CNN wants Windows Media Player

[Damien Hull]

I installed mozilla-mplayer and tried to watch a video. It works!

I think they need to fix the site. I spent the first few minutes 
wondering why it wasn't working. It kept looping like something was 
broken. Turns out it was having trouble connecting.


Paul Williams wrote:
> On Tue, 2006-10-17 at 16:43 -0500, Kevin C. Smith wrote:
>   
>> On Tue, 2006-10-17 at 14:37 -0700, NoOp wrote:
>>     
>>> Damien Hull wrote:
>>>       
>>>> Can someone tell me why I can't watch the videos on cnn.com?
>>>>
>>>> When I click on the link a window opens up and tells me I don't have 
>>>> Windows Media. Is there a fix for this?
>>>>
>>>>         
>>> Yes. Switch to Fox News :-)
>>>
>>> http://www.foxnews.com/video/index.html
>>>
>>> They use Flash.
>>>       
>> Fox isn't news.
>>
>>     
> I was gonna say the same thing, but I decided to hold it in until they
> make and 'ubuntu-politics' list.
>
> Anyways, try installing mplayer and mozilla-mplayer from the
> repositories. Also, try removing totem-mozilla. It sucks. Mplayer has
> much better plug-in support.
>   
>> -- 
>> Religion is regarded by the common people as true, by the wise as false,
>> and by the rulers as useful. --- Lucius Annaeus Seneca
>>
>>
>>     
> Thanks,
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