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firefox error 26

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When I try to watch http://www.cbc.ca/news/thenational I get when I click on the video.
We cannot play this media in your browser
Error 26
I'm running an almost new 18.2 Cinnamon installation, any ideas? Ian.
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Re: firefox error 26

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What's the output of about:addons when entered in the URL bar?

Probably you're missing a codec.
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Re: firefox error 26

Post by sammiev »

I can confirm it works with an updated Firefox without issues.

Try disabling your addons and trying it again.

Add one back at a time if it works and see which one is causing the problem.

Using Ublock, Ghostery and HTTPS Everywhere without issues.
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Re: firefox error 26

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I was doing better with LMDE. Last night I tried to install the adobe flash installer. It told me firefox was broken and I tried package repair from synaptic which gave a mess of errors. I guess the server was down. It was okay today but it did not get the cbc national news working. Since then firefox told me to update from 54 to 57 and still no cbc news. All that effort and I thought Mint 18.2 was an out of the box no problem and I guess it must be for most people. Add-ons I have
Shockwave flash 28
Cisco video codec Open H264
and activating or deactivating one or the other or both makes no difference still error 26. I'm still stuck. Ian.
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Re: firefox error 26

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This is a cbc issue, it works on other sites. Ian.
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stanley82 wrote:This is a cbc issue, it works on other sites. Ian.
Likely not as it works on my system.
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Re: firefox error 26

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Maybe you need this Widevine plugin.

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