Red X in totem-mozilla (feisty)

[Steven Pasternak]

debiani386 wrote:
> Steven Pasternak wrote:
>   
>> Hi! When I try to view a DivX movie from http://tv-links.co.uk 
>> (specifically the "300" movie), the totem plugin gives me a nice big X! 
>> On windows, I just installed the DivX web player and it worked great. I 
>> did install every codec package (gstreamer, xine, and even the 
>> w32codecs). Why won't it play??
>> -Steven
>>
>>   
>>     
> hmm..totem isnt really all that great of a program. i really wasnt 
> impressed with teh fact that it "supported" all these file types (such 
> as mpg, avi, mp3, wmv, wav, etc), yet it only works with a few of them 
> (ive only had success with avi and wav files)
>
> If i were you, i would ditch totem and go with mplayer. its probably the 
> best media player ive used on linux
> --cj
>
>   
I installed the mplayer plugin and told it to enable DivX, but it just 
says 'stopped' when I push play. I click on 'Copy URL,' but nothing lets 
me paste it anywhere. I have a feeling that DRM is playing some evil 
role in this :-(
-Steven