On Tue, 2006-04-18 at 14:36 -0600, Stanton Finley wrote: > On Tue, 2006-04-18 at 16:23 -0400, Claude Jones wrote: > > On Thu April 13 2006 18:59, Lyvim Xaphir wrote: > > > It's said that the mplayer plugin off the fedora repos for FC5 > > > is bugged. Best thing to do is to go here and replace what > > > you have with this: > > > > > > http://mplayerplug-in.sourceforge.net/download.php > > > > > > See if that solves your problem. > > > > You may recall that I tried your suggestion on my FC4 box, and it > > worked. I've finally gotten around to trying it on my FC5 box, > > but, while the behavior has changed, the video still won't play. > > Instead of getting a momentary "buffering" message that quickly > > changed to "stopped", now, I get a seemingly successful > > connection to the video, and a message "playing" - the bottom > > line of the plug-in window and the text in the dialog message > > sort of 'shake' or quiver; nothing comes of it, however, > > certainly no video. Tried the same link from my Windows machine, > > and it plays fine. > > -- > > Claude Jones > > Bluemont, VA, USA > > > > You could try Thomas Chung's build. See the Mplayer section at > http://stanton-finley.net/fedora_core_5_installation_notes.html. > -- > Stanton Finley > http://stanton-finley.net/ Why it's the famous Stanton Finley! :) Thanks for your advice. And that's an excellent Core 5 install page you did, thanks for putting that up as well. I've recommended your install page to some other people, they had kind words for you. Take care LX -- °°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°° A wise person makes his own decisions, a weak one obeys public opinion. -- Chinese proverb Registered Linux User #268899 http://counter.li.org/ °°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°
