Online video for Canadians...

Thu Apr 29 00:01:57 UTC 2010

It didn't work for me last night until I upgraded chrome to the latest
unstable available  (not sure of the version, I'm not near my Linux
laptop right now).

I may have had to turn off the ad blocking extension as well.  I have
noticed in the past on some streaming sites, especially Global, that
some videos do not play with ad blocking on.  It may be depending on
the source of the ads they add to the streams.

Daniel

On Wed, Apr 28, 2010 at 7:05 PM, Mike Leahy <mgleahy at alumni.uwaterloo.ca> wrote:
> Well, I did have an earlier beta version, but i also just tried Chrome version
> 5.0.375.23 dev, and still no luck.  So whatever is working for you, it's
> something more than just Chrome.
>
> On Wednesday 28 April 2010 18:32:35 Doug Stewart wrote:
>> Chrome version   5.0.375.9 dev
>>
>> On Wed, Apr 28, 2010 at 10:15 AM, Mike Leahy
> <mgleahy at alumni.uwaterloo.ca>wrote:
>> > That's interesting - what steps are you taking when you open one of the
>> > videos?  So far, every entry point I try to get to a video on CBC's site
>> > doesn't work - same as before...it looks like it's about to work, but
>> > ultimately the video doesn't play.
>> >
>> > What version of chrome do you have?
>> >
>> > On Wednesday 28 April 2010 09:38:53 Doug Stewart wrote:
>> > > That is native chrome -- and I watched hockey  and some videos
>> >
>> >  -Heartland
>> >
>> > > etc
>> > > Ubuntu 9.10 standard install.
>> > >
>> > > Doug
>> > >
>> > > On Wed, Apr 28, 2010 at 8:58 AM, Mike Leahy
>> >
>> > <mgleahy at alumni.uwaterloo.ca>wrote:
>> > > > Is that Chrome natively running on Linux (i.e., not running in wine
>> > > > or Windows)?  If so, it's not working for me yet...I still have to
>> > > > use
>> >
>> > that
>> >
>> > > > other
>> > > > guy's hack in PHP to get it going natively.
>> > > >
>> > > > On Tuesday 27 April 2010 22:22:56 Doug Stewart wrote:
>> > > > > Crome now works with CBC
>> > > > >
>> > > > > Doug
>> > > > >
>> > > > > On Tue, Apr 27, 2010 at 5:38 PM, Mike Leahy
>> > > >
>> > > > <mgleahy at alumni.uwaterloo.ca>wrote:
>> > > > > > Well, scratch Global TV off the naughty list.  Their player has
>> >
>> > been
>> >
>> > > > > > recently
>> > > > > > upgraded, and works without any modifications on Linux.  :)
>> > > > > >
>> > > > > > If they ever bothered replying to submitted comments, I'd
>> > > > > > consider sending them a thanks.
>> > > > > >
>> > > > > > On Wednesday 21 April 2010 15:01:05 Darcy Casselman wrote:
>> > > > > > > The CBC are aware of the problem and unwilling to fix it.  From
>> >
>> > https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/firefox-3.5/+bug/455852
>> >
>> > > > > > > "Dear Paul,
>> > > > > > >
>> > > > > > > We have checked with our technical staff, and unfortunately, as
>> >
>> > you
>> >
>> > > > > > > point out, the new Flash player we are installing does not work
>> >
>> > on
>> >
>> > > > > > > Linux systems. However it
>> > > > > > > does work on almost all other systems, including Windows and
>> > > > > > > Mac. The number of systems that could not see the video in our
>> > > > > > > new player is likely around the 1%
>> > > > > > > or less range.
>> > > > > > >
>> > > > > > > We are not in a position to develop any workaround that would
>> > > > > > > prevent revenue from being generated when users watch video on
>> > > > > > > cbc.ca.
>> > > >
>> > > > Funding
>> > > >
>> > > > > > > for CBC from
>> > > > > > > the government of Canada has not been growing, and the funds
>> > > > > > > from Parliament (less than $40 per Canadian taxpayer per year)
>> > > > > > > only cover part of the Corporations
>> > > > > > > broadcasting operations. I'm sorry you did not get an earlier
>> > > >
>> > > > response
>> > > >
>> > > > > > > from CBC."
>> > > > > > >
>> > > > > > > Parker Bishop
>> > > > > > > Communication Assistant
>> > > > > > > CBC Audience Relations
>> > > > > > >
>> > > > > > > Darcy.
>> > > > > > >
>> > > > > > > On Wed, Apr 21, 2010 at 2:43 PM, Pedro I. Sanchez <
>> > > >
>> > > > psanchez at colcan.ca>
>> > > >
>> > > > > > wrote:
>> > > > > > > > I complained to the CBC via e-mail early this year when the
>> >
>> > issue
>> >
>> > > > > > > > with cbc.ca/videos was raised in this mailing list. As
>> >
>> > expected,
>> >
>> > > > > > > > I never
>> > > > > >
>> > > > > > got
>> > > > > >
>> > > > > > > > an answer :-(
>> > > > > > > >
>> > > > > > > > Probably a written latter on paper would fare better.
>> > > > > > > >
>> > > > > > > > --
>> > > > > > > > Pedro
>> > > > > > > >
>> > > > > > > > Stéphane S. Somé wrote:
>> > > > > > > >> Totally agree with that.. How do we tell them (particularly
>> >
>> > CBC
>> >
>> > > > > > > >> which
>> > > > > >
>> > > > > > is
>> > > > > >
>> > > > > > > >> tax funded) that there're other OSes beside windows and mac
>> > > > > > > >> ?
>> > > > > > > >>
>> > > > > > > >> Stéphane
>> > > > > > > >>
>> > > > > > > >> Mike Leahy wrote:
>> > > > > > > >>> Hi Daniel,
>> > > > > > > >>>
>> > > > > > > >>> Thanks for the tip - that solves that problem.  Even
>> > > > > > > >>> so...I'm not particularly satisfied letting Global TV off
>> > > > > > > >>> the hook
>> >
>> > that
>> >
>> > > > > > > >>> easy. Performance and picture is much better if I can play
>> > > > > > > >>> it
>> > > >
>> > > > natively.
>> > > >
>> > > > > > > >>>  Really, it shouldn't be too much to ask to have the
>> >
>> > developers
>> >
>> > > > of
>> > > >
>> > > > > > > >>> these applications test things on an ubuntu machine.
>> > > > > > > >>>
>> > > > > > > >>> Mike
>> > > > > > > >>>
>> > > > > > > >>> On Tuesday 20 April 2010 19:32:38 Daniel Robitaille wrote:
>> > > > > > > >>>> On Tue, Apr 20, 2010 at 6:18 PM, Mike Leahy
>> > > > > > > >>>> <mgleahy at alumni.uwaterloo.ca>
>> > > > > > > >>>
>> > > > > > > >>> wrote:
>> > > > > > > >>>>> a similar solution, but I don't quite have the time
>> > > > > > > >>>>> to really figure it all out.  The best I can due right
>> > > > > > > >>>>> now
>> >
>> > is
>> >
>> > > > > > > >>>>> view Global TV from windows versions of FireFox/Flash
>> > > > > > > >>>>> installed via wine...but that rules out fullscreen (trust
>> > > > > > > >>>>> me...don't try it).
>> > > > > > > >>>>
>> > > > > > > >>>> fullscreen works for me.  Have you turned off graphic
>> > > >
>> > > > acceleration
>> > > >
>> > > > > > in
>> > > > > >
>> > > > > > > >>>> the windows flash plugin?
>> > > > > > > >>>> (you need to right click in a flash "window" to access the
>> > > > > > > >>>> flash preferences)
>> > > > > > > >>>>
>> > > > > > > >>>> That solved a lot of problems I initially had in that
>> > > > > > > >>>> wine+firefox+flash setup.  And now at least I can watch
>> > > > > > > >>>> cbc.caand globaltv.com from within Ubuntu.
>> > > > > > > >>>> ou
>> > > > > > > >
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