On Sun, 2006-10-15 at 01:55 -0400, Claude Jones wrote: > On Sat October 14 2006 11:46 pm, Ric Moore wrote: > > On Sun, 2006-10-15 at 12:52 +1000, Res wrote: > > > On Sat, 14 Oct 2006, Tim wrote: > > > > You could try the mplayer-plugin package from Livna. I've > > > > never tried it, but it sounds the likely solution. > > > > > > I use the tarball version, it works a treat. > > > > http://membres.lycos.fr/sethnakht/ > > > > This works great for me. Best darn Firefox extension in > > existance, IMHO! Ric > > You know, Ric, you kept talking about it, and > mplayer/mplayerplug-in kept flaking out on me - it would work for > a good while, and then, it would just quit - so I tried your > suggested extension - it does seem to work well. No long delay on > the CNN site, which has become my metric - that seems to be one > of the harder ones - > > I have a question tho - when I click on a CNN video link, I now > get three windows popping up in order to get the video - there's > the video play window, there's the second video play window that > appears when you click on the arrow, and there's an error > message "Couldn't resolve name for AF_INET6:" followed by a URL - > I tried removing mplayerplug-in but that just leads me back to > the old "Can't detect Windows Media Player present error dialog" > so I reinstalled mplayerplug-in. I can live with the two popup > windows to get snappy video playback, but are you also getting > that mysterious message about AF_INET6? Yup, but as long as I beat the bastards, I don't care. <chuckles> I'm using Linux and seeing the videos. I've learned to live with the case. I've come to realize that every darn Saturday my name server goes down for some reason and I have to reboot the DSL modem, reboot the machine, curse and swear at it a bit and finally after an hour or so of this abuse, it comes back up. Same thing. I live with it, sorry to say. It's Biblical as it passes all understandings. Do I hear an Amen!? -- ================================================ My father, Victor Moore (Vic) used to say: "There are two Great Sins in the world... ...the Sin of Ignorance, and ...the Sin of Stupidity. Only the former may be overcome." R.I.P. Dad. Linux user# 44256 Sign up at: http://counter.li.org/ http://www.sourceforge.net/projects/oar http://www.wayward4now.net ================================================
