Unable to play Soundcloud audio streams on Ubuntu 11.10 64bit *** SOLVED ***

[sdavmor]

On 01/19/2012 11:00 PM, Ric Moore wrote:
> On 01/19/2012 06:39 PM, sdavmor wrote:
>> When I connect to my Soundcloud site (or any Soundcloud site) I
>> get the following message:
>>
>> "Hey, it seems your browser can't play SoundCloud audio streams.
>> If you can, please take a moment to upgrade your browser or Flash
>> Player plugin. Thanks for your understanding!"
>>
>> I am running Ubuntu 11.10 64bit. Up to date on patches, and up to
>> date on the Flash Player plugin (I checked the rev level at the
>> Flash site and it's fine).
>>
>> Anyone else getting this? Anyone have a solution? I want to
>> change some of the tracks we offer there in readiness for the new
>> Systems Theory album. Not being able to hear anything is a big
>> hole in the road!
>>
>> What make it even more confusing is that if I use the Soundcloud
>> Facebook widget for streaming music all the tunes play
>> correctly.
>
> I just tried, and I have flash enabled as well. Didn't show up in
> pulse at all. I'm getting no stream of any sort that the audio
> system sees. God only knows what facebook does, they could use a
> tin can and a string, but I wouldn't know as I don't use it. Sorry!
> Ric

It was the fact that the Soundcloud widget for FaceBook would play the
steam that made me think the problem was elsewhere, and went looking
in NoScript.

I had to remove all the temporary permissions granted in NoScript to
Soundcloud.com, then tell it to allow all pages/popups referenced by
soundcloud.com. That did the trick.

One time only pitch since I've brought us up anyway... if you are
interested in hearing some of what will be appearing on the new album
"overfulnoisecascade", go here:

<http://soundcloud.com/systemstheory>
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