On Mon, 2004-08-23 at 00:43 -0400, Claude Jones wrote: > Andrew Konosky wrote: > > > Claude Jones wrote: > > > >> Aaron Gaudio wrote: > >> > >>>> I was wondering if this is the best (if not only) Windows Media > >>>> plugin that works with Mozilla? > >>>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> Have you tried totem (or xine, which totem is based on)? > >>> > >>> > >>> > >> I just looked into Totem. It states that it's a media player for the > >> Gnome desktop. Will it also work under KDE? > >> > >> > > Mplayer should work just fine from an rpm install, but I don't > > remember if you have to install the codecs seperately or not. I don't > > think thats necessary with rpms, but it is with a source > > compile/install. Mplayer was my main media player, then I installed > > Xine and was impressed with it, so I use it as default now. I would > > recommend Xine for video and XMMS is a good music-jukebox type > > program. I keep Mplayer because it has mencoder for encoding DVDs to > > mpeg1/2 or mpeg4. Kplayer is a KDE media player based on mplayer, and > > it is comparible to XMMS as far as a music jukebox, but all of the > > above work for me under both gnome and KDE, so you can use them all if > > you want. > > > > > Thanks for all the suggestions and advice. Maybe you or someone will > have an idea what I did wrong with the mplay install. If I click on a > Windows Media file from the Mozilla browser window, an Mplayer window > opens and a message appears that it's buffering along with a progress > bar -- and that's it. The green progress bar moves left to right, gets > to almost the end, and then I just get the endless hour glass. The file > appears to be downloading, but it never streams, or plays after the > download. There are a couple of things that can cause this (it's mentioned in their FAQ, you did read that didn't you? http://mplayerplug- in.sourceforge.net/faq.php) Have you installed the additional libraries for playing wmv media? There also seems to be a problem with playing some wmv files in xine/totem and possibly mplayer, the thing they appear to have in common is that they are encoded using variable bit rate. Hope this provides some help. -- Douglas Furlong Systems Administrator Firebox.com T: 0870 420 4475 F: 0870 220 2178
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