456693 - Embedded video on BBC websites slows down Firefox end won't play in the end

Status: RESOLVED WORKSFORME

(Firefox :: General, defect)

Description

[prabhat.agarwal]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.0.2) Gecko/2008091620 Firefox/3.0.2
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.0.2) Gecko/2008091620 Firefox/3.0.2

Similar problems at other major news sites, e.g. http://www.zeit.de/video/player?videoID=20080918c5d15f



Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Go to any website of the bbc with embedded media.
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Actual Results:  
Browser becomes unresponsive (scrolling, tab-change, etc). After ~30 sec, screen freezes.

Expected Results:  
The media should have been played smoothly, with the browser staying responsive.

Comment 1

[Steve England [:stevee]]

What version of flash are you using? Tools > Addons > Plugins should tell you.

Comment 2

[prabhat.agarwal]

(In reply to comment #1)
> What version of flash are you using? Tools > Addons > Plugins should tell you.

It says version 9.0 r124

Other flash content works fine.

BTW, I'm using Firefox Portable, if that makes any difference.

Comment 3

[Steve England [:stevee]]

Does the BBC site work properly if you make a new firefox profile for a test?
- http://support.mozilla.com/en-US/kb/Managing+profiles

Comment 4

[Wayne Mery (:wsmwk)]

Do you still see this problem using the most recent versions of all components (application, plugins and add-ons)?

If you do not, please close the bug with resolution set to WORKSFORME. If problem was caused by add-on or non-mozilla code please use INVALID resolution.
If you do still see the problem, please comment in the bug.

Comment 5

[prabhat.agarwal]

I still have this problem.

I confirm that it is specific to Firefox *Portable&, and may well be related to how Flash is installed on a system w/o administrator privileges.

Should I mark it INVALID?

Comment 6

[Tyler Downer [He/Him]]

No reply, INCOMPLETE. Please retest with Firefox 3.6.10 or later and a new profile (http://support.mozilla.com/kb/Managing+profiles). If you continue to see this issue with the newest firefox and a new profile, then please comment on this bug.

Comment 7

[prabhat.agarwal]

OK, it works now, with the latest Firefox Portable, and manual install of Flash 10.1