I've got Firefox 3.0 with plugins like Flashplayer 9.0.124.0 and
mplayerplugin-3.50-3. All up to date, so I can play most web videos,
when Firefox doesn't mysteriously shut down that is.

I don't know if it's just trouble on my system, or if there's bugs in the
packages. If anybody else is up to date with the video plugins, could
you select one of the videos on this page and say what happens:

http://www.wpxi.com/nowseethis/index.html

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Dave Farrance

Dave Farrance wrote:

> I've got Firefox 3.0 with plugins like Flashplayer 9.0.124.0 and
> mplayerplugin-3.50-3. *All up to date, so I can play most web
> videos, when Firefox doesn't mysteriously shut down that is.
>
> I don't know if it's just trouble on my system, or if there's bugs
> in the packages. *If anybody else is up to date with the video
> plugins, could you select one of the videos on this page and say
> what happens:
>
> http://www.wpxi.com/nowseethis/index.html

They play fine for me and Spring 2008.1 w/same versions of Flash but
I'm using Totem Movie player, think I read Totem became default Movie
Player for Spring 2008.1
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On Wed, 02 Jul 2008 15:27:27 +0000, Dave Farrance wrote:

> I don't know if it's just trouble on my system, or if there's bugs in the
> packages. If anybody else is up to date with the video plugins, could
> you select one of the videos on this page and say what happens:
>
> http://www.wpxi.com/nowseethis/index.html

I am updated with the plugins but I am using firefox 2: the videos are
fine with me (I just watched the "Teens jump boats to make summer buck")

May be is a problem of Firefox 3.

Ciao,Mauro

Dave Farrance wrote:

> I've got Firefox 3.0 with plugins like Flashplayer 9.0.124.0 and
> mplayerplugin-3.50-3. *All up to date, so I can play most web
> videos, when Firefox doesn't mysteriously shut down that is.
>
> I don't know if it's just trouble on my system, or if there's bugs
> in the packages. *If anybody else is up to date with the video
> plugins, could you select one of the videos on this page and say
> what happens:
>
> http://www.wpxi.com/nowseethis/index.html
>

That site is using Flash 9.0.124.0 it looks like.
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Dave Farrance wrote:

> I've got Firefox 3.0 with plugins like Flashplayer 9.0.124.0 and
> mplayerplugin-3.50-3. All up to date, so I can play most web videos,
> when Firefox doesn't mysteriously shut down that is.
>
> I don't know if it's just trouble on my system, or if there's bugs in the
> packages. If anybody else is up to date with the video plugins, could
> you select one of the videos on this page and say what happens:
>
> http://www.wpxi.com/nowseethis/index.html
>
Works fine for me to. I watched the terrorist smashing buses and cars in
Israel. I'm using firefox 2.0.0.14 Using Mplayer or xine engine
--
"You can lead them to LINUX
but you can't make them THINK"
Running Mandriva release 2008.0 free-i586 using KDE on i586

Dave Farrance <DaveFarrance@OMiTTHiSyahooANDTHiS.co.uk> wrote:

>I've got Firefox 3.0 with plugins like Flashplayer 9.0.124.0 and
>mplayerplugin-3.50-3. All up to date, so I can play most web videos,
>when Firefox doesn't mysteriously shut down that is.
>
>I don't know if it's just trouble on my system, or if there's bugs in the
>packages. If anybody else is up to date with the video plugins, could
>you select one of the videos on this page and say what happens:
>
>http://www.wpxi.com/nowseethis/index.html

Thanks for the replies. I've been speculatively changing this and that
on my system. I had the libflashsupport (Optional Library Interfaces for
Adobe Flash Player) package installed, so I de-installed it to see if
that changed anything. That stopped Firefox from abruptly closing down,
and I can now play the initial adverts in the above URL which I couldn't
do before, but the actual news report freezes Firefox.

Anyway, I'm one step forward, so I'll tackle the freeze problem tomorrow.

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Dave Farrance

On Wed, 02 Jul 2008 15:27:27 GMT, Dave Farrance wrote:
> I've got Firefox 3.0 with plugins like Flashplayer 9.0.124.0 and
> mplayerplugin-3.50-3. All up to date, so I can play most web videos,
> when Firefox doesn't mysteriously shut down that is.
> http://www.wpxi.com/nowseethis/index.html

Yep, crashes on Firefox 2.0.0.14 and Firefox 3.0 running KDE on 2008.1
using adobe's flash player. Have no problem playing videos on
youtube.com. Same for http://news.bbc.co.uk if I am not running
privoxy.

On Wed, 02 Jul 2008 21:31:44 GMT
Dave Farrance <DaveFarrance@OMiTTHiSyahooANDTHiS.co.uk> wrote:

> Anyway, I'm one step forward, so I'll tackle the freeze problem
> tomorrow.

What video chip and driver version are you running?

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Dave Farrance wrote:
> I've got Firefox 3.0 with plugins like Flashplayer 9.0.124.0 and
> mplayerplugin-3.50-3. All up to date, so I can play most web videos,
> when Firefox doesn't mysteriously shut down that is.
>
> I don't know if it's just trouble on my system, or if there's bugs in the
> packages. If anybody else is up to date with the video plugins, could
> you select one of the videos on this page and say what happens:
>
> http://www.wpxi.com/nowseethis/index.html
>
Hi Dave,

Tried "Man's Mustang gets staggering."

Firefox died immediately after it finished downloading

Since installing Mandriva 2008.1 Official, I have had this happening too.

It happens a lot with YouTube. Sometimes it does and sometimes it
doesn't. Like every three or four small movies just prior to the movie
starting. or if I hit the back button Fire Fox dies.
I tried Konqueror with the same results.

I have Mandriva 2008.1 on three computers in my house, they all have
this problem. These are modern fast computers with broad band at 150k
One has a very late Video card PX9600GT. still does it.

I have not found a solution either. So you are not alone.
Keep smiling.
Don.

Patrick Phillips <patrickp@prodigy.NOT> wrote:

>On Wed, 02 Jul 2008 21:31:44 GMT
>Dave Farrance <DaveFarrance@OMiTTHiSyahooANDTHiS.co.uk> wrote:
>
>> Anyway, I'm one step forward, so I'll tackle the freeze problem
>> tomorrow.
>
>What video chip and driver version are you running?

The Intel 855GM with driver intel-2.2.1-5mdv with xorg.conf patched as
per bug report https://qa.mandriva.com/show_bug.cgi?id=41582

(I know that having to hack the video driver sounds suspicious, and it's
something that I'll get around to investigating in relation to this
problem if nothing else works, but the video driver fault crashes the
kernel which is a very different symptom to this.)

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Dave Farrance