http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/programs/

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What steps will reproduce the problem?
1. http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/programs/
2. Pick a program
3. It does not play

What is the expected output? What do you see instead?
You see nothing, it can't find it. 

What version of the product are you using? On what operating system?
Ubuntu 9.10, latest gecko-mediaplayer, it works fine elsewhere.  

Please provide any additional information below.
Attempting to copy the URL fails.  Strange, perhaps it isn't even there. 
Thanks for reading my bug report!

<td width="384" class="videocell">
  <object 
  id="Player" 
  classid="CLSID:22d6f312-b0f6-11d0-94ab-0080c74c7e95"
  height="262" 
  width="384"
>
<param name="FileName" value="/wgbh/nova/programs/ht/as/3503_01.asx" />
<param name="AutoStart" value="1" />
<param name="ShowControls" value="1" />
<param name="ShowStatusBar" value="0" />
<param name="ShowDisplay" value="0" />
<param name="captioningid" value="captions" />
<embed bgcolor="#000000" type="application/x-mplayer2"
pluginspage="http://www.microsoft.com/Windows/Downloads/Contents/Products/MediaP
layer/"
src="/wgbh/nova/programs/ht/as/3503_01.asx" name="MediaPlayer" width="384"
height="262"></embed>
</object>
</td>

<td width="34"><img src="/wgbh/nova/images02/spacer.gif" alt="" width="34"
height="1" border="0" /></td>
</tr>

Original issue reported on code.google.com by helpdesk...@gmail.com on 3 Jan 2010 at 11:51

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I tried the Lizard Kings video and it was flash based. Is there some setting
somewhere to set the preferred media type?

Original comment by kdeko...@gmail.com on 4 Jan 2010 at 3:16

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Terribly sorry!  My fault!  The newer ones ARE in flash!  Try an older one:

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/extremeice/program.html

Original comment by helpdesk...@gmail.com on 4 Jan 2010 at 3:56

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I think that pbs.org might be broken. I tried the sample and it gave me the 
following..

ARG: bgcolor = #000000
ARG: type = application/x-mplayer2
ARG: pluginspage =
http://www.microsoft.com/Windows/Downloads/Contents/Products/MediaPlayer/
ARG: src = /wgbh/nova/programs/ht/as/3604_07.asx
ARG: name = MediaPlayer
ARG: height = 262
ARG: width = 384

I then used wget on the asx file.
wget http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/programs/ht/as/3604_07.asx
--2010-01-04 07:40:27--  http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/programs/ht/as/3604_07.asx
Resolving www.pbs.org... 149.48.228.121
Connecting to www.pbs.org|149.48.228.121|:80... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 500 Internal Server Error
2010-01-04 07:40:27 ERROR 500: Internal Server Error.

So I think there is a problem with their media server.

Original comment by kdeko...@gmail.com on 4 Jan 2010 at 2:42

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