Watching ESPN 360 Video in Ubuntu

In Ubuntu, if you go to the ESPN 360 website, it will tell you that the video player is only available for Windows and Mac. What to do? Before ESPN 360 released a new version of Move Media Player, I was able to watch videos in Ubuntu by doing the following:

• Install Wine
• Install Firefox for Windows.
• Use Firefox for Windows to go to the ESPN 360 website and install Move Media Player plugin.

Recently, ESPN 360 released a new version of Move Media Player which is incompatible with Wine 1.0. When I played video using the new player, it made the entire screen black. I had to do a hard reboot.

This is one of the reason I have to keep Windows around. Somethings just won’t work in Linux

WineHQ

I wanted to see if I can still watch videos on my favorite websites in Ubuntu. Those websites require plugins to play videos. Unfortunately, the plugins do not work in Linux. Luckily, there is Wine. This is how I was able to watch videos in Ubuntu.

1. Install Wine.
2. Install Firefox (Windows version).
3. Run Firefox (Windows version).
4. Go to the website.
5. Install the plugin that is needed to play video.
6. Restart Firefox.