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Old 10-20-2004, 10:58 AM   #1
carlosinfl
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Can't open MPG media?


I installed Mplayer and for some reason I can see .wmv files but when I download .MPG files, I see them downloading via Firefox bu then the Mplayer never opens the file. It just sits there.

How can I point Mplayer to open .MPEG or .MPG files?
 
Old 10-20-2004, 02:00 PM   #2
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This is perhaps the most frustrating thing to me about Linux. I have Firefox installed and I have Mplayer installed but notbody talks to anybody in my OS. Its like the left hand has no idea what the right hand is doing.

I don't save any files, I just open them and I see the Firefox download manager starting to open them and then nothing happens when it reaches 100%.

When I click a .wmv file, it opens via a "Mplayer" window, no questions asked.

When I try a .mpg file, nothing happens.

I goto Gnome > Preferences > File Types & Apps > Videos >

There I can see MPEG video is the 1st option.

When I double click that MPEG video, under actions, the default action is to use gmplayer. I then go to .wmv files and do the same thing and it has the same default action "gmplayer".

So what is wrong?
 
Old 10-20-2004, 10:11 PM   #3
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did u instaled all the codecs

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