Quicktime crashing after a few seconds

Question

I want to be able to watch the European Parliament on Ubuntu. I'm using Quicktime player, but it only works for a few seconds before crashing.

Here is a link to what I want to watch: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getVod.do?mode=chapter&language=EN&vodDateId=20140702-09:16:16-789

Answer 1

The video in your link plays in VLC media player. To install VLC open the terminal and type:

sudo apt-get install vlc

1. Open Firefox, go to the video link, and under where it says APPLE QUICKTIME click on the link that says: Select this player.

2. A QuickTime video player tab will open in Firefox. Inside the dark empty space in the video player click on the link that says: Activate QuickTime.

3. A popup window will appear asking if you will Allow ... that video URL ... to run QuickTime?. Click the Allow Now button.

4. Click the play button in the video player to start playing the video. It will start playing for a few seconds and then stop.

5. Right-click inside the video player and from the context menu select Open with "VLC media player".

6. The video will open in VLC media player locally on your desktop, and start playing in VLC as a Network Stream. This particular video is more than two and a half hours long. It should play straight through in VLC media player from the beginning to the end without a break.