11.04: After Flash update, Firefox won't play Flash videos on BBC news website

[Ric Moore]

On Tue, 2011-06-14 at 11:24 +0100, Colin Law wrote: 
> On 14 June 2011 11:16, David Nelson <commerce at traduction.biz> wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > I have 11.04 (fully up to date). After a recent update involving
> > Flash, when I use Firefox, the Flash videos on the BBC news website
> > stopped working for me. The site displays a message "Cannot play
> > media.You do not have the correct version of the flash player.
> > Download the correct version".
> >
> > An example of a page that doesn't work for me is here:
> >
> > http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-13726776
> 
> I don't see any flash on that page, do I have to click on something?

I followed a link from that page to a video of a cuban ballet star, and
it started to load and then it popped up "This content doesn't seem to
be working. Try again later."

Not sure what failed on who's end. Might be the BBC lost their hand
crank or ran out of villagers to crank it? <chuckles> Ric


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