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#161978 25-Jan-2015 22:32
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TVNZ OnDemand recently stopped working.

Seems the AdobeFlash player (or TVNZ's embedded BrightCove content controller) now requires the old HAL libraries to operate it's DRM.

From askubutu       http://askubuntu.com/questions/362259/how-to-watch-videos-in-amazon-prime-instant-video

 

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:mjblenner/ppa-hal

 

sudo apt-get update

 

sudo apt-get install hal

 

 

The following extra packages will be installed:

 

hal-info libhal-storage1 libhal1

 

The following NEW packages will be installed:

 

hal hal-info libhal-storage1 libhal1

 



This now makes it work in Firefox on 14.04.

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  #1222260 26-Jan-2015 10:02
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I'm now having issues and I've just upgraded to Fedora 21.

Not getting any errors, but the video is simply failing to start.




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  #1222731 26-Jan-2015 21:12
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Yep, that's what we were seeing.  Page loaded, player controls show, but video fails to start or show any content. Just a black box. Can't skip forward. No error messages.

A different thread suggests this is just how the DRM content owners want it. Silent fail. Nothing as nasty as a pop up like "Greed Inc don't support your platform because of it's open freedom".

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  #1223192 27-Jan-2015 13:04
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Looks like I've found the fix for Fedora 21

https://ask.fedoraproject.org/en/question/38678/drm-flash-videos/





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