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plb
02-02-2008, 06:35 PM
I always see my fellow linux users on here not able to play the live streams...just install windows in virtualbox and be done with it!
rycodge
02-02-2008, 06:39 PM
or you could just download the win32 codecs... and use flash with firefox...
szczebrzeszyn
02-02-2008, 06:58 PM
I always see my fellow linux users on here not able to play the live streams...just install windows in virtualbox and be done with it!

you mean buy & install windows OS just to play the live streams?
plb
02-02-2008, 07:01 PM
you mean buy & install windows OS just to play the live streams?

people buy windows? :confused:
plb
02-02-2008, 07:02 PM
or you could just download the win32 codecs... and use flash with firefox...

That doesn't always work...CNN live video for instance is just 1 example.
constituent
02-02-2008, 07:12 PM
folks, we gotta bill shill.

::kidding::
plb
02-02-2008, 07:15 PM
I wish I didn't have to use Windows but I need it for school but I've basically been running Windows in a VM for the past 9 years lol
sharedvoice
02-02-2008, 07:33 PM
Why install a virtual box? I run Linux and can view streams just fine. :D Windows is a piece of milky crap.

My XTerm rocks your windows.


http://img216.imageshack.us/img216/8674/screenshottq4.png
szczebrzeszyn
02-02-2008, 07:43 PM
people buy windows? :confused:

Yeah, some freaks even buy music CDs! Go figure..
RageAgainstDC
02-02-2008, 07:44 PM
i run ubuntu 8.10. nothing special. no add ons. it just works... like everything else in ubuntu ;).
szczebrzeszyn
02-02-2008, 07:48 PM
i run ubuntu 8.10. nothing special. no add ons. it just works... like everything else in ubuntu ;).

Is that you, mr. Titor ? :D
The last one is 7.10 :)
plb
02-02-2008, 07:49 PM
OK so in Ubuntu, see if CNN live video works...not the video segments...click live video oh yeah....Debian FTW!
RageAgainstDC
02-02-2008, 07:52 PM
Is that you, mr. Titor ? :D
The last one is 7.10 :)

oops... you're right... it is 7.10. gutsy gibbon i believe they call it. the newest one. that just goes to show you how much i know about computers.
sharedvoice
02-02-2008, 07:53 PM
OK so in Ubuntu, see if CNN live video works...not the video segments...click live video oh yeah....Debian FTW!

Negative, CNN "Live Video" does not work. Because you have to install the Turner Spyware ISScript in order to view. Screw that. CNN sucks salty goatnuts anyways.
plb
02-02-2008, 07:55 PM
It does indeed suck but they do stream the debates
szczebrzeszyn
02-02-2008, 07:57 PM
oops... you're right... it is 7.10. gutsy gibbon i believe they call it.

just remember that ubntu versions always represent year.month, so 7.10 was october 2007, next version is in april and it will be called 8.04 :)
sharedvoice
02-02-2008, 08:00 PM
It does indeed suck but they do stream the debates

Well, you could always snag the stream url sometimes. I had a link somewhere on my totem player favorites. I was able to watch the debate in Semi-Valley via the LA-Times website. There are alternatives. Often you can find a direct stream link posted here on the forums.