firefox and video plugin

[Kim Briggs]

On 12/25/05, leon <sdl.web at gmail.com> wrote:
> Noah Dain <noahdain at gmail.com> writes:
>
>  | On 12/23/05, Kim Briggs <patiodragon at gmail.com> wrote:
>  | > On 12/22/05, leon <sdl.web at gmail.com> wrote:
>  | > > Your help is very much appreciated.
>  | > >
>  | > > Unfortunately breezy comes with firefox 1.0.7 which has empty file type
>  | > > list and thus change action button is disabled.
>  | > >
>  | > Hi Leon,
>  | >
>  | > I find the same problem and had not discovered it because I added all
>  | > of the extra funtionality through the Synaptec package manager
>  | > (mplayer, etc).  I am able to edit this on my Windows version but not
>  | > in Ubuntu? <*shrug shoulders*>.
>  | >
>  | > --
>  | > http://kimbriggs.com
>  | >
>  |
>  | if all else fails, just remove the binary-plugin you don't want.
>  |
>  | the file is: mplayerplug-in-rm.so
> Uncheck the 'ra' in the 'plug-ins' is a better way to handle this.
>
>  | it's probably under /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins or /usr/lib/mozilla-firefox/plugins
>  |
>  | if you are new to the mplayer plugin, expect mozilla/firefox to crash
>  | after using it, sometimes when not even playing a vid.
>
> True. Firefox still crashes a lot. But the mplayer plugin beats
> gstream-plugin which is crap at the moment.
>
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 Ref:  The above thread.
Re:  Something that worked for me.

I am replying to this thread because it is relevant to getting some
multimedia to come out of my speakers using Ubuntu 5.10 (Breezy
Badger).  I searched all over the options in Firefox and even tried
starting it as a super-user.  Still, it seems impossible to get any
application to play a stream at my favorite jazz station:
http://kcsm.org/fm_listen.html
Firefox did show an Mplayer screen, but it just said "downloading",
like forever.

What finally worked for me was installing konqueror.  It requires some
extra libraries that I didn't have (Synaptic chose them
automatically), but I could detect no drop in performance at all.  I
used the RealAudio link and Konqueror played it with what was the
default application, Totem.

cheers,
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http://kimbriggs.com