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November 1st, 2006, 07:20 PM
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| Cannot play videos from Sky News website Videos just refuse to play in my usual Safari browser. I've also tried Firefox, i.Cab & Camino browsers, without success. I have Realplayer & Qicktime installed, plus Flip4Mac. I have also tried Camino, set to MSIE6, still no result. Please can you advise?  |
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#2
November 1st, 2006, 07:23 PM
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| What format are Sky News' videos? Have you asked them about support in Safari, Firefox etc. on the Mac?
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#3
November 1st, 2006, 07:36 PM
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| I assume that you're referring to this site: http://news.sky.com/skynews It looks like a case of a windows format problem. For me, it quits with an error on WMP 9, and nothing happens with Flip4Mac. It probably works with the latest version of WMP, which Microsoft no longer makes for Mac. I'd contact the webmaster and ask them to post their videos in a format that works for everyone.
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#4
November 3rd, 2006, 10:50 AM
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| Yep, it's another case of a video provider offering their content in some weird format. On the outside it looks like a .WMV, but that's where compatibility ends. Flip4Mac does a pretty good job with most of the sites, but there are still too many that offer up the odd stuff and don't conform to the standard. Send an email to support@flip4mac.com and ask to have this site considered for compatibility in their next update. Quote:
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November 3rd, 2006, 11:47 AM
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| I tried helping Leslie on the Tech side, but wasn't able to. I can view the videos on http://news.sky.com/skynews/home using Safari (2.0.4(419.3) with no problems. (10.4.8) My User Internet Plug-ins; Internet Plug-Ins: flashplayer.xpt Java Applet Plugin Enabler Java Applet.plugin: JavaPluginCocoa.bundle: Macromedia: .DS_Store Flash Player: version.txt NP-PPC-Dir-Shockwave nsIQTScriptablePlugin.xpt QuickTime Plugin.plugin: QuickTime Plugin.webplugin: Windows Media Plugin: Library/Internet Plugins DRM Plugin.bundle: Flash Player Enabler.plugin: Flash Player.plugin: flashplayer.xpt Java Applet Plugin Enabler Java Applet.plugin: JavaPluginCocoa.bundle: NP-PPC-Dir-Shockwave nsIQTScriptablePlugin.xpt Quartz Composer.webplugin: QuickTime Plugin.plugin: QuickTime Plugin.webplugin: RealPlayer Plugin RealPlayer Plugin.xpt VerifiedDownloadPlugin.plugin:
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November 3rd, 2006, 04:09 PM
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| Using the exact same version of Safari, and all the latest updates from RealPlayer, Flip4Mac, Flash, etc, it isn't working. Attached are my install plugins..
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#7
November 15th, 2006, 05:29 PM
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| Yeah, I'm having the same problem with the National Geographic website... unable to view their videos due to a lack of some unknown plug-in. It's disappointing. I've installed Firefox, Flash Player and Windows Micromedia. I'm going to contact National Geo directly and ask them for a suggestion |
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November 15th, 2006, 06:30 PM
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