[GTALUG] Toronto Star videos no longer work

[James Knott]

On 04/21/2015 09:39 AM, Daniel Wayne Armstrong wrote:
> On Tue, Apr 21, 2015 at 8:07 AM, James Knott <james.knott at rogers.com
> <mailto:james.knott at rogers.com>> wrote:
>
>     Has anyone else noticed that the videos on the Toronto Star site no
>     longer work with Linux?  I've tried Firefox, Seamonkey and Chromium
>     browsers.  The videos do work in Windows.
>
>
> Running Arch Linux + Firefox  37.0.2 to watch video at this link:
>
> https://www.thestar.com/life/sourced/2015/04/08/carls-jrs-queen-west-location-has-a-dedicated-milkshake-bar-sourced.html
>
> I needed to temporarily disable the HTTPS-Everywhere plugin... after
> restarting and using 'http' links the videos played OK.
>
> Chrome 42.0.2311.90 with no plugins played the videos OK.
>

It was HTTPS Everyware that caused the problem.  I disabled thestar.com
in it, so I'm past that problem.  That only leaves the videos that won't
play for other reasons.  ;-)