Date: Sun, 21 Aug 2011 16:46:38 -0500 From: "Edwin L. Culp W." <edwinlculp@gmail.com> To: FreeBSD <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Firefox consistently inconsistent in the playing of videos Message-ID: <CALFgp2MNCnGDA-WFvwqOqteog5rV0aWfLQpUKJYOD%2BG6MbCH2A@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <BLU0-SMTP202969DA5DEEC79D3702C36932C0@phx.gbl> References: <BLU0-SMTP202969DA5DEEC79D3702C36932C0@phx.gbl>
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On Sun, Aug 21, 2011 at 4:12 PM, Carmel <carmel_ny@hotmail.com> wrote: > I am trying to figure out why some video files play fine while others > simply do not work at all. This would be the latest example: > > http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/thu-august-11-2011/lactate-intolerance > I'm running FreeBSD 9.0-BETA1 #22: Sun Aug 21 05:16:20 CDT 2011 with 512 Aug 18 07:39 amd64 and /var/db/pkg/firefox-6.0,1 and this plays perfectly. Maybe the difference between 8.0 and 9. So this probably doesn't help much. I've got a 7.4-STABLE i386 at the office that I will install it on and test it tomorrow. It is running 5 now. I would probably use csup and then portmaster to update my ports and friends, just to try and keep these things in order. sorry, ed > It works fine on a Windows machine with IE (no surprise there); > however, using Firefox 6.0 on FreeBSD-8.2 it simply will not work. Some > other videos from the same site do work correctly though. > > This phenomena has happened to me several times on several different > sites. I have contacted a few sites to see if I could get some > assistance. I was informed by the few who bothered to reply that they > test their material against IE and Firefox run under Windows. One > responder informed me that testing against non-windows architecture was > not a viable option due to the extreme fragmentation of the > non-windows community. > > Anyway, I was hoping that perhaps someone might have a working solution > for this predicament. > > -- > Carmel =E2=9C=8C > carmel_ny@hotmail.com > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.o= rg" >
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