It looks like the problem is on the server side. Can you confirm that
these specific videos can be viewed in Quicktime?

John

On Fri, Oct 28, 2011 at 09:57:32AM -0400, Mitchell Laks wrote:
> I am trying to listen to some Abel Prize math lectures
> 
> the urls are located on these pages
> 
> http://www.abelprisen.no/en/multimedia/2004/index.html
> 
> I cannot listen to the lectures by atiyah, bismut singer or witten
> 
> or
> 
> 
> http://www.abelprisen.no/en/multimedia/2007/index.html
> 
> or 
> 
> http://www.abelprisen.no/en/multimedia/2005/index.html#
> 
> on the pages it says
> 
> All videos are MPEG4 (mp4) viewable by means of the free QuickTime (v.6.5) 
> application.
> Most videos are available in three qualities: double ISDN (112kbs), ADSL1 
> (384kbs) og ADSL2 (768kbs).
> 
> note the more recent lectures such as 2011  are available and fully watchable 
> on the web page.
> 
> I have vlc installed but when i click on the lecture i get a black box in the 
> left upper quadrant of the screen and no video.
> when i right click and say show controls then it 
> shows the controls and says idle
> but does not give me a forward button to play it.
> 
> thanks
> 
> Mitchell Laks
> 
> 
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