I can't watch CNN video in Ubuntu8.04

[Simon]

       I upgraded my system to Hardy last month. It is great, except I can't watch CNN video on its website. The url is http://edition.cnn.com/video. I've searched for the solution for a long time. But none of them seems work.
       This is just what I didn't expect, since I could watch it without any problem in Gusty.
       Hope someone could help me. Thanks in advance!

[Simon (simonin2062)]

Sorry, I've installed flashplugin-nonfree weeks before. But it doesn't work.

[Philip Wyett (philwyett)]

I have just done a fresh install of 8.04 and to play video from http://edition.cnn.com I only needed to install 'flashplugin-nonfree' and restart the browser.

Could you run the following command and paste the output to indicate which is the default flash plugin.

  sudo update-alternatives --display xulrunner-addons-flashplugin

Regards

Phil

[Simon (simonin2062)]

Thank you!
But when I type the command above, the following appears:
xulrunner-addons-flashplugin - status is auto.
 link currently points to /usr/lib/swfdec-mozilla/libswfdecmozilla.so
/usr/lib/swfdec-mozilla/libswfdecmozilla.so - priority 50
/usr/lib/flashplugin-nonfree/libflashplayer.so - priority 50
Current `best' version is /usr/lib/swfdec-mozilla/libswfdecmozilla.so.

Could you tell me what to do?

[Philip Wyett (philwyett)]

What is required is to run:

sudo update-alternatives --config xulrunner-addons-flashplugin

and selecting the non free plug-in rather than swfdec from the list that will be provided.

Regards

phil

[Simon (simonin2062)]

Thank you, Philip! It works.