[sf-lug] Can't seem to watch this movie

[Kai Chang]

You might check to see if you have too many versions of flash installed.
This could be a helpful command if you're using Adobe's version:

*sudo apt-get remove --purge flashplugin-nonfree*

On Tue, Nov 10, 2009 at 12:55 AM, Kai Chang <kai.salmon.chang at gmail.com>wrote:

> 9.10 karmic 32-bit worked for me.  I've run this command since installing:
> *
>
> *
> *sudo apt-get install ubuntu-restricted-extras*
>
> I also went here to download and install the newest flashplayer from Adobe
> in .deb format:
>
> http://get.adobe.com/flashplayer/
>
> Hope this helps
>
>
> On Tue, Nov 10, 2009 at 12:39 AM, Michael Paric <
> mparic at compbizsolutions.com> wrote:
>
>>
>>> hi,
>>>
>>> One of the schools this LUG is supporting with Linux is going to attempt
>>> to watch this movie tomorrow using Linux, but we have not been able to watch
>>> it thus far, and I'm not sure why.  Would someone please tell me if you are
>>> able to watch "Becoming Human" part one here:
>>>
>>> http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/beta/evolution/becoming-human-part-1.html
>>>
>>> I was able to watch a preview, but the full movie does not play for some
>>> reason.  Not sure why.  I do have the most recent version of Flash running.
>>>  I am using Jaunty, and I also have a wide variety of codecs installed.
>>>
>>> Thanks in advance.
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>>
>> Christian,
>> I was able to get it to play the full-length show on Karmic, however it
>> seems that Jaunty (and probably versions below it) even with the official
>> Adobe Flash player has problems with their embedded ad tracking plug-in from
>> ad.doublclick.net and the JavaScript that displays it; it hangs trying to
>> connect and never finishes. Even tried it with Opera but same result. Saw
>> lots of posts but no real solutions other than upgrading to Karmic. The
>> previews do not have the ad tracking which is why they play and the
>> full-length show does not.
>>
>> Michael
>>
>>
>>
>>
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>
>
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