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Jacek Poplawski

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Registered: 2006-01-10

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how to use mplayer-plugin?

How do you use mplayer-plugin in Firefox?
I always just have empty mplayer window or area, when I click "play" I just see "stopped".
I have exactly same effect on two different computers with Arch.
Do I need some special configuration for mplayer-plugin?
What is so special in this plugin that it can't work just by default?

skottish

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Registered: 2006-06-16

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Re: how to use mplayer-plugin?

How do you use mplayer-plugin in Firefox?
I always just have empty mplayer window or area, when I click "play" I just see "stopped".
I have exactly same effect on two different computers with Arch.
Do I need some special configuration for mplayer-plugin?
What is so special in this plugin that it can't work just by default?

It should just work after installing Mplayer and the plugin. If you launch Firefox from a terminal, are you seeing any errors?

Jacek Poplawski

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From: Poland

Registered: 2006-01-10

Posts: 736

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Re: how to use mplayer-plugin?

Please give me URL to the website where mplayer-plugin works correctly, I will tell you how it looks here.

mindtrickx

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Registered: 2007-10-23

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Re: how to use mplayer-plugin?

Try http://stage6.divx.com

skottish

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Re: how to use mplayer-plugin?

Stage6 videos may be a little much for testing purposes. Some of the videos there are HD, and even fast connections like mine aren't always enough.

NASA is always good. Some of the videos are lower quality, but at least you can test the plug-in:

http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/highlights/index.html

"Discovery Returns to Florida" is pretty light on delivery.