Red X in totem-mozilla (feisty)

[Steven Pasternak]

debiani386 wrote:
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>>>> 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
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>>> 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)
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>>> If i were you, i would ditch totem and go with mplayer. its probably the 
>>> best media player ive used on linux
>>> --cj
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>> 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
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> yah. No matter what you do in totem, more then likely your not going to 
> get it to work. The Mplayer plugin doesnt change the way that totem 
> views media, just adds mplayer extensions.
> --cj
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Sorry for replying to a dead post, but I finally found the problem (for 
anyone who likes any of those internet-tv sites). I installed the 
official divx 6.1 codec and it started working.
-Steven