Mplayer not working

[siretfel]

Hello all,

Mplayer plugin in my firefox is NOT working at all. It doesn't stream video at all from any website.Apart from that when it RARELY does I cannot resume playback unless I buffer the whole video.

Questions:
1. Does mplayer plugin in firefox work for you?
2. Does Hardy Heron has the same issues?

Thanx in advance

[Nepherte]

1. Yes, works perfect here
2. Don't use Hardy

Are you sure the mplayer plugin is installed correctly? Go to about:plugins in firefox and see if it's listed there. Do you have all the necessary codecs?

[siretfel]

DivX Browser Plug-In

File name: mplayerplug-in-dvx.so
mplayerplug-in 3.40

Video Player Plug-in for QuickTime, RealPlayer and Windows Media Player streams using MPlayer
JavaScript Enabled and Using GTK2 Widgets

MIME Type Description Suffixes Enabled
video/divx DivX Media Format divx Yes
video/vnd.divx DivX Media Format divx Yes


Also all the media player plugins are using mplayer and all are enabled. Don't have a clue on what else to do.

Thanx for your answer though!

[Saint Angeles]

1) mplayer is my player of choice. it works beautifully.

2) hardy heron works way better than gutsy gibbon ever did. nepherte must not know much about hardy.

[Chelidon]

Do you have the necessary codecs?
Use your package manager and pick up the Gstreamer plugins good, bad, and ugly, plus any others that would seem helpful to you.