BBC iplayer no longer functions in Firefox

[Basil Chupin]

On 18/06/11 18:12, Graham Watkins wrote:
> Good morning,
>
> In the last few days, whenever I open the BBC iplayer  instead of 
> getting a picture from the program with a start button to click, I get 
> a black screen with no start button.  This started just before a 
> recent update to the Adobe flash plugin.
>
> I have tried uninstalling the flash plugin and reinstalling it from 
> the Adobe site.  This has changed nothing.
>
> Strangely, the iplayer functions well enough on Chromium.
>
> I am running Ubuntu 10.4, Firefox 3.6.17 and Adobe Flash Player 
> version 10.3.181.26
>
> Anybody got any ideas on how to fix this?
>
> thanks,
>
> Graham


Graham, private message, off the list.

I have spent HOURS, and I mean HOURS, in getting this problem solve over 
the past 5 days or so and which I have never had in the past 8 years 
that I have been using Firefox.

However, at the moment I just simply do not have the energy to tell you 
what I went thru to solve it. Forgive me....

Don't dispair, There is an answer. And the answer it seems lies in the 
flash-plugin where there is a difference between the adobe version and 
the adaptation used by the linux distro.

I'll get back to full force by tomorrow or the day after so bear with me 
and I'll try and get your sorted out then. OK? :-) .

Basil

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