You had to mention a new Puppy build didn't you? Knowing that I would go and look ![:)]()
It is fast and the vids do play (although I took this at a jumpy moment)
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Yep, thought you might, glad you did. Puppy is too cool, I am forever in your debt for putting me onto it. Was going to post a new thread, make sure you saw it, but had to sign off for a while.
@ Dennis:
I disabled the popup blocker, still no playback.
Changed a bunch of the settings in "Internet Options, Security", and in "Advanced", will not tire everyone with the details, but eventually had ie8 set to allow just about anything. Might as well have hung out a sign: "Install virus here". Stll no playback.
edit: Also installed the latest flash player. (10.2.152.26) Now some of them will play, most won't.
I sure would like to know what that problem is.
edit: And again, using Puppy / Opera, everything played except those needing a log in. No mischief intended this time, just offering a clue.
The problem is now fixed, and I'm happy and slightly embarrassed to say it was "ad.doubleclick.net" again causing the problem with IMDb videos.
I'll suffer the blushes as the reason I missed it may be useful to others.
Firstly, that hosts file entry has been unblocked for a long time, and why it was blocked again I have no idea. Maybe an update.
I did initially do a search for that entry with the "Hostsman Editor" just to check that it was still unblocked, and this was the result of entering "ad.doubleclick.net" into the search box:
Instead of immediately highlighting the exact text I entered in the box, it listed every variation of "**.doubleclick.net" except the little bugger itself, and there are a lot.
To be honest I gave up scrolling after a while and assumed the entry was no longer in the Hosts File. When it seemed that nothing else could possibly be causing the glitch I went back and eventually found and unblocked it again.
I also called it a few names.