Ubuntu 10.10, 32 bit. Firefox 3.6.14
Why don't BBC videos play in Firefox if Youtube has no problem? Moreover videos play fine in Chrome. Another strange thing: there seem to be two flash plugins in about:plugins:
File: libflashplayer.so
Version: Shockwave Flash 10.1 r102
File: libflashplayer.so
Version: Shockwave Flash 10.2 r152
But there is only one flashplugin in the plugins directory: /usr/lib/firefox/plugins/flashplugin-alternative.so -> /etc/alternatives/firefox-flashplugin
$ update-alternatives --list firefox-flashplugin
/usr/lib/flashplugin-installer/libflashplayer.so
Any ideas?
Answer
The problem seems now solved. No idea what the reason was. Just know the symptom -- the presence of two flash plugins. Reinstalled flashplugin from the Ubuntu repo and cleared the Firefox cache and cookies and restarted Firefox. And voilà! videos work. Now about:plugins shows only the 10.2 r152 plugin and BBC is happy
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