Date: Tue, 8 May 2012 21:14:23 +0100 From: RW <rwmaillists@googlemail.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Video not view-able Message-ID: <20120508211423.1ae655c6@gumby.homeunix.com> In-Reply-To: <BLU0-SMTP1580B07EC3BFAD33D48126493100@phx.gbl> References: <BLU0-SMTP1580B07EC3BFAD33D48126493100@phx.gbl>
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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.
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