On Sun, 03 Dec 2006 23:48:55 -0500, Gene Heskett wrote > On Sunday 03 December 2006 21:28, Les Mikesell wrote: > >On Sun, 2006-12-03 at 19:53, Gene Heskett wrote: > >> What can I replace totem with that will work? > >> > >> I'm plumb out of patience with its I can't play this messages that do > >> not tell you what it can't play. > > > >Try enabling the livna repository and installing vlc. It will play > >about anything you throw at it. > > > See my previous response to Craig White. I did, and it just goes > away exactly as if I'd clicked the close firefox x when clicking > on that video. I'll try it on another site. But first I saved > the script that would be exec'd, and it appears the video is in .asx > format, whatever the hell that is (later, according to about:plugins > its a windows media player thingy). Its a National Geographic site. > I didn't find any other movie links quickly. Anybody got a known > good source for an .asx file to test this with? Maybe on an M$ site > in Redmond? Humm, good google test search ".asx test video". Found > some test files by golly, but another thought just crossed my mind, > I was watching tvtime, which should be a separate application > totally AFAIK, but since it also uses the system audio, I've shut it > down. Now for the tests: They are at <http://yolinux.com/TUTORIALS/LinuxTutorialMimeTypesAndApplications.html> > > Humm, the test files, all 3 of them are "404 not found", then > I note at the bottom of the left column there are legal issues. > fscking loverly. So I backed out to the google results and > clicked on the next link down which is called 'streaming video > test page', and firefox goes away instantly. well, maybe 200 > milliseconds total after the click. > > And again without any message whatsoever. > > [root@coyote ~]# ldconfig > [root@coyote ~]# firefox > [root@coyote ~]# firefox > [root@coyote ~]# > > Here is a listing of the about:plugins: > VLC multimedia plugin > > File name: libvlcplugin.so > VLC multimedia plugin > > version 0.8.5 Janus > VideoLAN WWW: http://www.videolan.org/ > > MIME Type Description Suffixes Enabled > audio/mpeg MPEG audio mp2,mp3,mpga,mpega Yes > audio/x-mpeg MPEG audio mp2,mp3,mpga,mpega Yes > video/mpeg MPEG video mpg,mpeg,mpe Yes > video/x-mpeg MPEG video mpg,mpeg,mpe Yes > video/mpeg-system MPEG video mpg,mpeg,mpe,vob Yes > video/x-mpeg-system MPEG video mpg,mpeg,mpe,vob Yes > video/mpeg4 MPEG-4 video mp4,mpg4 Yes > audio/mpeg4 MPEG-4 audio mp4,mpg4 Yes > application/mpeg4-iod MPEG-4 video mp4,mpg4 Yes > application/mpeg4-muxcodetable MPEG-4 video mp4,mpg4 Yes > video/x-msvideo AVI video avi Yes > video/quicktime QuickTime video mov,qt Yes > application/x-ogg Ogg stream ogg Yes > application/ogg Ogg stream ogg Yes > application/x-vlc-plugin VLC plugin Yes > video/x-ms-asf-plugin Windows Media Video asf,asx Yes > video/x-ms-asf Windows Media Video asf,asx Yes > application/x-mplayer2 Windows Media Yes > video/x-ms-wmv Windows Media wmv Yes > application/x-google-vlc-plugin Google VLC pluginaudio/wav :WAV > audioaudio/x-wav::WAV audio: Yes > > Nicely formatted cut & paste. I turned off word wrap to salvage > it a wee bit :( > > DivX Browser Plug-In > > File name: mplayerplug-in-dvx.so > mplayerplug-in 3.31 > > 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 > QuickTime Plug-in 6.0 / 7 > > File name: mplayerplug-in-qt.so > mplayerplug-in 3.31 > > 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/quicktime Quicktime mov Yes > video/x-quicktime Quicktime mov Yes > image/x-quicktime Quicktime mov Yes > video/quicktime Quicktime mp4 Yes > video/quicktime Quicktime - Session Description Protocol sdp Yes > application/x-quicktimeplayer Quicktime mov Yes > application/smil SMIL smil Yes > > RealPlayer 9 > > File name: mplayerplug-in-rm.so > mplayerplug-in 3.31 > > 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 > audio/x-pn-realaudio RealAudio ram,rm Yes > application/vnd.rn-realmedia RealMedia rm Yes > application/vnd.rn-realaudio RealAudio ra,ram Yes > video/vnd.rn-realvideo RealVideo rv Yes > audio/x-realaudio RealAudio ra Yes > audio/x-pn-realaudio-plugin RealAudio rpm Yes > application/smil SMIL smil Yes > Windows Media Player Plugin > > File name: mplayerplug-in-wmp.so > mplayerplug-in 3.31 > > 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 > application/asx Media Files * Yes > video/x-ms-asf-plugin Media Files * Yes > video/x-msvideo AVI avi,* Yes > video/msvideo AVI avi,* Yes > application/x-mplayer2 Media Files * Yes > application/x-ms-wmv Microsoft WMV video wmv,* Yes > video/x-ms-asf Media Files asf,asx,* Yes > video/x-ms-wm Media Files wm,* Yes > video/x-ms-wmv Microsoft WMV video wmv,* Yes > audio/x-ms-wmv Windows Media wmv,* Yes > video/x-ms-wmp Windows Media wmp,* Yes > video/x-ms-wvx Windows Media wvx,* Yes > audio/x-ms-wax Windows Media wax,* Yes > audio/x-ms-wma Windows Media wma,* Yes > application/x-drm-v2 Windows Media asx,* Yes > audio/wav Microsoft wave file wav,* Yes > audio/x-wav Microsoft wave file wav,* Yes > mplayerplug-in 3.31 > > File name: mplayerplug-in.so > mplayerplug-in 3.31 > > 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/mpeg MPEG mpg,mpeg Yes > audio/mpeg MPEG mpg,mpeg Yes > video/x-mpeg MPEG mpg,mpeg Yes > video/x-mpeg2 MPEG2 mpv2,mp2ve Yes > audio/mpeg MPEG mpg,mpeg Yes > audio/x-mpeg MPEG mpg,mpeg Yes > audio/mpeg2 MPEG audio mp2 Yes > audio/x-mpeg2 MPEG audio mp2 Yes > video/mp4 MPEG 4 Video mp4 Yes > audio/mpeg3 MPEG audio mp3 Yes > audio/x-mpeg3 MPEG audio mp3 Yes > audio/x-mpegurl MPEG url m3u Yes > audio/mp3 MPEG audio mp3 Yes > application/x-ogg Ogg Vorbis Media ogg Yes > audio/ogg Ogg Vorbis Audio ogg Yes > application/ogg Ogg Vorbis / Ogg Theora ogg Yes > video/fli FLI animation fli,flc Yes > video/x-fli FLI animation fli,flc Yes > video/vnd.vivo VivoActive viv,vivo Yes > application/x-nsv-vp3-mp3 Nullsoft Streaming Video nsv Yes > audio/x-mod Soundtracker mod Yes > audio/basic Basic Audio File au,snd Yes > audio/x-basic Basic Audio File au,snd Yes > DjVuLibre-3.5.17 > > File name: nsdejavu.so > This is the DjvuLibre-3.5.17 version of the DjVu plugin. > More information can be found at LizardTech, Inc. and DjVuZone. > > MIME Type Description Suffixes Enabled > image/x-djvu DjVu File djvu,djv Yes > image/x.djvu DjVu File Yes > image/djvu DjVu File Yes > image/x-dejavu DjVu File Yes > image/x-iw44 DjVu File Yes > image/vnd.djvu DjVu File Yes > MozPlugger 1.7.3 handles QuickTime Windows Media Player Plugin > > File name: mozplugger.so > MozPlugger version 1.7.3, written by Fredrik Hübinette > <hubbe@xxxxxxxxx> and Louis Bavoil <bavoil@xxxxxxxxxxx>. For > documentation on how to configure mozplugger, check the man page. > (type man mozplugger) Configuration file: /etc/mozpluggerrc > Helper binary: mozplugger-helper Controller binary: mozplugger-controller > > MIME Type Description Suffixes Enabled > video/mpeg MPEG animation mpeg,mpg,mpe Yes > video/x-mpeg MPEG animation mpeg,mpg,mpe Yes > video/x-mpeg2 MPEG2 animation mpv2,mp2ve Yes > video/mp4 MPEG4 animation mp4 Yes > video/msvideo AVI animation avi Yes > video/x-msvideo AVI animation avi Yes > video/fli FLI animation fli,flc Yes > video/x-fli FLI animation fli,flc Yes > application/x-mplayer2 Windows Media wmv,asf,mov Yes > video/x-ms-asf Windows Media asf,asx,wma,wax,wmv,wvx Yes > video/x-ms-wmv Windows Media wmv Yes > application/x-quicktimeplayer Quicktime animation mov Yes > image/x-macpaint Quicktime animation pntg,mov Yes > video/quicktime Quicktime animation mov,qt Yes > video/x-quicktime Quicktime animation mov,qt Yes > video/x-theora OGG stream with video ogg Yes > video/theora OGG stream with video ogg Yes > video/ogg OGG stream with video ogg Yes > video/x-ogg OGG stream with video ogm,ogv Yes > audio/mod Soundracker audio Module mod Yes > audio/x-mod Soundracker audio Module mod Yes > audio/mp3 MPEG audio mp3 Yes > audio/x-mp3 MPEG audio mp3 Yes > audio/mpeg2 MPEG audio mp2 Yes > audio/x-mpeg2 MPEG audio mp2 Yes > audio/mpeg3 MPEG audio mp3 Yes > audio/x-mpeg3 MPEG audio mp3 Yes > audio/mpeg MPEG audio mpa,abs,mpega Yes > audio/x-mpeg MPEG audio mpa,abs,mpega Yes > audio/x-ogg OGG audio ogg Yes > application/x-ogg OGG audio ogg Yes > application/ogg OGG audio ogg Yes > audio/basic Basic audio file au,snd Yes > audio/x-basic Basic audio file au,snd Yes > audio/wav Microsoft wave file wav Yes > audio/x-wav Microsoft wave file wav Yes > audio/x-pn-wav Microsoft wave file wav Yes > audio/x-pn-windows-acm Microsoft wave file wav Yes > audio/x-ms-wax Windows Media wax,wma Yes > image/sun-raster SUN raster image rs Yes > image/x-sun-raster SUN raster image rs Yes > image/x-rgb RGB Image rgb Yes > image/x-portable-pixmap PPM Image ppm Yes > image/x-portable-graymap PGM Image pgm Yes > image/x-portable-bitmap PBM Image pbm Yes > image/x-portable-anymap PBM Image pnm Yes > image/tiff TIFF image tiff,tif Yes > image/x-tiff TIFF image tiff,tif Yes > application/pdf PDF file pdf Yes > application/x-pdf PDF file pdf Yes > text/pdf PDF file pdf Yes > text/x-pdf PDF file pdf Yes > application/x-dvi DVI file dvi Yes > application/x-postscript PostScript file ps Yes > application/postscript PostScript file ps Yes > application/x-rtf Rich Text Format rtf Yes > application/rtf Rich Text Format rtf Yes > text/rtf Rich Text Format rtf Yes > application/x-msword Microsoft Word Document doc,dot Yes > application/msword Microsoft Word Document doc,dot Yes > application/vnd.ms-excel Microsoft Excel Document xls,xlb Yes > application/vnd.sun.xml.writer OpenOffice Writer 6.0 documents sxw > Yes application/so7_vnd.sun.xml.writer OpenOffice Writer 7.0 > documents sxw Yes application/vnd.sun.xml.writer.template > OpenOffice Writer 6.0 templates stw Yes > application/vnd.sun.xml.writer.global OpenOffice Writer 6.0 global > documents sxg Yes application/vnd.stardivision.writer StarWriter > 5.x documents sdw Yes application/vnd.stardivision.writer-global > StarWriter 5.x global documents sgl Yes application/x-starwriter > StarWriter 4.x documents sdw Yes application/vnd.sun.xml.calc > OpenOffice Calc 6.0 spreadsheets sxc Yes > application/so7_vnd.sun.xml.calc OpenOffice Calc 7.0 spreadsheets > sxc Yes application/vnd.sun.xml.calc.template OpenOffice Calc 6.0 > templates stc Yes application/vnd.stardivision.calc StarCalc 5.x > spreadsheets sdc Yes application/x-starcalc StarCalc 4.x > spreadsheets sdc Yes application/vnd.sun.xml.draw OpenOffice Draw > 6.0 documents sxd Yes application/so7_vnd.sun.xml.draw StarOffice > Draw 7.0 documents sxc Yes application/vnd.sun.xml.draw.template > OpenOffice Draw 6.0 templates std Yes > application/vnd.stardivision.draw StarDraw 5.x documents sda Yes > application/x-stardraw StarDraw 4.x documents sda Yes > application/vnd.sun.xml.impress OpenOffice Impress 6.0 > presentations sxi Yes application/so7_vnd.sun.xml.impress > StarOffice 7.0 Impress presentations sxi Yes > application/vnd.sun.xml.impress.template OpenOffice Impress 6.0 > templates sti Yes application/vnd.stardivision.impress > StarImpress 5.x presentations sdd Yes > application/vnd.stardivision.impress-packed StarImpress Packed 5.x > files sdp Yes application/x-starimpress StarImpress 4.x > presentations sdd Yes application/vnd.ms-powerpoint PowerPoint > Slideshow ppt Yes application/mspowerpoint PowerPoint Slideshow > ppt,ppz,pps,pot Yes application/vnd.sun.xml.math OpenOffice Math > 6.0 documents sxm Yes application/so7_vnd.sun.xml.math StarOffice > 7.0 Math documents sxm Yes application/vnd.stardivision.math > StarMath 5.x documents smf Yes application/x-starmath StarMath > 4.x documents smf Yes Adobe Reader 7.0 > > File name: nppdf.so > The Adobe Reader plugin is used to enable viewing of PDF and FDF > files from within the browser. > > MIME Type Description Suffixes Enabled > application/pdf Portable Document Format pdf Yes > application/vnd.fdf Acrobat Forms Data Format fdf Yes > application/vnd.adobe.xfdf XML Version of Acrobat Forms Data Format > xfdf Yes application/vnd.adobe.xdp+xml Acrobat XML Data Package > xdp Yes application/vnd.adobe.xfd+xml Adobe FormFlow99 Data File > xfd Yes Shockwave Flash > > File name: libflashplayer.so > Shockwave Flash 7.0 r68 > > MIME Type Description Suffixes Enabled > application/x-shockwave-flash Shockwave Flash swf Yes > application/futuresplash FutureSplash Player spl Yes > Google VLC multimedia plugin 1.0 > > File name: mplayerplug-in-gmp.so > mplayerplug-in 3.11 > > 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 > application/x-google-vlc-plugin Google Video > > Are any of the above known to be laced with hemlock tea? > > Now I notice that quite a few of those are javascript and GTK2 > Widgets gizmos. I have these installed: compat-wxGTK-common-2.4.2-21.fc6 > wxGTK-2.6.3-2.6.3.2.3.fc6 > wxGTK-gl-2.6.3-2.6.3.2.3.fc6 > compat-wxGTK-2.4.2-21.fc6 > > Do I need anything else? > > A grep for java in the rpm -qa output shows about 2 screensfull > of assorted java stuff, the most enlightening of which is that > the java installed is what, 3 years old? 1.4.2? Good grief. > I also note that java isn't listed above. > > On inspecting the various java directories in /usr/lib, they are all > empty! [root@coyote lib]# pwd /usr/lib [root@coyote lib]# ls -la > java* java: total 144 drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Sep 1 16:03 . > drwxr-xr-x 160 root root 131072 Dec 3 23:22 .. > > java-1.3.1: > total 144 > drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Sep 1 16:03 . > drwxr-xr-x 160 root root 131072 Dec 3 23:22 .. > > java-1.4.0: > total 144 > drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Sep 1 16:03 . > drwxr-xr-x 160 root root 131072 Dec 3 23:22 .. > > java-1.4.1: > total 144 > drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Sep 1 16:03 . > drwxr-xr-x 160 root root 131072 Dec 3 23:22 .. > > java-1.4.2: > total 144 > drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Sep 1 16:03 . > drwxr-xr-x 160 root root 131072 Dec 3 23:22 .. > > java-1.5.0: > total 144 > drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Sep 1 16:03 . > drwxr-xr-x 160 root root 131072 Dec 3 23:22 .. > > java-ext: > total 144 > drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Sep 1 16:03 . > > Why so many versions, and why are they all empty? > > And, better yet, whats the procedure to fix it? > I have a copy of the jre-1.5.0.6 archive on the other drive > I could probably install, but I hear its done differently > these days. > > Your turn & many thanks, Les. > > >-- > > Les Mikesell > > lesmikesell@xxxxxxxxx > > -- > Cheers, Gene > "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: > soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." > -Ed Howdershelt (Author) > Yahoo.com and AOL/TW attorneys please note, additions to the above > message by Gene Heskett are: > Copyright 2006 by Maurice Eugene Heskett, all rights reserved. > Have you tried removing Mozplugger and trying the browser again without it.. I found that having both mplayerplug-in and mozplugger at the same time causes problems. So I removed mozplugger, and it works fine for me now.. It's worth a shot.. :-) Wolf -- Open WebMail Project (http://openwebmail.org)
