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Ok so I am having problems with streaming videos from the game site Gamespot. For example I cannot play this video, it shows a black screen in place of the ...
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    Cannot play Gamespot videos in swiftfox.

    Ok so I am having problems with streaming videos from the game site Gamespot. For example I cannot play this video, it shows a black screen in place of the video window, and sometimes swiftfox even crashes.

    GameSpot Video: Civilization IV: Beyond the Sword Gameplay Movie 1

    Here are the plugins that I have installed

    Installed plug-ins
    Find more information about browser plug-ins at mozilla.org.
    Help for installing plug-ins is available from plugindoc.mozdev.org.
    Shockwave Flash

    File name: libflashplayer.so
    Shockwave Flash 9.0 r31

    MIME Type Description Suffixes Enabled
    application/x-shockwave-flash Shockwave Flash swf Yes
    application/futuresplash FutureSplash Player spl Yes
    QuickTime Plug-in 6.0 / 7

    File name: mplayerplug-in-qt.so
    mplayerplug-in 3.31

    Video Player Plug-in for QuickTime, RealPlayer and Windows Media Player streams using MPlayer
    JavaScript Enabled and Using GTK2 Widgets

    MIME Type Description Suffixes Enabled
    video/quicktime Quicktime mov Yes
    video/x-quicktime Quicktime mov Yes
    image/x-quicktime Quicktime mov Yes
    video/quicktime Quicktime mp4 Yes
    video/quicktime Quicktime - Session Description Protocol sdp Yes
    application/x-quicktimeplayer Quicktime mov Yes
    application/smil SMIL smil Yes
    RealPlayer 9

    File name: mplayerplug-in-rm.so
    mplayerplug-in 3.31

    Video Player Plug-in for QuickTime, RealPlayer and Windows Media Player streams using MPlayer
    JavaScript Enabled and Using GTK2 Widgets

    MIME Type Description Suffixes Enabled
    audio/x-pn-realaudio RealAudio ram,rm Yes
    application/vnd.rn-realmedia RealMedia rm Yes
    application/vnd.rn-realaudio RealAudio ra,ram Yes
    video/vnd.rn-realvideo RealVideo rv Yes
    audio/x-realaudio RealAudio ra Yes
    audio/x-pn-realaudio-plugin RealAudio rpm Yes
    application/smil SMIL smil Yes
    Windows Media Player Plugin

    File name: mplayerplug-in-wmp.so
    mplayerplug-in 3.31

    Video Player Plug-in for QuickTime, RealPlayer and Windows Media Player streams using MPlayer
    JavaScript Enabled and Using GTK2 Widgets

    MIME Type Description Suffixes Enabled
    application/asx Media Files * Yes
    video/x-ms-asf-plugin Media Files * Yes
    video/x-msvideo AVI avi,* Yes
    video/msvideo AVI avi,* Yes
    application/x-mplayer2 Media Files * Yes
    application/x-ms-wmv Microsoft WMV video wmv,* Yes
    video/x-ms-asf Media Files asf,asx,* Yes
    video/x-ms-wm Media Files wm,* Yes
    video/x-ms-wmv Microsoft WMV video wmv,* Yes
    audio/x-ms-wmv Windows Media wmv,* Yes
    video/x-ms-wmp Windows Media wmp,* Yes
    video/x-ms-wvx Windows Media wvx,* Yes
    audio/x-ms-wax Windows Media wax,* Yes
    audio/x-ms-wma Windows Media wma,* Yes
    application/x-drm-v2 Windows Media asx,* Yes
    audio/wav Microsoft wave file wav,* Yes
    audio/x-wav Microsoft wave file wav,* Yes
    mplayerplug-in 3.31

    File name: mplayerplug-in.so
    mplayerplug-in 3.31

    Video Player Plug-in for QuickTime, RealPlayer and Windows Media Player streams using MPlayer
    JavaScript Enabled and Using GTK2 Widgets

    MIME Type Description Suffixes Enabled
    video/mpeg MPEG mpg,mpeg Yes
    audio/mpeg MPEG mpg,mpeg Yes
    video/x-mpeg MPEG mpg,mpeg Yes
    video/x-mpeg2 MPEG2 mpv2,mp2ve Yes
    audio/mpeg MPEG mpg,mpeg Yes
    audio/x-mpeg MPEG mpg,mpeg Yes
    audio/mpeg2 MPEG audio mp2 Yes
    audio/x-mpeg2 MPEG audio mp2 Yes
    video/mp4 MPEG 4 Video mp4 Yes
    audio/mpeg3 MPEG audio mp3 Yes
    audio/x-mpeg3 MPEG audio mp3 Yes
    audio/x-mpegurl MPEG url m3u Yes
    audio/mp3 MPEG audio mp3 Yes
    application/x-ogg Ogg Vorbis Media ogg Yes
    audio/ogg Ogg Vorbis Audio ogg Yes
    application/ogg Ogg Vorbis / Ogg Theora ogg Yes
    video/fli FLI animation fli,flc Yes
    video/x-fli FLI animation fli,flc Yes
    video/vnd.vivo VivoActive viv,vivo Yes
    application/x-nsv-vp3-mp3 Nullsoft Streaming Video nsv Yes
    audio/x-mod Soundtracker mod Yes
    audio/basic Basic Audio File au,snd Yes
    audio/x-basic Basic Audio File au,snd Yes
    audio/x-scpls Shoutcast Playlist pls Yes
    Helix DNA Plugin: RealPlayer G2 Plug-In Compatible

    File name: nphelix.so
    Helix DNA Plugin: RealPlayer G2 Plug-In Compatible version 0.4.0.622 built with gcc 3.3.5 on Jul 18 2006

    MIME Type Description Suffixes Enabled
    audio/x-pn-realaudio-plugin RealPlayer Plugin Metafile rpm Yes
    Adobe Reader 7.0

    File name: nppdf.so
    The Adobe Reader plugin is used to enable viewing of PDF and FDF files from within the browser.

    MIME Type Description Suffixes Enabled
    application/pdf Portable Document Format pdf Yes
    application/vnd.fdf Acrobat Forms Data Format fdf Yes
    application/vnd.adobe.xfdf XML Version of Acrobat Forms Data Format xfdf Yes
    application/vnd.adobe.xdp+xml Acrobat XML Data Package xdp Yes
    application/vnd.adobe.xfd+xml Adobe FormFlow99 Data File xfd Yes
    Java(TM) Plug-in 1.6.0-b105

    File name: libjavaplugin_oji.so
    Java(TM) Plug-in 1.6.0

    MIME Type Description Suffixes Enabled
    application/x-java-vm Java Yes
    application/x-java-applet Java Yes
    application/x-java-applet;version=1.1 Java Yes
    application/x-java-applet;version=1.1.1 Java Yes
    application/x-java-applet;version=1.1.2 Java Yes
    application/x-java-applet;version=1.1.3 Java Yes
    application/x-java-applet;version=1.2 Java Yes
    application/x-java-applet;version=1.2.1 Java Yes
    application/x-java-applet;version=1.2.2 Java Yes
    application/x-java-applet;version=1.3 Java Yes
    application/x-java-applet;version=1.3.1 Java Yes
    application/x-java-applet;version=1.4 Java Yes
    application/x-java-applet;version=1.4.1 Java Yes
    application/x-java-applet;version=1.4.2 Java Yes
    application/x-java-applet;version=1.5 Java Yes
    application/x-java-applet;version=1.6 Java Yes
    application/x-java-applet;jpi-version=1.6 Java Yes
    application/x-java-bean Java Yes
    application/x-java-bean;version=1.1 Java Yes
    application/x-java-bean;version=1.1.1 Java Yes
    application/x-java-bean;version=1.1.2 Java Yes
    application/x-java-bean;version=1.1.3 Java Yes
    application/x-java-bean;version=1.2 Java Yes
    application/x-java-bean;version=1.2.1 Java Yes
    application/x-java-bean;version=1.2.2 Java Yes
    application/x-java-bean;version=1.3 Java Yes
    application/x-java-bean;version=1.3.1 Java Yes
    application/x-java-bean;version=1.4 Java Yes
    application/x-java-bean;version=1.4.1 Java Yes
    application/x-java-bean;version=1.4.2 Java Yes
    application/x-java-bean;version=1.5 Java Yes
    application/x-java-bean;version=1.6 Java Yes
    application/x-java-bean;jpi-version=1.6 Java Yes


    I dont know what I am missing, it seems like it uses adobe flash player and I think I have it installed.

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    Somebody please help me.

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