cannot play msnbc video with firefox or opera

Bug #399102 reported by tulcak
This bug report is a duplicate of:  Bug #382085: MSNBC video doesn't play. Edit Remove
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swfdec-mozilla (Ubuntu)
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Bug Description

Binary package hint: firefox-3.0

Ubuntu 9.04 - the Jaunty Jackalope
Firefox Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.9.0.11) Gecko/2009060308 Ubuntu/9.04 (jaunty) Firefox/3.0.11- 3.0.11+build2+nobinonly-Oubuntu0.9.04.1

I cannot play videos on the http://www.msnbc.msn.com site.

ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: i386
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.04
Package: firefox-3.0 3.0.11+build2+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.9.04.1
ProcEnviron:
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: firefox-3.0
Uname: Linux 2.6.28-13-generic i686

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tulcak (tulcak) wrote :
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Jerry Snitselaar (snits) wrote :

Do you have a swf plugin installed, like the flashplugin-installer or swfdec-mozilla package? I am able to play video on
msnbc.com through firefox 3.0.11 on Ubuntu 9.04 i386 with the flashplugin-installer package installed.

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Micah Gersten (micahg) wrote :

Thank you for reporting this to Ubuntu. Please provide the results of the following command:
apt-cache policy flashplugin-nonfree swfdec-mozilla mozilla-plugin-gnash

Thank you.

Changed in firefox-3.0 (Ubuntu):
status: New → Incomplete
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tulcak (tulcak) wrote : Re: [Bug 399102] Re: cannot play msnbc video with firefox or opera

Hello,

I resolved the problem by uninstalling completely swfdec-mozilla. Now video
works fantastic.

Tom Ulcak

On Mon, Jul 13, 2009 at 11:32 PM, Jerry Snitselaar <email address hidden>wrote:

> Do you have a swf plugin installed, like the flashplugin-installer or
> swfdec-mozilla package? I am able to play video on
> msnbc.com through firefox 3.0.11 on Ubuntu 9.04 i386 with the
> flashplugin-installer package installed.
>
> --
> cannot play msnbc video with firefox or opera
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/399102
> You received this bug notification because you are a direct subscriber
> of the bug.
>
> Status in “firefox-3.0” package in Ubuntu: New
>
> Bug description:
> Binary package hint: firefox-3.0
>
> Ubuntu 9.04 - the Jaunty Jackalope
> Firefox Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.9.0.11)
> Gecko/2009060308 Ubuntu/9.04 (jaunty) Firefox/3.0.11-
> 3.0.11+build2+nobinonly-Oubuntu0.9.04.1
>
> I cannot play videos on the http://www.msnbc.msn.com site.
>
> ProblemType: Bug
> Architecture: i386
> DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.04
> Package: firefox-3.0 3.0.11+build2+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.9.04.1
> ProcEnviron:
> LANG=en_US.UTF-8
> SHELL=/bin/bash
> SourcePackage: firefox-3.0
> Uname: Linux 2.6.28-13-generic i686
>

--
Tom Ulcak
San Marcos, TX 78666

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Jerry Snitselaar (snits) wrote :

Should this be marked invalid, or should it be moved to swfdec-mozilla?

Jerry Snitselaar (snits)
affects: firefox-3.0 (Ubuntu) → swfdec-mozilla (Ubuntu)
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