On Thursday 25 September 2008 18:38, Stackpole, Chris wrote: > Same error message from that site. I am running Debian Lenny (fully > updated) with the actual flash plugin from Adobe's site installed > through iceweasle. Heh, it's kinda funny that they don't seem to notice > their own plugin... > > Frankly, I have not had much luck with tv websites that stream their > online content. Everything pretty much sucks. From Mythbusters episodes > on Discovery's website to that Hulu website. I can't seem to get them to > work right. > > As for suggestions...What about building a MythTV box to capture the > episodes as they air? That is what I do. And should the recording fail > for some reason (#*&!%^ Charter!) there is a famous bay for torrents > that does a really good job. ;-) > > Have fun!
A while back I had problems listening to online music from a website in Jersey, CI. I could access the website ok, but the music wouldn't stream. I can't remember if it was my Archlinux install, or a Debian one, but both install Firefox, but under a different name, and it appears that some badly constructed websites do not recognise Firefox, if it's identified under a different name. Iceweasel in Debian, and Minefield for firefox 3.0 in Archlinux. On both Lenny, and Archlinux I also installed Firefox (from the Mozilla site) in /usr/local, to see whether they had problems with the same sites as the versions of Firefox installed on Debian, and Archlinux did . In the case of the Jersey site for Internet radio, this now streamed ok with Firefox from the Mozilla site, and I now see that Firefox 2, then named Bon Echo on Archlinux was the one that wouldn't stream the radio, but no problems in accessing the site. See http://www.channel103.com. Type about:config in Iceweasels address bar, scroll down to: general.useragent.extra.firefox On Lenny this shows as: general.useragent.extra.firefox default string Iceweasel/3.0.1 Double click on the line, and in the box that opens, replace Iceweasel/3.0.1 with Firefox. (write down the original entry on a bit of paper, just in case) Then try the problem site again. There does not appear to be a problem with just changing the name to Firefox, whether that is for Firefox2, or 3 which you have installed. I know this fixed my problem, and maybe it will for you. Only being on dialup, streaming video is out of the question, so I can't try the site you're having problems with. 2ยข worthof perhaps nothing. Nigel. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
