adobe f4f

[flipper T]

trying to watch homeland on 4OD in the UK, but video will not play.

google search reveals that this may have something to do with ¨adobe 4f4¨

can anyone explain / offer solution ?

[flipper T]

some further info to clarify

Using ubuntu 12.04 with gnome shell desktop and Firefox browser. I used to watch Homeland on Channel 4oD but it no longer plays. Other programmes from 4oD are still working. I understand that Homeland now using adobe f4f on http which may be cause. Anybody else have this problem or can advise solution?

same problem occurs using chrome/chromium and unity, or any combo of above.

posted here, rather than 12.04 thread as i think version is irrelevant, as same issue has been reported with opensuse.

[viktormas]

I came accross the same problem, and no answers.
As a temporary solution (before the series expire) -
I managed to play it using the ArtistX Live distro....
http://www.artistx.org/

But it would be nice to solve the problem for good...

[flipper T]

hi,

i have had conversation with 4od re this issue.

after advising me to reinstall flash, change flash storage settings, etc etc, their final email stated

¨The programme would be encoded the same as any other American programme. It appears to be an isolated issue on some peoples configuration that is stopping them viewing HOMELAND¨

...which doesn´t answer any issues & seems to be contradicted by the fact that some, but not all, other american programmes work ok.

not heard from them since.

[flipper T]

bumping this has now the majority of 4OD content is unplayable

ps never did hear back from them.

website faq now states that ¨We're aware that some viewers are having issues trying to watch some of our US programmes via our 4oD service on Channel4.com¨

problem spread to all shows now.

[flipper T]

for anyone interested, things i have tried:

1. works with artistx (thx for advice), but that is a dog of a os & should be avoided.

2. works with puppy linux, both ubuntu based & slakware based running off a live usb.

3. works great in 64bit debian live usb.

for 2 & 3 above, i was using the same version of flash i use in ubuntu, so does not seem to be a flash problem, however, as you can probably tell, i´m no expert.

oh well. going to leave this for a while & see if it is one of those problems that resolves itself in time.