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Oct 24, 2005, 08:26 AM
 
Guys,

I'm running Tiger with all updates on a 12" G4 iBook.

Thee webcam on this page is not showing up, just displays as a black box.
http://nationalzoo.si.edu/Animals/GiantPandas/

This happens in both Safari and the latest Firefox. I think I have both the Real player software installed as well as Windows Media Player, but I'm not positive, I would have to check tonight.

The same thing happens to a friend with a recent 17" PB. But the webcam works fine on my XP PC in Firefox, and I'm pretty sure I don't have the Real software installed there.

I'm not well versed in OS X yet or the required browser plug-ins on the Mac.

Can you guys see it? What am I missing?

Thanks very much in advance,

Chris
     
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Oct 24, 2005, 08:57 AM
 
It's a Windows Media stream via the plug-in - Just tried it - showed black for about 7 seconds then the video appeared. (I'm on an 8MB connection, so it may take longer for you.)

Ahhh - Pandas.

There were a long of banging noises - Do pandas do carpentry?
     
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Oct 24, 2005, 10:21 AM
 
Thanks very much, I appreciate it.

Chris
     
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Oct 24, 2005, 10:30 AM
 
The panda is sleeping!

Works fine, here. I get a dialog saying the content can't be played embedded, and asking if I want to try windows media player. Then it launches it and all is fine.
     
   
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