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I have tried several versions of Flash 9, and Flash 10. It seems that I am unable to play video from nbc.com (i.e. nbc.com/The_Office/video). It loads the flash, then simply sits there and does nothing (the progress bar stays empty). I am also experiencing painfully slow video streaming anywhere I go. I have noticed that streaming works somewhat better in XFCE as opposed to KDE4, but it is still slow. I am wondering if anyone has a solution, or perhaps an alternative to the adobe flash player which might work better? I have also done some research and it appears I'm not the only one with the nbc.com problem, but nobody seems to have found a solution.
After enabling about 4 sites in noscript, I didn't have a problem playing one of the deleted scenes in Firefox.
I'm using a 64 bit distro and have the nspluginwrapper and flashplayer packages installed.
I have tried several versions of Flash 9, and Flash 10. It seems that I am unable to play video from nbc.com (i.e. nbc.com/The_Office/video). It loads the flash, then simply sits there and does nothing (the progress bar stays empty). I am also experiencing painfully slow video streaming anywhere I go. I have noticed that streaming works somewhat better in XFCE as opposed to KDE4, but it is still slow. I am wondering if anyone has a solution, or perhaps an alternative to the adobe flash player which might work better? I have also done some research and it appears I'm not the only one with the nbc.com problem, but nobody seems to have found a solution.
I just tried to watch a clip and it worked successfully. Make sure you've got a current version of both:
Firefox 3.0.8
Adobe Flash 10.0.22.87
These are the latest stable versions.
If that is not the problem, it could be your MTU, which should be set at around 1500 for fast connections. You might also want to check that your router allows streaming media; as mine has a setting for this.
The command on the MTU, by the way, is:
There are two steps you must perform to
determine your Internet interface, and
if it is working.
First is the ifconfig command. If you give
the ifconfig command with no arguments it
will list all active interfaces.
##example.
eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx
inet addr:xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx Bcast:xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx Mask:xxx.xxx.xxx.x
UP BROADCAST MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:0 (0.0 b) TX bytes:0 (0.0 b)
Second if you issue the netstat -r command
this will list your routing tables. look for
the default gateway. or GW.
##example
Kernel IP routing table
Destination Gateway Genmask Flags MSS Window irtt Iface
xxxxxxxxxx.xxxx * 255.255.255.255 UH 0 0 0 ppp0
xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx * 255.255.255.0 U 0 0 0 eth0
link-local * 255.255.0.0 U 0 0 0 eth0
default * 0.0.0.0 U 0 0 0 ppp0
In most, but not all systems, this will be your Internet
Interface. In this example my Internet Interface is ppp0
good luck!
I'm sorry I guess I should have been more specific. The deleted scenes clips work for me, its the season 5 full episodes that don't work at all. They get stuck on the loading screen. Try http://www.nbc.com/The_Office/video/...ason-5/698505/
I have set my mtu to 1500 and this hasn't helped. I have the latest stable version of firefox and flash. I just wish I could watch the videos on nbc.com. I'd really appreciate anyone's help, thanks.
If you block ads in Firefox, or any other browser, then the display of video from sites that add ads to the stream from external sites may appear to not work if the actual stream is invoked by the advertising stream when it finishes. Making the actual stream start only when the advertising stream finishes guarantees that you have to watch the ad before the stream, so the advertiser knows that the ad has been piped to a viewer.
I'm sorry I guess I should have been more specific. The deleted scenes clips work for me, its the season 5 full episodes that don't work at all. They get stuck on the loading screen. Try http://www.nbc.com/The_Office/video/...ason-5/698505/
I have set my mtu to 1500 and this hasn't helped. I have the latest stable version of firefox and flash. I just wish I could watch the videos on nbc.com. I'd really appreciate anyone's help, thanks.
Sincerely,
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I can't watch those, either. The only advice I have is email the website administrator, and maybe check the help section of the site.
The firefox error console reports that the flashObject is null. I'll e-mail the website admin, hopefully they do something cuz I know there's a lot of people who have this problem, and I haven't been able to find a solution.
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