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Unable to watch Olympic videos

rmcellig

Wed Aug 01, 2012 12:59:15 am

I am trying to look at some videos from the CTV web site. Is there a way to do this in Linux?

I am using Zorin 6 with Firefox 14.0.1

http://www.ctvolympics.ca/videos/watch/ ... ecord.html

Wolfman

Wed Aug 01, 2012 5:34:45 am

Hi,

I just tried it myself, it looks like the link is broken or has been removed due to copyright infringement!!.

I clicked on "Watch Now" but nothing happens!!.

Try this link:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NOtqTe_k ... 7902B35188

Regards Wolfman

: Watch Now - Video on Demand, Live Broadcast Streaming - London 2012 Olympics - CTV - Mozilla Firefox_019.png (553.93 KiB)

rmcellig

Wed Aug 01, 2012 9:22:55 am

Thanks but I think it is because the ctv site uses silverlight from Microsoft. I installed silverlight but it still doesn't work. I have a feeling that all Linux users are out of luck when it comes to watching the Olympics from either the NBC or CTV sites.

Wolfman

Wed Aug 01, 2012 11:49:14 am

Hi,

I have Moonlight installed and still cannot play it, but Moonlight works on the NASA site!!:

viewtopic.php?f=6&t=2578

Also you can try right click on the blank vid and then on "Moonlight Settings" > Playback and install the codecs again!!.

: Workspace 1_020.png (625.57 KiB)

And just to prove that Moonlight does work, here is a clip from Sky News:

: Sky News Live - Mozilla Firefox_021.png (108.97 KiB)

Regards Wolfman