Posted on 01/31/2020 1:28:45 AM PST by Java4Jay
My updated Windows 10 PC using Google Chrome version 79 won't play news videos from Fox News website. No support found searching the net. Any ideas?
have you confirmed you have the latest Flash update?
(when you do the update confirm the security settings)
Fox has atrocious web designers, IMHO they should be flogged. Lead videos don’t always refer to the headline, auto starting, play like crap on the phone.
A long time ago if you wrote to them they did reply in a day or so. There used to be contact places to click on the bottom of the page for tech support.
not sure if these addresses still work:
newsmanager@foxnews.com
viewer.services@foxtv.com
Have you tried searching Fox News on youtube for what you want?
oh, I forgot the obligatory “are you sure you’re logged in?”
( : > )
How can I get so lucky?
Fox plays videos in the background and half the time you can’t stop them when you press the pause button.
I haven't watched a moment of Fox News or Fox Business since the Meagain Kelly ambush on Aug. 6, 2015.
Somebody up there is trying to save you from some anguish and stress.
If you are a freeper it’s likely you don’t really learn much from Fox News.
I too “upgraded” and I just tried and got skunked.
I’ll check my flash player and look back here later.
Save your money and just install a free Youtube ad blocker widely available. I use Adblock Plus which stops or inhibits ads on all webpages. Some sites want me to unblock their ads so I have to decide whether that website is important enough for me to allow their ads. Most the time it isn't; at least to me.
Not being in front of this Win 10 system, I can't be sure, but it acts like you have a script blocker installed which is a very good thing. Scripts are how websites force us to watch or block various things when we land on that page. Some even carry viruses which can infect our computer operating systems. Some pay sites use a script called jquery or some other verification script to verify you're a paid member so you can view their site. By blocking that script they sometimes allow you to view it because it can't confirm or deny it so it errs on the side of caution if that's how it was set up. It's different for every site.
You need to find the script blocker, if there is one, and learn how to okay certain scripts. Over time the system becomes trained to run only what you want it to. I use NoScript and back up the settings from time to time so if I have to rebuild another system or I just add a new computer; I can transfer the settings of what I have already okay'd so I don't have to start all over again.
I recently bought a second refurbished system and a new 1 TB hard drive then cloned my hard drive so I now have a primary system that will eventually fail or break in some way so all I have to do is move the wires from the back of the primary system to the back up system and continue on. It won't be up to the minute but since I back up the data once a month or so; It'll be close once I download the latest data from the back up. Everyone should back up their data with an external hard drive on a regular basis to minimize data loss in the event the hard drive fails.
The new Solid State Drives (SSD) are much faster than the regular Hard Drives (HDD) but are also more expensive of course. I'm still using the old HDD's on my systems. I'm afraid of becoming spoiled with the high speed SSD. We humans think really slow compared to most computers anyway so at some point it's just silly for the system to go faster for home use IMHO.
Brave browser you get no ads anyplace
Clearly, your PC is too PC for FOX.
Java,
Windows 10 supports Flash Player, but only if you use the Microsoft Edge browser.
If you use Chrome, you have to manually install Flash Player.
I use Edge, which works fine on Fox News.
I have never used Chrome - so, you may have to do something more than just download it to make it work.
Check the Chrome website for advice if Flash does not fire up immediately.
https://www.howtogeek.com/434334/how-to-enable-adobe-flash-in-google-chrome-76/
Fugetaboutit. Fox has some idiots in their IT department and they use crappy DRM that doesn’t work 3/4ths of the time. They think their clips are platinum and prevent so many views.
Hell, just look at the design of their clips page. Obvious their web people are idiots.
Lets put flaky DRM on clips from the the top shows on cable news to prevent viral advertising!!
GENIUS!!!! Not!
fox news videos play fine on the new edge browser
LOL! That’s a well known porn site!
Download the Brave browser. It is superior in nearly every way. Brave is what Firefox used to be. Chrome is awful for anything but casting.
You pay for RedTube ? You’re doing it wrong.
(and you might want to stack up on Kleenex)
I run FF, Ghostery, and the No Script, The combination does a great job and even gets past paywalls. I like that Noscript lists all the different individual scripts it blocked and lets you temporarily/permanently turn on only what you really can’t live without on a page. It only breaks a page about 5% of the time and it is usually just the first item in the list, which is the base java. Videos have to be turned on, but they are usually in the list as an embedded API/CDN service from youtube/vimeo that can be turned on permanently.
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