[ubuntu-uk] Viewing GM TV stuff - media player?

[Michael]

alan c wrote:
> With much appreciated help here I can see bbc video using mediaplayer.
>
> GM TV site is also of interest
> http://www.gm.tv/
> and it looks at first as if a video clip (such as the weather)  would 
> play, but it does not actually play, the initial still image just remains.
>
> Has anyone got any better function please?
>   
My first thought was that a player for the flash mime-type isn't 
established during MediaPlayerConnectivity's initial set-up. Indeed, if 
you click Tools > MediaPlayerConnectivity > Open: ....swf, it returns 
the error:

Video Player undefined for this type of media (check Tools menu, 
MediaPlayerConnectivity...)

application/x-shockwave-flash

But unfortunately the clip doesn't work in Opera or Seamonkey either... 
Think of it as a small price to pay for not seeing Lorraine interviewing 
Vladimir Putin.