Closed Bug 296971 Opened 20 years ago Closed 17 years ago

comedycentral.com - can't view Motherload videos

Categories

(Tech Evangelism Graveyard :: English US, defect)

Product:
Tech Evangelism Graveyard
Component:
English US
Platform:
x86
Windows XP
Type:
defect
Priority:
Not set
Severity:
normal

Tracking

(Not tracked)

Status:
RESOLVED FIXED

People

(Reporter: karringmoan, Unassigned)

References

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URL
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Details

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.7.7) Gecko/20050414
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.7.7) Gecko/20050414

The Comedy Central website changed formats recently and now requires Mediaplayer
version 9. I downloaded the new mediaplayer and followed the instructions on
their website if one can't play the videos, but Mozilla still doesn't play the
videos. It just sits there, doesn't load and doesn't buffer. If I use Internet
Explorer, it works fine. I wrote Comedy Central about the problem, but I
received no response. Now I have to use IE to watch comedy central videos via
the internet.

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Go teo the home page
2. Click on the comedian/correspondents section
3. Click on any of the archived videos

Actual Results:  
The video didn't load. Mediaplayer just sat there and did nothing. 

Expected Results:  
In IE mediaplayer contacts, loads and buffers the video.
It works for me in Deer Park on Winxpsp2 with Windows Media Player 9. If you
upgraded from WMP 6, please see <http://plugindoc.mozdev.org/important.html#WMP>
and apply the registry patch.
URL: http://www.comedycentral.com/shows/th... → http://www.comedycentral.com/shows/th...
Summary: Since Comedy Central updated their website to require Media Player 9, I can no longer view their videos. → comedycentral.com - Since Comedy Central updated their website to require Media Player 9, I can no longer view their videos.
It also works for me with Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9a1) Gecko/20060706 Minefield/3.0a1, but doesn't work with Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.8.1b1) Gecko/20060714 SeaMonkey/1.1a. According to <http://forums.mozillazine.org/viewtopic.php?p=2371668> changing the user agent string seems to help.
Status: UNCONFIRMED → NEW
Ever confirmed: true
Summary: comedycentral.com - Since Comedy Central updated their website to require Media Player 9, I can no longer view their videos. → comedycentral.com - can't view Motherload videos
*** Bug 327994 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
*** Bug 265538 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
The site now works for me even if I remove Firefox from the UA string. Please reopen the bug if this is still a problem on any Gecko browser.
Status: NEW → RESOLVED
Closed: 17 years ago
Resolution: --- → FIXED
Product: Tech Evangelism → Tech Evangelism Graveyard
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