[olug] Web video on Linux/Firefox

Brandon Petersen brandon.petersen at gmail.com
Wed Oct 26 15:16:05 UTC 2005


I installed the Flash Plugin using a normal user account, not root. I am
able to see the Flash videos on abcnews.com <http://abcnews.com>. It copies
the files into that user's .mozilla directory.

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On 10/26/05, Mike Hostetler <hostetlerm at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> The Mrs. will actually admit to like using Linux once in a while and
> it took her a bit longer before she would admit to liking Firefox.
> But she's not totally sold, because she can't play videos on webpages.
>
> One of her examples is "abcnews.com <http://abcnews.com>". I go there, try
> to play a
> video, and it says it needs Flash Player 7. I downloaded Flash Player
> 7 for Linux, quit Firefox, and installed it as root. Now when I go to
> abcnews.com <http://abcnews.com> and click on the video link, I see the
> ABCNews logo in the
> player, but the video never plays.
>
> Anyone have any insight?
>
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