Can someone check this website please?

[kennysarmy]

https://snaprevise.co.uk/course/27/edexcel/chemistry-as/as-level-chemistry-new-spec/video/684

 

I can run the video 1.1 AS-Level Chemistry fine but the two free ones in section 2 will not work unless I use the OPERA browser.

 

Would be interested to see if any other schools have the same?

[GuyJD]

This video is unavailable

on Chrome here

[cullingsh]

All worked ok for me in IE

[cullingsh]

The first video is a vimeo video, the section 2 videos are vzaar.com videos if that helps?

[FN-GM]

Works fine on Chrome.

[6Foot2]

Video working for me in Chrome from home:

 

[kennysarmy]

The first video is a vimeo video, the section 2 videos are vzaar.com videos if that helps?

 

I've tried a few other vzaar.com videos and they work fine:

 

https://vzaar.com/videos/1617603

https://vzaar.com/case_studies/ecommerce/arena_flowers

 

- - - Updated - - -

 

on Chrome here

 

Thanks - what web filtering do you have? Can you see anything being blocked?

[FN-GM]

These work fine at home on Chrome 55. On Chrome 55 at work they do not work. We are using Smoothwall.

[kennysarmy]

These work fine at home on Chrome 55. On Chrome 55 at work they do not work. We are using Smoothwall.

 

I'll keep you posted with any updates...

 

RM (SWGfL) have apparently done this:

Firewall Issues - vzaar Knowledge Base

 

but it's made no difference....

[6Foot2]

https://snaprevise.co.uk/course/27/edexcel/chemistry-as/as-level-chemistry-new-spec/video/684

 

I can run the video 1.1 AS-Level Chemistry fine but the two free ones in section 2 will not work unless I use the OPERA browser.

 

Would be interested to see if any other schools have the same?

 

The originally posted link works in school in Chrome also.

 

ISP: HGfL [Herts Grid for Learning]/Updata.

[GuyJD]

I've tried a few other vzaar.com videos and they work fine:

 

https://vzaar.com/videos/1617603

https://vzaar.com/case_studies/ecommerce/arena_flowers

 

- - - Updated - - -

 

 

 

Thanks - what web filtering do you have? Can you see anything being blocked?

I'm on LGfL here, nothing is showing up as blocked in the report I just ran and other videos from vzaar.com are working fine.

 

edit:- Tried it with IE too and still get the error message.

[kennysarmy]

SWGfL put in the following firewall rule:

 

Source IP address : School IP range

 

Destination IP address: Any

 

Ports : TCP 1935

 

and it now works.

 

Not ideal....but apparently the destination IP can change...

 

On help.vzaar.com/article/156-firewall-issues it states:

 

Unfortunately, we can't provide a stable range of IP addresses for whitelisting by address. The problem is that vzaar is a cloud service which uses a global content delivery network. As a result, the IPs in use are many and highly dynamic in their nature. Whilst we could provide a temporary list of addresses, it would not be a reliable solution for long-term access, as they would soon become invalid. Indeed, in large part, that's the whole point of domain naming.

 

The best idea would be to run regular DNS lookups on *.vzaar.com. These lookups would give a list of the current IPs for entry into a whitelist. Depending upon your firewall configuration, it should be possible to write a script for the process and run it automatically at a set intervals.

 

It's not ideal though. If you absolutely require a list of IP addresses, then I am afraid that we do not - indeed can not - meet that requirement.

[LeMarchand]

Fine at home in Firefox (after relaxing Javascript blocking).

[Fazza]

Works OK for me in Edge, Internet Explorer and Chrome.