HD Streaming Problems

[darkgdi]

I am currently using Firefox 3.6, and I love Revision3 shows. However, I love to watch them in HD. However, I don't like watching the direct QuickTime file because of the bright white background and I don't like downloading the large HD files.

So I always watched HD content on the page. It worked fine in Firefox 3.5 and Google Chrome, but now that I have switched to Firefox 3.6 it doesn't. Let me explain:

The page loads and automatically sets the video quality to High. If I switch the quality to HD here, it just stops loading and switches to a still image of the beginning of the Rev3 splash with the Play button overlayed. If I click play, it sits and loads the video for 10, 20, even 30 minutes.

If I let the ad play and the video start, then switch to HD, the video gets all funky (begins to look like the black and white popcorn) while the audio plays fine.

So, I thought it was a Flash error, but I realize that my flash is the most recent one, as are all my other plugins.

Does anyone know why this might be happening? Or does anyone know a fix?

[chuckles]

Our developers will be looking into the problem. Temporary work around is to click ahead on the time line and click back to the beginning.

-chuckles-

[darkgdi]

Well, I wish I could report that this quick work around fixed my issues, but when I switch to the HD stream, the entire video corrupts (audio still works) and I cannot pause the video or slide it back. So I am guessing that whatever is wrong is a Flash error, as the HD Quicktime videos still work.

Also, I can switch back down from HD to High or even Low, but that doesn't solve the problem. The video remains corrupted and the controls don't work (other than quality, and I can slide the progress meter... it just doesn't register a change in the video's location when I let go.)

Hope we get a fix soon!

[darkgdi]

Problem's fixed. *knock on wood*