I just installed Firefox as main browser. If I open a link to a Comhaltas Live video, the video window is not displayed. (E.g. http://comhaltas.ie/music/detail/comhaltaslive_261_2_aishling_mcphillips/) 
Does anybody know if I need to download a specific plug-in to be able to view the videos on that site? Any other tips?
Thanks!
That plays fine for me in Firefox 2, on Windows XP.
By any chance, do you have the Firefox “NoScript” add-in? I have it, which means that I specifically had to tell it to allow scripts from comhaltas.ie to run, before I could see the video.
Same here. No problem. I have most plugins installed, but I dont remember if the site actually requires them. In your preferences, there is one which lets you allow a given site to show popup windows. That may solve your problem. Then again, with my record on computer info, it may not.
Similarly for Firefox 3 you have to allow scripts for the site to get it to run.
David
You’re definitely going to need the Flash player, if you don’t already have it.
yes…flash would be helpful 
but if it worked before
then it’s a setting
I don’t have the NoScript add-on.
Similarly for Firefox 3 you have to allow scripts for the site to get it to run.
Is there a separate option from Java Script, David? I couldn’t find any site-specific script options…
As far as I can tell from the code, the video windows is opened by Java Script, which is enabled. The video is played by the Flash Player, which I also have installed.
Pop-ups are enabled for the site.
I checked Internet Explorer, which I usually only use to download Microsoft files. The same problem there.
Netscape, my default browser so far, works OK.
Problem solved!
The culprit was my Computer Associates Firewall. Although Firefox was already granted unlimited Internet access, I had to explicitly allow mobile code for Comhaltas.
According to Wikipedia,
mobile code is software obtained from remote systems, transferred across a network, and then downloaded and executed on a local system without explicit installation or execution by the recipient. Examples of mobile code include scripts (JavaScript, VBScript), Java applets, ActiveX controls, Flash animations, Shockwave movies (and Xtras), and macros embedded within Office documents.
And since it can also be used to execute malware on your computer, I guess the CA Firewall is doing a good job…
… except that it allowed mobile code via Netscape…