On 11/6/07, Rod Joyce <<a href="mailto:werepenguin@blueyonder.co.uk">werepenguin@blueyonder.co.uk</a>> wrote:<div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"> On Tuesday 06 November 2007 18:44:25 Mark Fraser wrote: > On Tuesday 06 November 2007 16:50:08 Greg Booth wrote: > > On 11/6/07, Mark Fraser <<a href="mailto:kubuntu@mfraz74.orangehome.co.uk">kubuntu@mfraz74.orangehome.co.uk </a>> wrote: > > > On Tuesday 06 November 2007 07:41:38 Edmund Laugasson wrote: > > > > > hello! community, I'm unable to watch videos using Firefox browser > > > > > it complains about missing plugins, i've read some postings on this > > > > > issue and even tried using adobe flash to no success i'll really > > > > > appreciate any input on this issue and perhaps a walk-through on > > > > > how to install the tar..gz I'm using the Kubuntu 7.10 feisty. I'm > > > > > still new with this OS and I find it very interesting so far, i'm a > > > > > windows user transitioning to Linux. > > > > > > > > 1) Add the Medibuntu repository - > > > > <a href="https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Medibuntu">https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Medibuntu</a> - see the chapter "Adding > > > > the Repositories" > > > > > > <Snip> > > > > > > > Now if you go to somewhere and would like to see embedded videos, > > > > mplayerplug-in should do the trick. Also you may during video > > > > playback make right mouse click on the video and gain access to > > > > mplayerplug-in settings. On right bottom corner you may see small > > > > button, which gives the opportunity to switch full screen mode. You > > > > may also try usual mplayer keyboard shortcuts. Also see the man > > > > mplayer page for further instructions and possibilities. > > > > > > I'd managed to get most of the plugins working apart from one - > > > RealPlayer - any tips on installing it? I just get a blank box when I > > > try to view the videos on the BBC's website. > > > > Tried > > > > sudo apt-get install mozilla-helix-player > > > > yet ? > > I tried that, but the helix player doesn't support streaming or even the > 3gp files from my mobile phone. Try Kaffeine - on first run you should get a wizard asking if you want it to be the default application for rtsp and Windows media streams. As long as you've installed the windows dll package from the Mplayer site (and IIRC Medibuntu) it should work fine. If you've already run Kaffeine, fear not, all you need to do is to remove ~/.kde/share/config/kaffeinerc - the system will assume that you are running Kaffeine for the first time the next time you start it. I can't get RealPlayer to work at all on Kubuntu, although I've had no trouble running it with Fedora and openSUSE. I am fairly sure that Helix is purely open source; it won't run any proprietary formats at all, not even Real ones even though Real support its development. Rod </blockquote></div>I was finally able to get Realplayer working after I uninstalled mplayer and mplayer-plugin. I also needed to create the following links in my local mozilla plugins directory(~/.mozilla/plugins): lrwxrwxrwx 1 user user 35 2007-11-01 11:03 nphelix.so -> /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins/nphelix.so lrwxrwxrwx 1 user user 36 2007-11-01 11:04 nphelix.xpt -> /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins/nphelix.xpt After that I reinstalled mplayer and mplayer-plugin and everything worked fine. Good luck! Mike -- "Darn bushes yowling at me again." - Old Man Wickles in Scooby Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed