Playing video in MPlayer embedded video player and Mozilla
 

I am new to Linux, although, after a good deal of reading and effort, I finally got Totem Movie Player to work and was able to install Real Player for Linux, which was quite easy, but it seems to have some bugs (distorted image when resizing). Anyway, when I click on a link to try and play a video on Mozilla Firefox, the default player is the MPlayer embedded video player. It does its thing (indicating that it is searching, etc.), then, well, nothing! However, if I right click on the embedded player and 'copy URL', I can then paste this in Totem and play it from there, however, this is a real pain. I have to do this every time I want to view a video.

Here are my questions:

1) Is it possible to set a regular video player (= not embedded) as a default player so that when clicking on a link, it opens the program automatically and plays the video?

2) What do I need to do to fix MPlayer (embedded) so that it works when clicking on a video link?

3) Any other suggestions to iron out video problems in general? Other useful software? Codecs or plugins? etc.

If you can answer these questions, I'd appreciate rather explicit information on commands. As I said earlier, I am new to Linux.

Many thanks!

To get the MPlayer plug-in to work, click on a video link and wait for the plug-in to start. Once it does, right click on the plug-in (even though it isn't working) and select configure from the menu. That should bring up the configuration options. For video output, make sure X11 is selected. You'll probably also want alsa selected for audio output.

Thanks for the swift reply...

Okay, 'X11' and 'alsa' selected. I pressed OK so it did register (when I reopen the configuration window, 'X11' and 'alsa' are indeed selected). Still not working. I've tried several combinations, but have had no luck so far.

Everything is selected EXCEPT the following:
-Enable MIDI Support
-Play media directly from site (No Caching)
-Connect to RTSP Media over TCP
-Use HTTP instead of RTSP

When I selected "Connect RTSP Media over TCP", I got RealPlayer to open when clicking on some links, but only got sound (no video). I don't know why this would cause RealPlayer (embedded) to open instead of MPlayer.

Nuts, I was hoping a simple solution would work.

Can you give a more complete description of what Mplayer is doing when it tries to play a video?

Also, do you have any idea of what version of the plugin you are using? There were a couple of buggy ones, so it might pay to install the latest version, even if you have to do it from source.

Where does one get the latest version of the mplayer plugin? The only ones I find are asking me to downgrade packages before installation.

Personally I am trying to get MSNBC content to work.

When I click on a video link, embedded MPlayer opens and replaces the previous webpage. I get the following:

-Download completed...
-Connecting to server
-Buffering http://212... (which takes a long time. You actually get the impression that nothing is happening.)
-Stopped

At this point I get the 'play', 'pause' and 'stop' icons in the bottom left corner

If I click on 'play' I get

-Getting playlist
-Connecting to server
-Buffering
-Stopped

AND THAT'S IT! NO ACTION

But if I copy URL it gives me this, for example: rtsp://212.58.234.120/nfs01/BBCWorld/encodedfiles/worl_click_140906_show_lo.rm?provider=BBCWorld
That I can play in Totem, in RealPlayer (But I don't even know how to play it in the regular version of MPplayer...)

@SkipHuffman

I get the plugin from the mplayer plugin site. It looks as if version 3.35 is the most current.

@fc6_user
That was exactly what I was having happen, and the configuration bit I told you about fixed it. The only other thing that comes to mind is that you're missing codecs. Does mplayer work decently outside of Firefox? Did you install Mplayer codecs?

I have found that. But when I try to configure it is asking for a lot of stuff that a browser plug in would not need. Specifically gecko-sdk. An entire software development kit just to install a plug in? Does not seem quite right to me.

And if I try to install the binary it fails with "Some package requested cannot be installed: mplayerplug-in-3.35-fc6.i386 (due to unsatisfied libc.so.6(GLIBC_2.4)) Continue?

If you have a read in the INSTALL file, you'll see you need either the gecko-sdk or the mozilla-devel package. The mozilla package is probably the way to go, and there may even be a package already existing for your distro.

So far as urpmi is concerned, I have mozilla-devel. (or perhaps I cannot install it because I have more recent libraries.)

What can I do to know what codecs are already installed and other information about configuration (commands, perhaps)? I'll then paste them into this thread. Could I give you any other useful information? (Please keep in mind that I'm new at all this stuff. I am enjoying it nevertheless).

Your codecs are probably located in /usr/lib/codecs/ or /usr/local/lib/codecs/

That looks to me like you don't have a completely updated system. Of course I'm frighteningly ignorant about keeping a Fedora box updated, so I might be wrong about that.

About the only suggestion I've got (besides doing a full update) is to run ldconfig and hope that somehow some of the libraries weren't listed. Otherwise you may want to consider trying to update your system, although I would make a full backup of everything important first. That error a couple posts back about an unsatisfied glibc dependency is kinda worrying. Glibc is a pretty central library and screwing with it can bork your system.

Yeah, that has me worried too. It may be time to upgrade this old system. But I just hate to risk it.

Okay folks, neither gecko-sdk nor mozilla-devel packages are in my codecs folder.

Here are my options (I think!):

[linux@localhost ~]$ yum list geck*
Loading "installonlyn" plugin
Setting up repositories
Reading repository metadata in from local files
Available Packages
gecko-sharp2.i386 0.11-12 core
gecko-sharp2-devel.i386 0.11-12 core
[linux@localhost ~]$ yum list moz*
Loading "installonlyn" plugin
Setting up repositories
Reading repository metadata in from local files
Available Packages
mozilla-opensc-signer.i386 0.11.1-6.fc6 extras
mozilla-vlc.i386 0.8.6a-1.lvn6.1 livna
mozldap.i386 6.0.2-1.fc6 extras
mozldap-devel.i386 6.0.2-1.fc6 extras
mozldap-tools.i386 6.0.2-1.fc6 extras
mozplugger.i386 1.7.3-3.1 core
[linux@localhost ~]$

What should I install?

And I didn't get that bit about Glibc being able to bork the system, although it's probably over my head...

Those aren't supposed to be in your codecs folder. Those are libraries needed to compile the mplayer plug-in. What you do need in your codecs folder are the codec from here. You should have unpacked one of the codec tarballs in /usr/local/lib/codec.

Don't worry, its a bit over my head too. Glibc is a fairly critical library in that a lot of system functions use it. If it gets out of sync with your distro, it can cause a complete failure. Usually the problem happens when glibc has been compiled with a different version of gcc than the rest of the system. If you follow Fedora's normal methods of keeping your system up to date, you should never have to worry about it. However, if you upgrade glibc as part of a dependency for other software, you might cause problems.

Still can't get that embedded video player working. It's a pain always having to copy and paste the URL into a media player. If you want, I could cut and paste some configuration info into this thread to try and figure out why it doesn't work. Anybody want to give it a go?

At this point it certainly couldn't hurt. I don't know if I'll come up with an answer, but maybe someone else will recognize something.

Some more clues:

Embedded MPlayer DOES WORK fine for the following link (without the "Use HTTP instead of RTSP" option):
http://prairiehome.publicradio.org/play/128.pls
(sound only, radio)


IF "USE HTTP INSTEAD OF RTSP" is selected in the Embedded MPlayer configuration, this is what happens (two examples):
rtsp://mm3.rai.it/tg/200702102030tg2.rm
THIS MEDIA OPENS IN EMBEDDED REALPLAYER, NOT MPLAYER, AND THERE IS AN IMAGE RESIZING PROBLEM (REALPLAYER PROBLEM)

AND THIS NEXT LINK WORKS - HOWEVER SOUND ONLY, VIDEO/IMAGES DOES NOT WORK - IN MPLAYER:
rtsp://212.58.234.120/nfs01/BBCWorld...vider=BBCWorld

(All of the above with X11 and alsa)

It would be nice if everything worked all the time without any hassle...

Does this help?
Does anybody have any ideas?

OK, I think there might be a couple of things to try. From the reading I've been doing, it sounds like there are lots of troubles if you have more than one video plug-in installed. I would actually uninstall ALL video extensions, and then install just mplayer (there is a nice FAQ here on how to do it the Fedora way. It's about half-way down the page).

Then, check that you have the proper codecs installed. If you run mplayer -vc help, it should dump out a list of codecs and their working status.

Wow! It'd be cool if someday I could understand all of this stuff...
To uninstall, do I simply type in "yum uninstall mplayer" ? I've installed things, but I've never actually uninstalled anything!!

Here's some more info on codecs, etc.:

[linux@localhost ~]$ mplayer -vc help
MPlayer 1.0rc1-rpm.livna.org-4.1.1 (C) 2000-2006 MPlayer Team
CPU: Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 2.80GHz (Family: 15, Model: 2, Stepping: 9)
CPUflags: MMX: 1 MMX2: 1 3DNow: 0 3DNow2: 0 SSE: 1 SSE2: 1
Compiled with runtime CPU detection.
Available video codecs:
vc: vfm: status: info: [lib/dll]
ffkmvc ffmpeg problems ffkmvc [kmvc]
ffzmbv ffmpeg working FFmpeg Zip Motion-Block Video [zmbv]
zmbv vfw working Zip Motion-Block Video [zmbv.dll]
mpegpes mpegpes working MPEG-PES output (.mpg or DXR3/IVTV/DVB card)
mpeg12 libmpeg2 working MPEG-1 or 2 (libmpeg2)
ffmpeg1 ffmpeg working FFmpeg MPEG-1 [mpeg1video]
ffmpeg2 ffmpeg working FFmpeg MPEG-2 [mpeg2video]
ffmpeg12 ffmpeg working FFmpeg MPEG-1/2 [mpegvideo]
ffmpeg12mc ffmpeg problems FFmpeg MPEG-1/2 (XvMC) [mpegvideo_xvmc]
ffnuv ffmpeg working NuppelVideo [nuv]
nuv nuv working NuppelVideo
ffpng ffmpeg working FFmpeg PNG decoder [png]
mpng mpng working PNG image decoder [libpng]
mtga mtga working TGA image decoder
sgi sgi working SGI image decoder
ffindeo3 ffmpeg working FFmpeg Intel Indeo 3.1/3.2 [indeo3]
fffli ffmpeg working Autodesk FLI/FLC Animation [flic]
ffaasc ffmpeg working Autodesk RLE decoder [aasc]
ffloco ffmpeg working LOCO video decoder [loco]
ffqtrle ffmpeg working QuickTime Animation (RLE) [qtrle]
ffrpza ffmpeg working QuickTime Apple Video [rpza]
ffsmc ffmpeg working Apple Graphics (SMC) codec [smc]
ff8bps ffmpeg working Planar RGB (Photoshop) [8bps]
ffcyuv ffmpeg working Creative YUV (libavcodec) [cyuv]
ffmsrle ffmpeg working Microsoft RLE [msrle]
ffroqvideo ffmpeg working Id RoQ File Video Decoder [roqvideo]
lzo lzo working LZO compressed [liblzo]
theora theora working Theora (free, reworked VP3) [libtheora]
cram vfw problems Microsoft Video 1 [msvidc32.dll]
ffcvid ffmpeg working Cinepak Video (native codec) [cinepak]
cvidvfw vfw working Cinepak Video [iccvid.dll]
huffyuv vfw problems HuffYUV [huffyuv.dll]
ffvideo1 ffmpeg working Microsoft Video 1 (native codec) [msvideo1]
ffmszh ffmpeg working AVImszh (native codec) [mszh]
ffzlib ffmpeg working AVIzlib (native codec) [zlib]
cvidxa xanim problems XAnim's Radius Cinepak Video [vid_cvid.xa]
ffhuffyuv ffmpeg working FFmpeg HuffYUV [huffyuv]
ffv1 ffmpeg working FFV1 (lossless codec) [ffv1]
ffsnow ffmpeg working FFSNOW (Michael's wavelet codec) [snow]
ffasv1 ffmpeg working FFmpeg ASUS V1 [asv1]
ffasv2 ffmpeg working FFmpeg ASUS V2 [asv2]
ffvcr1 ffmpeg working FFmpeg ATI VCR1 [vcr1]
ffcljr ffmpeg working FFmpeg Cirrus Logic AccuPak (CLJR) [cljr]
ffsvq1 ffmpeg working FFmpeg Sorenson Video v1 (SVQ1) [svq1]
ff4xm ffmpeg working FFmpeg 4XM video [4xm]
ffvixl ffmpeg working Miro/Pinnacle VideoXL codec [xl]
ffqtdrw ffmpeg working QuickDraw native decoder [qdraw]
ffindeo2 ffmpeg working Indeo 2 native decoder [indeo2]
ffflv ffmpeg working FFmpeg Flash video [flv]
fffsv ffmpeg working FFmpeg Flash Screen video [flashsv]
ffdivx ffmpeg working FFmpeg DivX ;-) (MS MPEG-4 v3) [msmpeg4]
ffmp42 ffmpeg working FFmpeg M$ MPEG-4 v2 [msmpeg4v2]
ffmp41 ffmpeg working FFmpeg M$ MPEG-4 v1 [msmpeg4v1]
ffwmv1 ffmpeg working FFmpeg M$ WMV1/WMV7 [wmv1]
ffwmv2 ffmpeg problems FFmpeg M$ WMV2/WMV8 [wmv2]
ffwmv3 ffmpeg problems FFmpeg M$ WMV3/WMV9 [wmv3]
ffvc1 ffmpeg problems FFmpeg M$ WVC1 [vc1]
ffh264 ffmpeg working FFmpeg H.264 [h264]
ffsvq3 ffmpeg working FFmpeg Sorenson Video v3 (SVQ3) [svq3]
ffodivx ffmpeg working FFmpeg MPEG-4 [mpeg4]
ffwv1f ffmpeg working WV1F MPEG-4 [mpeg4]
xvid xvid working XviD (MPEG-4) [libxvidcore.a]
divx4vfw vfw problems DivX4Windows-VFW [divx.dll]
divxds dshow working DivX ;-) (MS MPEG-4 v3) [divx_c32.ax]
divx vfw working DivX ;-) (MS MPEG-4 v3) [divxc32.dll]
mpeg4ds dshow working Microsoft MPEG-4 v1/v2 [mpg4ds32.ax]
mpeg4 vfw working Microsoft MPEG-4 v1/v2 [mpg4c32.dll]
wmv8 dshow working Windows Media Video 8 [wmv8ds32.ax]
wmv7 dshow working Windows Media Video 7 [wmvds32.ax]
wmv9dmo dmo working Windows Media Video 9 DMO [wmv9dmod.dll]
wmvdmo dmo working Windows Media Video DMO [wmvdmod.dll]
wmvadmo dmo working Windows Media Video Adv DMO [wmvadvd.dll]
wmvvc1dmo dmo working Windows Media Video (VC-1) Advanced Profile Decoder [wvc1dmod.dll]
wmsdmod dmo working Windows Media Screen Codec 2 [wmsdmod.dll]
ubmp4 vfw problems UB Video MPEG-4 [ubvmp4d.dll]
zrmjpeg zrmjpeg problems Zoran MJPEG passthrough
ffmjpeg ffmpeg working FFmpeg MJPEG decoder [mjpeg]
ffmjpegb ffmpeg working FFmpeg MJPEG-B decoder [mjpegb]
ijpg ijpg working Independent JPEG Group's codec [libjpeg]
m3jpeg vfw working Morgan Motion JPEG Codec [m3jpeg32.dll]
mjpeg vfw working MainConcept Motion JPEG [mcmjpg32.dll]
avid vfw working AVID Motion JPEG [AvidAVICodec.dll]
LEAD vfw working LEAD (M)JPEG [LCodcCMP.dll]
imagepower vfw problems ImagePower MJPEG2000 [jp2avi.dll]
m3jpeg2k vfw working Morgan MJPEG2000 [m3jp2k32.dll]
m3jpegds dshow crashing Morgan MJPEG [m3jpegdec.ax]
pegasusm vfw crashing Pegasus Motion JPEG [pvmjpg21.dll]
pegasusl vfw crashing Pegasus lossless JPEG [pvljpg20.dll]
pegasusmwv vfw crashing Pegasus Motion Wavelet 2000 [pvwv220.dll]
vivo vfw working Vivo H.263 [ivvideo.dll]
u263 dshow working UB Video H.263/H.263+/H.263++ Decoder [ubv263d+.ax]
i263 vfw working I263 [i263_32.drv]
ffi263 ffmpeg working FFmpeg I263 decoder [h263i]
ffh263 ffmpeg working FFmpeg H.263+ decoder [h263]
ffzygo ffmpeg untested FFmpeg ZyGo [h263]
h263xa xanim crashing XAnim's CCITT H.263 [vid_h263.xa]
ffh261 ffmpeg working CCITT H.261 [h261]
qt261 qtvideo working QuickTime H.261 video decoder [QuickTime.qts]
h261xa xanim problems XAnim's CCITT H.261 [vid_h261.xa]
m261 vfw untested M261 [msh261.drv]
indeo5ds dshow working Intel Indeo 5 [ir50_32.dll]
indeo5 vfwex working Intel Indeo 5 [ir50_32.dll]
indeo4 vfw working Intel Indeo 4.1 [ir41_32.dll]
indeo3 vfwex working Intel Indeo 3.1/3.2 [ir32_32.dll]
indeo5xa xanim working XAnim's Intel Indeo 5 [vid_iv50.xa]
indeo4xa xanim working XAnim's Intel Indeo 4.1 [vid_iv41.xa]
indeo3xa xanim working XAnim's Intel Indeo 3.1/3.2 [vid_iv32.xa]
qdv dshow working Sony Digital Video (DV) [qdv.dll]
ffdv ffmpeg working FFmpeg DV decoder [dvvideo]
libdv libdv working Raw DV decoder (libdv) [libdv.so.2]
mcdv vfw working MainConcept DV Codec [mcdvd_32.dll]
3ivXxa xanim working XAnim's 3ivx Delta 3.5 plugin [vid_3ivX.xa]
3ivX dshow crashing 3ivx Delta 3.5 [3ivxdmo.dll]
rv3040 realvid working Linux RealPlayer 10 RV30/40 decoder [drvc.so]
rv40 realvid working Linux RealPlayer 9 RV40 decoder [drv4.so.6.0]
rv40win realvid working Win32 RealPlayer 9 RV40 decoder [drv43260.dll]
rv40mac realvid working Mac OS X RealPlayer 9 RV40 decoder [drvc.bundle/Contents/MacOS/drvc]
rv30 realvid working Linux RealPlayer 8 RV30 decoder [drv3.so.6.0]
rv30win realvid working Win32 RealPlayer 8 RV30 decoder [drv33260.dll]
rv30mac realvid working Mac OS X RealPlayer 9 RV30 decoder [drvc.bundle/Contents/MacOS/drvc]
ffrv20 ffmpeg working FFmpeg RV20 decoder [rv20]
rv20 realvid working Linux RealPlayer 8 RV20 decoder [drv2.so.6.0]
rv20win realvid working Win32 RealPlayer 8 RV20 decoder [drv23260.dll]
rv20mac realvid working Mac OS X RealPlayer 9 RV20 decoder [drv2.bundle/Contents/MacOS/drv2]
ffrv10 ffmpeg working FFmpeg RV10 decoder [rv10]
alpary dshow working Alparysoft lossless codec dshow [aslcodec_dshow.dll]
alpary2 vfw working Alparysoft lossless codec vfw [aslcodec_vfw.dll]
LEADMW20 dshow working Lead CMW wavelet 2.0 [LCODCCMW2E.dll]
ffvp3 ffmpeg untested FFmpeg VP3 [vp3]
fftheora ffmpeg untested FFmpeg Theora [theora]
vp3 vfwex working On2 Open Source VP3 Codec [vp31vfw.dll]
vp4 vfwex working On2 VP4 Personal Codec [vp4vfw.dll]
ffvp5 ffmpeg working FFmpeg VP5 decoder [vp5]
vp5 vfwex working On2 VP5 Personal Codec [vp5vfw.dll]
ffvp6 ffmpeg working FFmpeg VP6 decoder [vp6]
ffvp6f ffmpeg working FFmpeg VP6 Flash decoder [vp6f]
vp6 vfwex working On2 VP6 Personal Codec [vp6vfw.dll]
vp7 vfwex working On2 VP7 Personal Codec [vp7vfw.dll]
mwv1 vfw working Motion Wavelets [icmw_32.dll]
asv2 vfw working ASUS V2 [asusasv2.dll]
asv1 vfw working ASUS V1 [asusasvd.dll]
ffultimotion ffmpeg working IBM Ultimotion native decoder [ultimotion]
ultimotion vfw working IBM Ultimotion [ultimo.dll]
mss1 dshow working Windows Screen Video [msscds32.ax]
ucod vfw working UCOD-ClearVideo [clrviddd.dll]
vcr2 vfw working ATI VCR-2 [ativcr2.dll]
CJPG vfw working CJPG [CtWbJpg.DLL]
ffduck ffmpeg working Duck Truemotion1 [truemotion1]
fftm20 ffmpeg working FFmpeg Duck/On2 TrueMotion 2.0 [truemotion2]
tm20 dshow working TrueMotion 2.0 [tm20dec.ax]
ffsp5x ffmpeg working SP5x codec - used by Aiptek MegaCam [sp5x]
sp5x vfw working SP5x codec - used by Aiptek MegaCam [sp5x_32.dll]
vivd2 vfw working SoftMedia ViVD V2 codec VfW [ViVD2.dll]
winx vfwex working Winnov Videum winx codec [wnvwinx.dll]
ffwnv1 ffmpeg working FFmpeg wnv1 native codec [wnv1]
wnv1 vfwex working Winnov Videum wnv1 codec [wnvplay1.dll]
vdom vfw working VDOWave codec [vdowave.drv]
lsv vfw working Vianet Lsvx Video Decoder [lsvxdec.dll]
ffvmnc ffmpeg working FFmpeg VMware video [VMware video]
vmnc vfw working VMware video [vmnc.dll]
ffsmkvid ffmpeg working FFmpeg Smacker Video [smackvid]
ffcavs ffmpeg working Chinese AVS Video [cavs]
qt3ivx qtvideo working win32/quicktime 3IV1 (3ivx) decoder [3ivx Delta 3.5.qtx]
qtavui qtvideo working Win32/QuickTime Avid Meridien Uncompressed [AvidQTAVUICodec.qtx]
qth263 qtvideo crashing Win32/QuickTime H.263 decoder [QuickTime.qts]
qtrlerpza qtvideo crashing Win32/Quicktime RLE/RPZA decoder [QuickTime.qts]
qtvp3 qtvideo crashing Win32/QuickTime VP3 decoder [On2_VP3.qtx]
qtzygo qtvideo problems win32/quicktime ZyGo decoder [ZyGoVideo.qtx]
qtbhiv qtvideo untested Win32/QuickTime BeHereiVideo decoder [BeHereiVideo.qtx]
qtcvid qtvideo working Win32/QuickTime Cinepak decoder [QuickTime.qts]
qtindeo qtvideo crashing Win32/QuickTime Indeo decoder [QuickTime.qts]
qtmjpeg qtvideo crashing Win32/QuickTime MJPEG decoder [QuickTime.qts]
qtmpeg4 qtvideo crashing Win32/QuickTime MPEG-4 decoder [QuickTime.qts]
qtsvq3 qtvideo working Win32/QuickTime SVQ3 decoder [QuickTimeEssentials.qtx]
qtsvq1 qtvideo problems Win32/QuickTime SVQ1 decoder [QuickTime.qts]
vsslight vfw working VSS Codec Light [vsslight.dll]
vssh264 dshow working VSS H.264 New [vsshdsd.dll]
vssh264old vfw working VSS H.264 Old [vssh264.dll]
vsswlt vfw working VSS Wavelet Video Codec [vsswlt.dll]
zlib vfw working AVIzlib [avizlib.dll]
mszh vfw working AVImszh [avimszh.dll]
alaris vfwex crashing Alaris VideoGramPiX [vgpix32d.dll]
vcr1 vfw crashing ATI VCR-1 [ativcr1.dll]
pim1 vfw crashing Pinnacle Hardware MPEG-1 [pclepim1.dll]
qpeg vfw working Q-Team's QPEG (www.q-team.de) [qpeg32.dll]
rricm vfw crashing rricm [rricm.dll]
ffcamtasia ffmpeg working TechSmith Camtasia Screen Codec (native) [camtasia]
camtasia vfw working TechSmith Camtasia Screen Codec [tsccvid.dll]
ffcamstudio ffmpeg working CamStudio Screen Codec [camstudio]
fraps vfw working FRAPS: Realtime Video Capture [frapsvid.dll]
rawrgb32 raw working RAW RGB32
rawrgb24 raw working RAW RGB24
rawrgb16 raw working RAW RGB16
rawbgr32flip raw working RAW BGR32
rawbgr32 raw working RAW BGR32
rawbgr24flip raw working RAW BGR24
rawbgr24 raw working RAW BGR24
rawbgr16flip raw working RAW BGR15
rawbgr16 raw working RAW BGR15
rawbgr15flip raw working RAW BGR15
rawbgr15 raw working RAW BGR15
rawbgr8flip raw working RAW BGR8
rawbgr8 raw working RAW BGR8
rawbgr1 raw working RAW BGR1
rawyuy2 raw working RAW YUY2
rawuyvy raw working RAW UYVY
raw444P raw working RAW 444P
raw422P raw working RAW 422P
rawyv12 raw working RAW YV12
rawnv21 hmblck working RAW NV21
rawnv12 hmblck working RAW NV12
rawhm12 hmblck working RAW HM12
rawi420 raw working RAW I420
rawyvu9 raw working RAW YVU9
rawy800 raw working RAW Y8/Y800
null null crashing NULL codec (no decoding!)

[linux@localhost ~]$

Well, we can rule out a codec problem.

As for yum, I've never used it so I guess that is the proper command. You might want to check any man pages or Fedora help sites to make sure. Also, don't just uninstall mplayer. From what I've read, you need to uninstall all media players (xine, kaffiene, totem, etc.) and then put mplayer back.

Linux is great! I've got tons of mediaplayer software installed on my box and can read anything. I sometimes have to try different players and fuss around a bit, and I need to spend a little more time experimenting with configuration, but that's not a problem. I am experiencing one minor problem though...

In Mozilla Firefox, when clicking on a link (video or audio), the file or stream plays, but I cannot control what is going on (I can't stop, pause, etc. Nothing!). When and if I try clicking again, I get the same file twice slightly out of sync. I can then type 'top' in a terminal and kill, but I was wondering if anybody knew why I was having this problem and maybe offer a solution.