BBC iPlayer freezing system

[ptyers]

Hey all,

Not too sure if this is an OS or Firefox problem, so forgive me if i'm it's in the wrong area

I've scoured google for a while trying to find a solution but alas nothing so far.

Basically, when I try and watch something on the BBC iPlayer (www.bbc.co.uk/iPlayer) Firefox attempts to load the program for a few seconds...and then goes AWOL and freezes indefinitely until i restart the browser. (i'm presuming it's not Firefox, as Safari does this also).

I used to be able to watch programs pretty regularly but stopped due to internet going down for a while (though no more than a few months ago).

I have downloaded and installed the latest OS X updates and have the latest Firefox and Flash versions, so i'm not too sure where the problem lies.

Any suggestions would be great! (if it helps it's a Macbook 2Ghz 1Gb Intel Core Duo 2 thing).

Cheers,

Paul

 

[Ric]

Hi there,

try running Repair Disk permissions/repair disk in disk utilities.

Do you have anything else running at the same time ?

I have iPlayer working on acouple of mac's with no problems.

(Wifey is currently watching Tess of the Durbaville's via the wii on the tv !)

regards

Ric

 

[ptyers]

Hi Ric,

Have just tried the Repair Disk Permissions; the problem still persists though.

Just have the usual open (iTunes & Last.Fm usually), but happens with nothing open also.

Just a query: what OS version and Flash version are you running on your macs? with which browser??

Really don't know much diagnostic stuff when it comes to Macs but i'm learnin as I go!

cheers for the help,

paul

 

[Ric]

Hi there,

OS 10.5.5

Firefox 3.01

Flash 9.0 r124

If you go to this folder...

Macintosh HD/Users/yourusername/Library/Logs/CrashReporter

and find the Firefox/Safari logs and then email them to me as an attachment. (Don't copy and paste!) (e-mail address removed)

I''l have alook at them tomorrow.

regards

Ric