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EAD

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Registered: 2006-03-11

Posts: 255

Can't see streaming movies in FireFOx

Hii, I don't know why but I can't see movies in FireFox, I have installd some plugins, and still don't get nothing.
Can any one give me an help please?
:?:
for example in
http://www.gamer.co.il/gamer2/php/doc.php?id=95084
there is a movie inside, can't see it, when I was using other linux flavors I could, so I guess I miss something  :shock:

pressh

Developer/TU

From: Netherlands

Registered: 2005-08-14

Posts: 1,719

Re: Can't see streaming movies in FireFOx

Did you install a firefox plugin?

You'll need either mplayer-plugin or totem-plugin for viewing movies in firefox.

EAD

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Registered: 2006-03-11

Posts: 255

Re: Can't see streaming movies in FireFOx

mplayer-plugin  will do it?
Shouldnt I add some more plugins or something?
and what just to do "pacman -S mplayer-plugin" or what?

pressh

Developer/TU

From: Netherlands

Registered: 2005-08-14

Posts: 1,719

Re: Can't see streaming movies in FireFOx

indeed:

pacman -Sy mplayer-plugin

In case you want some other plugins (flash/java), then also

pacman -Sy flashplugin j2re

lumiwa

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Registered: 2005-12-26

Posts: 712

Re: Can't see streaming movies in FireFOx

Hii, I don't know why but I can't see movies in FireFox, I have installd some plugins, and still don't get nothing.
Can any one give me an help please?
:?:
for example in
http://www.gamer.co.il/gamer2/php/doc.php?id=95084
there is a movie inside, can't see it, when I was using other linux flavors I could, so I guess I miss something  :shock:

mplayer plugin works for me. Could you tell what kind of fonts are on this page, please? I see just a squares.
I had also problem on many pages with fonts (just squares).

polarrr

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Registered: 2004-09-12

Posts: 110

Re: Can't see streaming movies in FireFOx

Hebrew I think

pressh

Developer/TU

From: Netherlands

Registered: 2005-08-14

Posts: 1,719

Re: Can't see streaming movies in FireFOx

@lumiwa, you might want to try this

rm /etc/fonts/conf.d/10-bitmaps.conf
ln -s /etc/fonts/conf.d/yes-bitmaps.conf /etc/fonts/conf.d/10-bitmap.conf 

EAD

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Registered: 2006-03-11

Posts: 255

Re: Can't see streaming movies in FireFOx

I have mplayer and its plugins installd, still I only see a blank square insteded of movie
Does some one knows what to do?

EAD

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Registered: 2006-03-11

Posts: 255

Re: Can't see streaming movies in FireFOx

What is more strenght, that I can't see in Opera and FireFox, but in Konqueror I can see!!
What to do?

MAC!EK

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Registered: 2005-09-27

Posts: 267

Re: Can't see streaming movies in FireFOx

Check if mplayerplug-in is mentioned in about:plugins inf Firefox

EAD

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Registered: 2006-03-11

Posts: 255

Re: Can't see streaming movies in FireFOx

mplayerplug-in isn't mentioned, what to do?

MAC!EK

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Registered: 2005-09-27

Posts: 267

Re: Can't see streaming movies in FireFOx

Type this and show the results:

$ pacman -Q mplayer-plugin

$ ls /opt/mozilla/lib/plugins

$ echo $MOZ_PLUGIN_PATH

EAD

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Registered: 2006-03-11

Posts: 255

Re: Can't see streaming movies in FireFOx

here are the results

[root@myhost /home/guest]# pacman -Q mplayer-plugin
mplayer-plugin 3.21-2
[root@myhost /home/guest]# ls /opt/mozilla/lib/plugins
flashplayer.xpt       libtotem_mozilla.so     mplayerplug-in-qt.so   mplayerplug-in-wmp.xpt
helix.so              libtotem_mozilla.xpt    mplayerplug-in-qt.xpt  mplayerplug-in.so
helix.xpt             mozplugger.so           mplayerplug-in-rm.so   mplayerplug-in.xpt
libflashplayer.so     mplayerplug-in-gmp.so   mplayerplug-in-rm.xpt  nppdf.so
libjavaplugin_oji.so  mplayerplug-in-gmp.xpt  mplayerplug-in-wmp.so
[root@myhost /home/guest]# echo $MOZ_PLUGIN_PATH
/opt/mozilla/lib/plugins

What to do now?

Gullible Jones

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Registered: 2004-12-29

Posts: 4,863

Re: Can't see streaming movies in FireFOx

Get rid of Helix player, its plugin probably blocks other stuff, and it won't play any stuff that MPlayer doesn't play.

EAD

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Registered: 2006-03-11

Posts: 255

Re: Can't see streaming movies in FireFOx

I have added Helix only today as a try to solve it, dont think its the problem, I removed it and still nothing.
:?

MAC!EK

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Registered: 2005-09-27

Posts: 267

Re: Can't see streaming movies in FireFOx

Look again at about:plugins and list what you can see there.
Do you see:
- Google VLC multimedia plugin 1.0
- RealPlayer 9
- QuickTime Plug-in 6.0
- Windows Media Player Plugin

EAD

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Registered: 2006-03-11

Posts: 255

Re: Can't see streaming movies in FireFOx

I have this ones:
mplayerplug-in 3.21
Shockwave Flash
MozPlugger 1.7.3 handles QuickTime Windows Media Player Plugin
Helix DNA Plugin: RealPlayer G2 Plug-In Compatible
Google VLC multimedia plugin 1.0
QuickTime Plug-in 6.0
RealPlayer 9
Windows Media Player Plugin

MAC!EK

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Registered: 2005-09-27

Posts: 267

Re: Can't see streaming movies in FireFOx

Remove those mozplugger and helix plugin. Restart firefox and check again what do you see there.[/code]

Gullible Jones

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Registered: 2004-12-29

Posts: 4,863

Re: Can't see streaming movies in FireFOx

Nonono, wait!

If you want to use mplayer-plugin, get rid of VLC and Totem, they probably block it.

If you want to use the Totem plugin, you **MUST** initialize a user dbus session with Gnome, either by starting Gnome via GDM, or by putting this in your .xinitrc in place of whatever you have:

exec dbus-launch --exit-with-session /opt/gnome/bin/gnome-session

If you want to use VLC, get rid of totem-plugin and mplayer-plugin.

Just remember, multimedia plugins are often incompatible!

MAC!EK

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Registered: 2005-09-27

Posts: 267

Re: Can't see streaming movies in FireFOx

I think only removing helix and totem plugins will be OK. VLC plugin is shipped with mplayer-plugin:
mplayerplug-in-gmp.so

Google VLC multimedia plugin 1.0

    File name: mplayerplug-in-gmp.so
    mplayerplug-in 3.21

EAD

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Registered: 2006-03-11

Posts: 255

Re: Can't see streaming movies in FireFOx

so, what to remove?
I am using KDE btw not gnome

MAC!EK

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Registered: 2005-09-27

Posts: 267

Re: Can't see streaming movies in FireFOx

$ pacman -Qo /opt/mozilla/lib/plugins/libtotem_mozilla.so
$ pacman -Qo /opt/mozilla/lib/plugins/mozplugger.so 
$ pacman -Qo /opt/mozilla/lib/plugins/helix.xpt 

And remove packages which own those files:

pacman -R pkg_owning

EAD

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Registered: 2006-03-11

Posts: 255

Re: Can't see streaming movies in FireFOx

I remvoed mozplugger and it works!
now, how can I know that everything works good?
now Mplayer playes my video

MAC!EK

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Registered: 2005-09-27

Posts: 267

Re: Can't see streaming movies in FireFOx

You're lucky, I was runing out of patience.
Test it here:
http://mplayerplug-in.sourceforge.net/testing.php
http://fredrik.hubbe.net/plugger/test.html
Most of those media are supproted by mplayer-plugin but not everything.

EAD

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Registered: 2006-03-11

Posts: 255

Re: Can't see streaming movies in FireFOx

Ok, I still can't play some things from the web like
midi, MPEG url, Soundtracker,PSID,YM,FLAC
and can't see
TIFF, Photoshop, Gimp , Sun raster,EPS
Any help?
I hope you have some more patience for me please