firefox, quicktime problem

pradtf · 2009-07-08 01:43:26

i can't see the amusing pc-mac commercials here
http://www.apple.com/getamac/ads/
though i can hear the sound.

i believe i require win64 codecs?
where can i get them?

arkham · 2009-07-08 02:03:51

Seriously?

pradtf · 2009-07-08 05:41:38

arkham wrote:

Seriously?

i don't understand.
perhaps you can explain?

iBertus · 2009-07-08 20:27:19

what are you using to play embedded media in firefox? If you are using totem-plugin (which I recommend) then you need to install gst-plugins-bad and gst-plugins-ugly to ensure compatiblity with most proprietary codecs.

pradtf · 2009-07-08 22:25:11

iBertus wrote:

what are you using to play embedded media in firefox?

gecko-media player
(i'm on kde as well and don't want to go to put all the gnomestuff on.)

pradtf · 2009-07-09 03:18:49

ok so this is really weird.
i can see the videos fine from apple.ca, but not from apple.com
and i don't have any win codecs installed either (i did but removed them because they were the 32 version).

Last edited by pradtf (2009-07-09 03:22:27)

skottish · 2009-07-09 03:23:31

You don't need any extra codecs. There's something going on with gecko-mediaplayer/gnome-mplayer that chokes on these videos. Mplayer itself can do it fine:

mplayer http://movies.apple.com/media/us/mac/getamac/2009/apple-mvp-customer_care-us-20090512_480x272.mov

Try the same code with gnome-mplayer:

gnome-mplayer http://movies.apple.com/media/us/mac/getamac/2009/apple-mvp-customer_care-us-20090512_480x272.mov

It doesn't work. I'd file a bug report with the gnome-mplayer bugtracker if you care.

pradtf · 2009-07-09 06:21:08

skottish wrote:

You don't need any extra codecs. There's something going on with gecko-mediaplayer/gnome-mplayer that chokes on these videos. Mplayer itself can do it fine:
It doesn't work. I'd file a bug report with the gnome-mplayer bugtracker if you care.

yes i just found the same thing following your directions!
i'd be happy to file a bug report, but i don't know how or where. can you tell me?

also, can i embed just mplayer instead of gecko-mplayer in my browser?

fettouhi · 2009-09-13 12:37:52

I have the same problem with gnome-mplayer and gecko-mplayer. When I try play trailers on apple.com gecko-mplayer starts but all I get is a bunch off flickering and then pop-up goes grey. Gnome-mplayer has also problems playing some off my files. I can get sound but no video but when I run the same file in smplayer no problem at all? Any ideas?

Regards

André

skottish · 2009-09-13 15:54:00

Apple screwed it up. You can't even wget most of their files now.

Gen2ly · 2009-09-13 15:57:45

You can still view the promos but the trailers do a user-agent check for Quicktime now. I've built a script where you can still download them or view them in mplayer if you want:

http://linuxtidbits.wordpress.com/2009/ … ailer-fix/

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