Red X in totem-mozilla (feisty)

[Phil Pinkerton]

Steven Pasternak 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
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Please post where you obtained the divx 6.1 codec to help the rest of us
who may need it.  Thanks