Date: Tue, 8 May 2012 16:51:06 -0400 From: Carmel <carmel_ny@hotmail.com> To: FreeBSD <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Video not view-able Message-ID: <BLU0-SMTP207CF620D2C79FD060CC34A93100@phx.gbl> In-Reply-To: <20120508211423.1ae655c6@gumby.homeunix.com> References: <BLU0-SMTP1580B07EC3BFAD33D48126493100@phx.gbl> <20120508211423.1ae655c6@gumby.homeunix.com>
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On Tue, 8 May 2012 21:14:23 +0100 RW articulated: >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. Define "modern hardware". The Windows machine is actually older then the FreeBSD one. -- Carmel ✌ carmel_ny@hotmail.com
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