Watching On-Line TV Shows

[Jim Herrmann]

I am able to see nbc.com videos with no problem.  I am using Kubuntu 
with Automatix to install all the proprietary codecs and players.

As info,
Jim

Robert Kennedy wrote:
> Hello All,
>
> This evening my wife wanted to know if she could watch Passions
> from the NBC.com site. (If I can't get this to work she'll start
> in again with the "Get a real computer" campaign. ;-]  )
>
> I currently run Linspire 5, to keep her slightly happier than a
> non-Windows Lemming oriented distribution would. I have their
> Mozilla Suite, Firefox 2.0.0.4, and Opera 9.10 installed. None
> of them will play any video at NBC.com.   If it helps, Mozilla
> says that I have "libjavaplugin_oji.so  Java(TM) Plug-in
> 1.5.0_04" installed for Java.
>
> Is it possible to view NBC.com videos using Linux? Could I be
> missing a plug-in?
>
> Personally, I could care less about this, but the wife insists
> on knowing.
>
> Any help appreciated,
>
> Bob Kennedy
>
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