Fwd: Re: Embedded Videos Still Wont Play In Mozilla Browser

Mon Sep 4 16:20:39 UTC 2006

--- Leonard Chatagnier <lenc5570 at sbcglobal.net> wrote:

> Date: Sun, 3 Sep 2006 21:53:13 -0700 (PDT)
> From: Leonard Chatagnier <lenc5570 at sbcglobal.net>
> Subject: Re: Embedded Videos Still Wont Play In
> Mozilla Browser
> To: kubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com
> 
> 
> 
> >> snip
> > >>>> Leonard Chatagnier Wrote: snip
> > >>> Kelly L. Fulks wrote:
> > >>> Leonard,
> > >>> I have Mozilla Firefox installed with the
> > MPlayer
> > >> Plug-in from the
> > >>> repositories and I can play video fine.  I
> even
> > >> went
> > >>> to the yahoo site
> > >>> that you referred to back in your original
> post
> > to
> > >> verify that this 
> > >>> worked.
> > >> Yes, I could play them with firefox(default)
> and
> > >> swiftfox too, but I want to use the mozilla
> > browser
> > >> which doesn't play them. I think the problem is
> > that
> > >> Ubuntu/Kubuntu supports the default firefox but
> > not
> > >> so
> > >> much the mozilla browser. I wonder if anyone in
> > >> Kubuntu land uses the mozilla browser?
> > >> I have mozilla-mplayer installed and can't find
> > >> mplayerplug-in in the cached programs to
> install.
> > >> Kevin DeKorte, from mplayerplug-in development
> > user
> > >> list has suggested I install it from the
> Kubuntu
> > >> mirrors or from Debian. However. its not in the
> > >> cache
> > >> and I have universe, multiverse, backports,
> > >> automatix,
> > >> cipherfunk, canonical and wine.budgetdedicated
> in
> > my
> > >> sources.list.
> > >> What mirror do I need to add to sources.list to
> > get
> > >> mplayerplug-in? According to Mr. DeKorte it
> > >> conflicts
> > >> with mozilla-mplayer.
> > >>
> > >>> The application/x-mplayer2 entry does not
> appear
> > >> in
> > >> either of the
> > >>> locations that you reference.  However, there
> > were
> > >> other video type
> > >>> plug-ins that I removed earlier for other
> > reasons.
> > >> That may be the
> > >>> difference.  The only plug-ins that I have for
> > >> Firefox are:
> > >>
> > >>> Java Plug-in
> > >>> Shockwave Flash 7.0
> > >>> Google VLC Multimedia (mplayerplug-in 3.17)
> > >>> QuickTime Plug-in 6.0
> > >>> RealPlayer 9.0 (mplayerplug-in 3.17)
> > >>> Windows Media Player Plug-in (mplayerplug-in
> > 3.17)
> > >>> mplayerplug-in 3.17
> > >> I have these(later version on some) and
> > mozplugger
> > >> as
> > >> shown by Help>about plugins, in the mozilla
> > browser.
> > >> How do you remove(feel stupid asking but don't
> > know)
> > >> the plugins you don't want? Just remove them
> from
> > >> /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins? I think most of them
> > came
> > >> in
> > >> via moziller-mplayer. Should I remove it? Ari
> > >> Pollack
> > >> said to remove a bunch too but left the
> discorse
> > >> before sayhing how. I really don't know the
> > corret
> > >> way
> > >> to do this.
> > >>
> > >>> I am using Firefox 1.5.0.5 originally
> installed
> > >> from
> > >> the repositories
> > >>> and upgraded as needed.  This is on a fresh
> > >> install
> > >> of 6.0.6 LTS (dapper).
> > >>
> > >> I'm using a fresh install of kubuntu dapper
> with
> > >> kubuntu.desktop installed and upgraded to 6.0.
> > >> 6-1.
> > >>
> > >>> I hope that this helps you sort out your
> issue. 
> > >> It
> > >> should at least 
> > >>> give
> > >>> you a known working configuration from which
> you
> > >> can
> > >> build.
> > >>
> > >> Thanks for your input. I think we're getting
> > closer
> > >> to
> > >> the real issue but you can see from above that
> > I'm a
> > >> little lost in the details.
> > >>
> > >>> -- 
> > >>> Kelly L. Fulks
> > >>> Home Account
> > >>> near Huntsville, AL
> > >> Leonard Chatagnier
> > >> lenc5570 at sbcglobal.net
> > >>
> > > 
> > > 
> > 
> > OK, here goes.  You seem to be correct about the
> > Mozilla browser.  I
> > have exactly the same configuration with the
> Mozilla
> > Browser that I have
> > for Firefox (meaning the same plug-ins) and the
> > video doesn't play in
> > Mozilla.  I get the funky little puzzle piece and
> > when I click on it I
> > get a pop-up window that states that this
> > application type
> > (application/x-mplayer2) can only be viewed with
> the
> > appropriate player.
> >  Well, I have application/x-mplayer2 application
> > type defined under
> > "Windows Media Player Plug-in" (mplayerplug-in
> > 3.17), but it still
> > doesn't play at all.
> > 
> 
> Yea! At last I've got a confirmation that there is a
> problem with mozilla browser playing embeds with
> Kubauntu. It appears I was right that Kubuntu
> doesn't
> support Mozilla browser or at least no one there
> uses
> it very much. So glad you were able to confirm it.
> Should I file a bug report with Kubuntu as it
> appears
> to be distro related?
> 
> > As for removing plug-ins, it depends upon how you
> > installed them.  If
> > you installed them as a .deb package, then you
> > should remove the
> > package.  If you manually installed them, then you
> > probably should
> > delete them from the /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins. 
> > Anything installed with
> > mozilla-mplayer will be marked with the
> > mplayerplug-in in the
> > about:plugins window.  And there are several that
> > come from it.
> > 
> I believe thats how I got them. If I uninstall
> mozilla-mplayer, I wouldn't have any plugins with 
> mplayerplug-in-wmp.so in it except mozplugger 1.7.1.
> Guess I could purge mozilla-mplayer and see what
> happens as it's not that hard to reinstall it. That
> should keep me busy until I hear from Kevin DeKortes
> about how to get the latest version of
> mplayerplug-in
> unless you can provide a mirror that carries it. I
> used source-o-matic and have all the Kubuntu morrors
> to get all the extras but it's not there
> .
> > There seems to be a major difference in how
> Mozilla
> > handles this plug-in
> > versus how Firefox handles it.  I don't know what
> > that difference is as
> > I don't use Mozilla (this is the first time it has
> > been used on this
> > system since the install).  I have a web-page
> > (personal on an intranet)
> > with embedded video and I tried to change the
> > mime-type on the video to
> > several different types and none of them worked
> with
> > Mozilla but any of
> > them worked with Firefox.  I don't have swiftfox
> > installed, so I can't
> > say anything about it.
> > 
> I'm with you on this all the way. I guess I could
> get
> used to firefox, or better swiftfox, but I don't
> like
> them as much as mozilla browser. Agian, should I
> file
> a bug report with Kubuntu. I've only used Debian and
> Ubuntu/Kubuntu so I can't say that this wont happen
> with other distrs. And it did happen with Debian
> Sid.
> Maybe the next stop is mozilla users list, if I
> don't
> get a solution here or with
> mplayerplug-in-development. Been there before but
> its
> been a long time ago.
> I appreciate your input, Kelly. It's been helpful
> and
> I'll try removing mozilla-mplayer and let everyone
> know what happens.
> > -- 
> > Kelly L. Fulks
> > Home Account
> > near Huntsville, AL
> > 
> > 
> > 
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> > 
> 
> 
> Leonard Chatagnier
> lenc5570 at sbcglobal.net
> 

Hello everyone,
Just to follow up. I removed/purged mozilla-mplayer
leaving only the following plugins shown in mozilla's
"about plug-ins":

Java(TM) Plug-in 1.5.0_06-b05
Shockwave Flash 7.0 r25
Default Plugin
Flash Movie player Version 0.4.12 compatible with
Shockwave Flash 4.0
MozPlugger 1.7.1

Don't know why I have two shockwave Flash entries.
MozPlugger is the only plugin containing the
"application/x-mplayer2" mime type entry. Mozilla
browser still wont play embeds and the only change is
that the green double cross(funky puzzle piece as
Kelly called it) and greyed out player window is gone
replaced with a solid black background which doesn't
respond to either right/left mouse clicks.
Still welcome any suggestions and hoping someone will
reply to my precious reply to Kelly's post.

Leonard Chatagnier
lenc5570 at sbcglobal.net