I would like to gain access to US web pages such as ABC, MTV and many others. However because I live in the UK, every-time I try to view videos or use a specific part of the web pages a message pops up telling me that I cant. I Hear that it has something to do with the IP and Proxy server setting, is this true ( if so how would I even change the settings?) , is there a way around this problem :confused:

please help :(

oh and to make matters perhaps a little more complicated.. . I am a Mac OS X user, the net browser that is use is Safari

...message pops up telling me that i cant.

What's the exact message?

Just looking at abcnews.com, many of the videos are in an Adobe Flash wrapper. You may not have recent versions of all the necessary browser plugins and video codecs to view the content, but you should get a message to that effect.

IF a proxy is involved, it would be either a) software on your computer, b) software/device at your business (if you're at work), or c) software/device at your Internet provider. B and C are outside of your control.

Can you view the video in the middle of the BBC news Sri Lanka bus blast (http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/7367468.stm) bus story? That video is packaged similarly to the ones on abcnews.

[QUOTE=Scleros]What's the exact message?


When I click on a video on MTV U.S or ABC the message would usually read something along the lines of

" Restricted from playing this video outside the U.S "

Oh, that's probably the site itself restricting where it's content can be viewed due to copyright or perhaps export restrictions.

You'd need to use a proxy server based in the U.S. See if Howto watch ABC TV Streams outside the USA (http://www.ghacks.net/2006/05/01/howto-watch-abc-tv-streams-outside-the-usa/) is any help or Google for "US proxy server". Essentially you set the address of one of these servers in Safari's connection settings. Then when you browse, Safari contacts the proxy, the proxy requests the web site page and video, the web site gives it to the proxy, and then the proxy returns it to your browser. I expect these sites also take steps to thwart proxies.

An example of configuring a proxy in Safari is shown halfway down on this Safari Proxy Setup (http://proxy.rice.edu/setup.php) page. You would enter the server address obtained from the steps above and enter it instead of the "proxy.rice.edu" entry as shown.

I've never used a public proxy and can't recommend one. Perhaps if you repost your question as something like "outside US, what's good US proxy?" someone outside the US with experience will see it.