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Re: Can't run BBC news clip - why not?

Re: Can't run BBC news clip - why not?
Sun, 13 Apr 2008 07:15:10 -070
> kes wrote:
>> When I go to the page:
>> http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7341031.stm
>>
>> I can see the image and the "click to play" button - which
when clicked 
>> goes round (and round) indefinitely.
>>
>> What am I missing? Ther is no help from the page as to what I should 
>> have (plugin..) and don't.
>> (I have FF2.0.0.13 running on Win XP pro)
>>
> 
> PS I do have the latest AdobeFlash plugin 9.0.124.0 installed

Try again.  Perhaps a temporary glitch.  Runs OK here.
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Re: Can't run BBC news clip - why not?
Sun, 13 Apr 2008 07:50:52 -070
kes wrote:
>
> When I go to the page:
> http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7341031.stm
>
> I can see the image and the "click to play" button - which when 
> clicked goes round (and round) indefinitely.
>
> What am I missing? Ther is no help from the page as to what I should 
> have (plugin..) and don't.
>
>
>
> (I have FF2.0.0.13 running on Win XP pro)
>
> Thanks
Works here, too.  Windows XP Home and FF 2.0.0.13.  I have Flash Block, 
but you override that by clicking on the arrow in the middle of the 
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Re: Can't run BBC news clip - why not?
Sun, 13 Apr 2008 09:58:31 -070
kes wrote:
> Stephen Fox wrote:
>> kes wrote:
>>>
>>> When I go to the page:
>>> http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7341031.stm
>>>
>>> I can see the image and the "click to play" button -
which when 
>>> clicked goes round (and round) indefinitely.
>>>
>>> What am I missing? Ther is no help from the page as to what I
should 
>>> have (plugin..) and don't.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> (I have FF2.0.0.13 running on Win XP pro)
>>>
>>> Thanks
>> Works here, too.  Windows XP Home and FF 2.0.0.13.  I have Flash 
>> Block, but you override that by clicking on the arrow in the middle of

>> the video window (which you probably know).  :-)
> 
> Hi, I do not have Flash Block, only 'NoScript' (apparently the two 
> add-ons do not like each other 
> http://kb.mozillazine.org/Problematic_extensions).
> 
> Needless to say, 'bbc.co.uk' is on my 'whitelist' in NoScript.
> 
> Still no joy.

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Re: Can't run BBC news clip - why not?
Sun, 13 Apr 2008 13:39:57 -070
kes wrote the following on 4/13/2008 06:32 AM:
> 
> When I go to the page:
> http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7341031.stm
> 
> I can see the image and the "click to play" button - which when
clicked 
> goes round (and round) indefinitely.
> 
> What am I missing? Ther is no help from the page as to what I should 
> have (plugin..) and don't.
> 
> 
> 
> (I have FF2.0.0.13 running on Win XP pro)
> 
> Thanks

I had the same problem with this BBC video and I got it playing for me. 
I had to disable my HOSTS file and explicitly allow cookies for the 
bbc.co.uk domain.

Simply going to Tools/Options/Privacy and checking "Accept cookies from 
sites" is not enough. I had to click on the Exceptions button, enter 
"bbc.co.uk" (no quotes) and click "Allow".

I may have flushed my DNS cache in all that too.

BTW the video is not technical or informative. The IBM guys says he 
sprays atoms onto a silicon wafer under a vacuum in a chamber and not 
much more.

Lance
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Can't run BBC news clip - why not?
Sun, 13 Apr 2008 15:32:39 +020
When I go to the page:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7341031.stm

I can see the image and the "click to play" button - which when
clicked 
goes round (and round) indefinitely.

What am I missing? Ther is no help from the page as to what I should 
have (plugin..) and don't.



(I have FF2.0.0.13 running on Win XP pro)

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