Ubuntu Breezy and Multimedia failure

[nix4me]

Well, I have bitten my toungue long enough.

Ubuntu 5.10 is a great distro EXCEPT for multimedia integration. It is a complete failure.

I have tried everything and there is no 100% solution. Multimedia in Firefox will just not work bug free.

1. mplayer/mplayerplug-in works about 90%: It will play mpeg well but when clicking a wmv after a mpg, firefox crashes every time.

2. Totem plugin for firefox is 100% broken. Crashes firefox everytime.

3. Mediaplayerconnectivity extension for firefox is broken. Slows firefox to a crawl and doesn't play half the formats its supposed to.

4. Mozplugger doesn't work. Tried everything to get totem incorported but it simply won't.

So, I have tried working with the developer of mplayerplug-in and I have filed bug reports long ago with all of the applications to no avail.

What happened? Hoary had no problems with totem-xine / mozplugger. Never had a problem. And now nothing seems to work 100%.

And yes I have w32codecs installed. I am not a newbie. I have edited config files and read every document and post related to this on this forum and it seems I am certainly not the only one. There are hundreds of posts about this very same thing.

I would love to help fix this but i dont have the skills. Is there a way we can encourage a few developers to focus on this problem? I would gradly donate some $$$ to help the cause. I know multimedia is a touchy subject with Ubuntu beacuse of the licensing and all but there has to be a solution for Ubuntu to be considered a viable Desktop solution. Don't get me wrong, I love Ubuntu, and I am not bashing it. I am merely trying to get to the bottom of embedded streaming media.

nix4me

[newbie2]

Well, I have bitten my toungue long enough.

Ubuntu 5.10 is a great distro EXCEPT for multimedia integration. It is a complete failure.

I have tried everything and there is no 100% solution. Multimedia in Firefox will just not work bug free.

1. mplayer/mplayerplug-in works about 90%: It will play mpeg well but when clicking a wmv after a mpg, firefox crashes every time.

2. Totem plugin for firefox is 100% broken. Crashes firefox everytime.

3. Mediaplayerconnectivity extension for firefox is broken. Slows firefox to a crawl and doesn't play half the formats its supposed to.

4. Mozplugger doesn't work. Tried everything to get totem incorported but it simply won't.

So, I have tried working with the developer of mplayerplug-in and I have filed bug reports long ago with all of the applications to no avail.

What happened? Hoary had no problems with totem-xine / mozplugger. Never had a problem. And now nothing seems to work 100%.

And yes I have w32codecs installed. I am not a newbie. I have edited config files and read every document and post related to this on this forum and it seems I am certainly not the only one. There are hundreds of posts about this very same thing.

I would love to help fix this but i dont have the skills. Is there a way we can encourage a few developers to focus on this problem? I would gradly donate some $$$ to help the cause. I know multimedia is a touchy subject with Ubuntu beacuse of the licensing and all but there has to be a solution for Ubuntu to be considered a viable Desktop solution. Don't get me wrong, I love Ubuntu, and I am not bashing it. I am merely trying to get to the bottom of embedded streaming media.

nix4me

i fully agree with that ... why not make gnubuntu for the 'pure' free 'partisans' and ubuntu for the 'common' people ?

[dtfinch]

If you remove or disable the plugins you can have the movies launch in a separate process. The only plugin I allow is flash, and I use the flashblock extension to block all but those I explicitly allow.

You might try running firefox from the command line to see if it prints out any error messages before it crashes.

[nix4me]

While removing the plugins allows linked videos to play, it does not allow embedded videos to play. Such as the trailers on apple/quicktime.

nix4me

[aysiu]

While removing the plugins allows linked videos to play, it does not allow embedded videos to play. Such as the trailers on apple/quicktime.

Things are working for me.

Since they aren't for you, have you considered using something like Automatix?

[newbie2]

Things are working for me.

Since they aren't for you, have you considered using something like Automatix?

off topic maybe ... but i thought USA was 'the land of the free' ...obviously not -->

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"Those free-livin’ straight-talkin’ Dutch are offering the low end 40GB LamaBox 400 for €279/$329 or a 400GB top-end LamaBox 900 with DVD burner for €479/$565," says Engadget.
"Expect ‘em to ship with a subpoena if they ever come Stateside - you know how the MPAA and RIAA roll."

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