From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Aug 21 21:46:41 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 61FFD1065670 for ; Sun, 21 Aug 2011 21:46:41 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from edwinlculp@gmail.com) Received: from mail-bw0-f54.google.com (mail-bw0-f54.google.com [209.85.214.54]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E51018FC1B for ; Sun, 21 Aug 2011 21:46:39 +0000 (UTC) Received: by bkat8 with SMTP id t8so4425659bka.13 for ; Sun, 21 Aug 2011 14:46:38 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=G48KAq+VGQ/ocntl9A0qzDYCjI4aRb1ZO7I3Kq1ot+c=; b=lOU5EhnrnnZhI3MAtduNZUjcYGReatJ8Soo7fsz0KmGgcNeFhoGqko2JVH0KGfuzK2 6tT4GMsvt0s7o/W78EWoj+MWsIa/vVtad1VLkuYgBfUuHq8FJHrlIe8qwXccGLMMy5pT p1VVqPXhSf7vJUw1jH1jZ4IR/Vi6h8Sh/Gz78= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.204.138.78 with SMTP id z14mr609489bkt.232.1313963198847; Sun, 21 Aug 2011 14:46:38 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.204.176.143 with HTTP; Sun, 21 Aug 2011 14:46:38 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: References: Date: Sun, 21 Aug 2011 16:46:38 -0500 Message-ID: From: "Edwin L. Culp W." To: FreeBSD Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Subject: Re: Firefox consistently inconsistent in the playing of videos X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 21 Aug 2011 21:46:41 -0000 On Sun, Aug 21, 2011 at 4:12 PM, Carmel 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" >