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jcci

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From: China / Germany

Registered: 2007-06-10

Posts: 185

[Solved] Mplayer Plugin hangs Firefox 3.5 and Opera

After the update  to Firefox 3.5 the browser is actually not starting up any more. On the process list I always can see a very busy mplayer which is not supposed to be there anyway and after terminating mplayer Firerfox continues the start up process and works normally afterwards.
I tries with Opera and it is just the same.
Somewhat confusing is that on another computer with very similar software the whole trouble doesn't happen.
I removed mplayer plugin and de-activated any Mplayer plugin in Firefox, without success. I also re-installed Mplayer, but no change.
Any ideas???

Last edited by jcci (2009-07-06 06:24:28)

uncholowapo

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From: US

Registered: 2009-03-29

Posts: 238

Re: [Solved] Mplayer Plugin hangs Firefox 3.5 and Opera

Try installing gecko-mediaplayer, it uses gnome-mplayer which, ironically has no dependencies on anything that has to do with gnome, to play embedded video. Works like a charm for me.

venky80

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Registered: 2007-05-13

Posts: 1,002

Re: [Solved] Mplayer Plugin hangs Firefox 3.5 and Opera

is i686 updated to firefox 3.5?

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jcci

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From: China / Germany

Registered: 2007-06-10

Posts: 185

Re: [Solved] Mplayer Plugin hangs Firefox 3.5 and Opera

Thanks for the suggestion.
Just installing the gecko-mediaplayer didn't help.
Naturally after removing Mplayer as well as all depending programs there is no more problem. Afterwards I intsalled the gecko-mediaplayer again with Mplayer and Gnome-Mplayer as dependencies and the problem is gone. I truly miss the logical connection here, as the only difference to before is no more installed SMplayer.
Anyway it works!

On other computer I already updated Firefox 3.5 on I686 by a regular pacman -Syu.