cbc.ca video

[Pedro I. Sanchez]

Dylan McCall wrote:
> On Sat, Oct 31, 2009 at 7:16 AM, Gordon Dey <gordon.dey at happydeys.ca> wrote:
>> ubuntu-ca-request at lists.ubuntu.com wrote:
>>
>>>   1. A very Canadian Ubuntu bug... (Daniel Robitaille)
>>> Essentially flash videos found at http://cbc.ca/video don't appear to
>>> be play when using Ubuntu, but work fine when using Windows or OSX.
>> Message from Konqueror was little more detailed, although just as unhelpful:
>> "The server cbc.ca refused to allow this computer to make a connection."
>> Maybe it's like Radio International; CBC is targeting anybody _but_
>> Canadians? :)
> 
> Has anybody politely emailed CBC about this issue? It may be on their end.
> 
I just did with the following message in their Web site's comments section:


Hello,

Your Web site claims that "All video content at CBC Video is provided in 
Flash video format" (http://www.cbc.ca/video/help.html), however, for 
some reason video streaming doesn't work from my Linux machine. I just 
get the black box framing the video and nothing else.

I am running Ubuntu Linux (http://www.ubuntu.com), with Firefox 3.5 as 
my browser, and Flash player 10. I have no problems watching Flash 
videos anywhere else, including YouTube, MTV, and ATP Tennis.

Several people in the Linux community are noticing this problem as well, 
so I am not the only one. Why is this happening? Are there any Operating 
System restrictions in place that we should be aware of?

Thank you,

-- 
Pedro Sanchez