BBC Video not playing

[3dmatrix]

I use Ubuntu 11.10 I can play video from other websites but those at BBC website do not work. Not only in Firefox but they do not work in Opera also. Adobe website shows i have the latest flash plugin installed.
Can any one please help.

[Frogs Hair]

What site ? . The iplayer videos are not available in the U.S.. I can only get radio here. I'm not sure if Quicktime is required , but I have it installed via Gsteamer Plug-ins from the software center.

[3dmatrix]

It is supposed to work in the browser. That is what it does in all other distros. It even worked in my previous Ubuntu install but is not working in 11.10 It has nothing to do with geographiocal location.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/video_and_audio/

I have tried suggestions at these links but nothing works :

http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1196599
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1612190


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[sammiev]

Tried a few of then now and they all worked. Can you please post the addie of the one.

[Frogs Hair]

That site works fine in Opera . The site I was writing about is this one and TV is not available in the U.S. http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/radio

[3dmatrix]

Do you mean Addons ?
I do not think Addons have much to do here as I am not able to access it from any browser.

[ron999]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/video_and_audio/


Hi
That BBC website needs flash plugin.
Install it like this:-

sudo apt-get install flashplugin-installer

If you still have problems, look at this thread here ---> http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1491268

[sammiev]

That site works fine in Opera . The site I was writing about is this one and TV is not available in the U.S. http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/radio

It worked for me after I changed my VPN over to the UK.

[Frogs Hair]

Do you mean Addons ?
I do not think Addons have much to do here as I am not able to access it from any browser.


You should only need flash as ron999 wrote for the site you are trying to use . I meant media codecs/ plugins which can be installed from the software center .

[3dmatrix]

I already mentioned :
"I can play video from other websites but those at BBC website do not work. Not only in Firefox but they do not work in Opera also. Adobe website shows i have the latest flash plugin installed."

* I have Adobe flash installed
* I can watch flash / streaming videos on all other websites
* The problem is with all Browsers
* Earlier I could access BBC videos with earlier versions of Ubuntu
* I have accessed BBC Video many times outside UK

So the problem is somewhere else. There are many others who face the same problem. Check the links already provided :

http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1196599
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1612190

[Frogs Hair]

The site works in Firefox and Opera on 11.10 . I don't know why it is being blocked. I did have to allow scripts in both browsers to watch video because otherwise I get a message telling me to install Flash. I use NoScript in Firefox and NotSripts in Opera. This is not applicable if you are not using browser add-ons.

[3dmatrix]

I do use No Script in FF but i do not use any such addon in Opera. Moreover, I also tried to put my firewall off and then try accessing it but it didnt work.

One guy in those links wrote that he had to unblock adblocker. So there must be some other reason.

I feel it is more related to network issue than plugin / addon.

One of them wrote, he cud not access on Ubuntu but do so on Mint :)

[Frogs Hair]

Of the the plug-ins listed at this link I have Flash and Quicktime .http://www.bbc.co.uk/webwise/guides/what-plugins-do-i-need

All my plug-ins except Flash 64 bit witch I install via Flash Aid are in the screen shot . I don't think you need them but I don't what else to offer at the moment . I thought it may be an ISP problem but if only the Ubuntu version has changed that wouldn't apply.

[3dmatrix]

On right clicking, the menu offers an error report :

EMP v.3.0.0.r617329_617319
Playlist URL : http://playlists.bbc.co.uk/news/business-17335620A/playlist.sxml
Error code : CDNRedundancyManagerError [0] :
null

Can this provide any clue about the possible problem ?

[Frogs Hair]

This problem is not limited to Ubuntu.

http://www.techyv.com/questions/fix-cdn-redundancy-manager-error-null

http://support.unblock-us.com/customer/portal/questions/124255-watching-bbc-one-live-not-working

http://comments.gmane.org/gmane.linux.ubuntu.user/244077

[3dmatrix]

Recently noticed the flash plugin reporting the error as :

VE_FMS_CONNECT_FAILED

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/video_and_audio/

EMP v.3.1.0.r749603_749269_749444_3
Playlist URL : http://playlists.bbc.co.uk/news/10462520A/playlist.sxml
Error code : CDNRedundancyManagerError [0] :
null

[CaptainJamie]

You could install get-iplayer and use that if you need to watch something in the mean time. I hardly ever stream from the BBC iPlayer website anymore. There are instructions on my website (http://captainjamie.byethost12.com/bbciplayer/) on how to download using it. Sorry if the tutorial is a little basic, I write them for my parents really.