Comedy Central Flash Player

[MGStreak]

I kept telling myself that if I just searched the forums long enough and tried enough Flash suggestions, I could solve this on my own. Alas, the time has come for me to hang my head and beg the forums for assistance.

I cannot get Comedy Central videos to load. I can see YouTube, DailyMotion, and various other Flash-based video sites, but I cannot get the videos from Comedy Central to play. The applet loads, but when I click on the 'Play' button, it appears to immediately go to the end of the video, where I see a 'Click to Play Again?' button. If I click on that button, the applet shows me that it is 'Loading...' the video, but nothing ever comes of it.

Attempting to resolve this issue, I have tried using Gnash, Swfdec, and the new Flash V.10 beta. The first two were non-functional, and the third one crashed Firefox upon loading. I tried the instructions and suggestions found in this topic
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=766683
to no avail, being sure to fully purge each Flash program before trying the next.

I am using the following:
Current Flash version in the repos (flashplugin-nonfree version 9.0.124.0ubuntu2)
Firefox version 3.0b5
Hardy Heron version 8.04, 32-bit

All applications are up to date according to Synaptic/Update Manager. If any further information is required, please don't hesitate to ask! *Any* suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

[MGStreak]

Unfortunately, I have managed to solve this problem through continued Googling. It turns out that the problem doesn't lie with my machine at all, rather, Comedy Central is blocking access to these videos in Canada:

http://tdsdev.blogspot.com/2008/01/oh-no-canada_17.html

Anyone have any suggestions? I've tried some web proxies, but none are working out?

[fa1512]

I have been having problems with this too but I don't think it is necesarrily because of ip blocking. I have a dual boot and I log into windows in order to watch Colbert Report. I am accessing this information from Germany where I am currently residing so I would find it strange that they block the UK and Canada but not German ips. Unless of course they don't block us here because we don't take up so much bandwidth.

[vgrisham]

Last I checked Texas (where I am) is still in the lower 48 (though John Stewart and Stephen Colbert might wish otherwise). I don't think it's being blocked regionally. It's gotta be something about Flash in Ubuntu.

Here's a weird thing. I can watch this Comedy Central video of Wilco's recent, kickass, performance on the Colbert Report when accessing it from this (http://wilcoworld.net/news/index.php) external site and this (http://ccinsider.comedycentral.com/cc_insider/2008/10/wilco-colbert-will-love-you-baby.html) external site, but it won't play here (http://www.colbertnation.com/the-colbert-report-videos/189726/october-30-2008/exclusive-wilco-song) on comedy central's website.
Help me set Wilco free on Ubuntu! Don't make me dual boot for Jeff Tweedy and company, because I will! :guitar:

[vgrisham]

Installing Adobe's new 64-bit flash plugin resolved this!

Instructions are here (http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=985479&highlight=comedy+central+flash).

[carolinason]

32 bit user here - in the states on the CC site i just get audio and no image - all other flash sites play - installed chrome says no flash - reinstalled flash still no flash don't like chrome anyway

works fine in win xp sad to say

[BULLIT22]

Hey Guys. Had the same problem with my wifes laptop and a few Facebook Flash games. I used this unistaller/installer and have had no issues. I used the Flash 10.1 beta.

http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1414595

Hope this helps.

[carolinason]

- my issue is flashblock - i had to allow flash from the site. clicking to allow wouldn't work