Proxies with Video and Audio Websites

Many video sites prevent their content from being viewed, streamed, or downloaded unless you are in their country. A common way to around such restrictions is to find a proxy server in the appropriate country. However, many video websites can bypass your proxy server through the use of Adobe Flash, Adobe AIR, RealPlayer, or Microsoft Silverlight to stream the video.

If you're having this problem, the free FoxyProxy Video Utility can help.

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  1. Configure your browser to use a proxy server
    1. Firefox: Configure FoxyProxy normally, as described here for our proxy service, and here for other proxy servers.
    2. Internet Explorer and other browsers: Set your browser's proxy settings to use your proxy server for all protocols
  2. Configure your operating system to use a proxy server
    • Windows: Install the FoxyProxy Video Utility
      Windows 32-bit: download
      Windows 64-bit: download
      Start the FoxyProxy Video Utility from the Start Menu. You'll see a FoxyProxy icon in the system tray next to the clock. Right-click it and select "Enable". Enter your proxy ip address/host and port number when prompted.Please note: The FoxyProxy Windows Video Utility is closed-source but free for non-commercial use. Release Notes
    • Mac OS/X 10.5:
      "Apple";"System Preferences":"Network";"Advanced";"Proxies";Configure Proxies "Manually"; In Proxies you need to select and fill out the info in "Web Proxy", "Secure Web Proxy", "Streaming Proxy" and "FTP Proxy". It is also possible to specify username and password there.
    • Ubuntu:
      In the System menu, go to Preferences->Network Proxy. Select "Manual Proxy Configuration" and check "Use the same proxy for all protocols. Enter your proxy servers's host/ip address and port number. If your proxy server requires a username/password, click the "Details" button and enter your credentials. Click "Apply System-Wide" and the "Close" button.
  3. Restart your browser and visit your favorite video and audio websites.
URGENT: When the FoxyProxy Video Utility is enabled, all URLs must load through a proxy server otherwise they won't load at all! That means you should set FoxyProxy to "Use Proxy XXXX for all URLs" (where XXXX is the name of your proxy)

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