uTI6dA45ZMPM5kAKVvk0IZHJGV1cSkEHfTiHgXJUDFMCTnDsotE+9nE hGSozIyiH+UeGZYgF97bk/4RBzd5nYky1niHtpghmD1Pkt0gHc26EdDP3O5v7Dvwp58l ymkA== Received: by 10.213.26.217 with SMTP id f25mr89776ebc.3.1336508067279; Tue, 08 May 2012 13:14:27 -0700 (PDT) Received: from gumby.homeunix.com (87-194-105-247.bethere.co.uk. [87.194.105.247]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id s54sm1644472eeb.4.2012.05.08.13.14.25 (version=SSLv3 cipher=OTHER); Tue, 08 May 2012 13:14:26 -0700 (PDT) Date: Tue, 8 May 2012 21:14:23 +0100 From: RW To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20120508211423.1ae655c6@gumby.homeunix.com> In-Reply-To: References: X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.8.0 (GTK+ 2.24.6; amd64-portbld-freebsd8.2) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: Video not view-able X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 08 May 2012 20:14:34 -0000 On Tue, 8 May 2012 15:09:26 -0400 Carmel wrote: > I have been visiting several sites lately in which the video content > was not view-able. > > Example: > http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/05/05/republicans-get-in-my-vagina-kate-beckinsale_n_1484918.html?ref=fb&src=sp&comm_ref=false > > There is a video there that displays perfectly in MS Windows in either > IE8 or 9 and Firefox. However, under FreeBSD-8.3 with the latest > version of Firefox all I get is a black box. No controls to click, > etcetera. This sort of thing happens way to frequently on way to many > sites. It cannot be a simple "blame Microsoft" thing since these sites > work under Firefox when used in MS Windows. I know this isn't what you want to hear, but it works just fine for me. It's a bit anecdotal, but I've had fewer problems with flash video since upgrading to modern hardware a year ago.