jaytee(a)clear.net.nz wrote:
I have changed to my desktop ubuntu 8.10 in the hope a more modern installation would help.
Incidentally, Ubuntu 9.04 is out now ;)
Having run through the list of available streaming radio stations and successfully playing a large random selection. the exception being thecoast.net.nz when opened in firefox claims to need adobe flash-plugin. Flash-plugin is installed so there must be some other thing that I do not have that prevents this station playing.
A couple of points there: if I load it, it displays a notice about needing the flash plugin (which I have installed), however it works anyway - the stream still plays. It's possible it needs a newer version of flash than you have installed AND it has some broken code for detecting if flash is installed.