Browser Not Handling Movie Files

Crashed_Again · 05-31-2003, 12:55 AM

This is really driving me nuts. I have the mplayer plugin and it works perfectly at sites like www.apple.com/trailers . It opens the movies up and plays them perfectly in the browser.

The problem is if I get linked directly to a movie like http://www.badmouth.net/graphics/vid...d_Reloaded.wmv
When I click on this link all I get is garbled text and I do have the codec for this. The plugin doesn't kick in for some reason so I have to download the movie rather then view it in my browser.

I tried looking around in the Preferences for MozillaFirebird but I don't see anything that deals with it.

mcleodnine · 05-31-2003, 01:15 AM

You can add the mime type handler for mplayer directly via Edit || Preferences || Navigator || Helper Applications in Mozilla. I would hope that Firebird would include this as it seems to be such a trivial task. Note that this isn't really a plugin at all but rather a link that will spawn a local application.

Crashed_Again · 05-31-2003, 01:24 AM

Okay I found that option in Mozilla but not in Firebird. How do I find out what the Mime Type is?

mcleodnine · 05-31-2003, 02:09 AM

It also needs to be supported on the server. As we speak I am now learning mime-types. Can't say I care too much for it.

mcleodnine · 05-31-2003, 02:22 AM

Crashed -- Your convincing and somewhat unrelenting badgering forced me to install Firebird.

Might want to have a look at this plugin http://mplayerplug-in.sourceforge.net/

mhearn · 05-31-2003, 09:12 AM

That is almost certainly a problem on the server. Ask the server operator to fix their mime typing setup, so wmv files are returned correctly. Otherwise the server will tell mozilla the file is a text file, and it will display the garbled rubbish you see

Crashed_Again · 05-31-2003, 11:00 AM

Thank you mhearn. I didn't think that this was a client side issue. My ego was bruised but you have made me feel better.

mcleodnine-I have the mplayer plugin and it works great! Has my badgering been helpfull? I've been badgered into using Galeon as well and I find it to be an awesome browser as well.

macewan · 05-31-2003, 09:26 PM

:-(

i can never get the video to work.

the plugin works for audio but not video - go figr

yowwww · 05-31-2003, 10:16 PM

mine has been driving me nuts for a long time and I have the latest mplayerplug-in (0.80) and it shows up in my plugins section of mozilla

typically, I always get the message that mplayerplug-in -Loading Movie....

and it never ends up playing.

I checked my helper applications and it doesn't have them listed, but there are so many in the mplayer plug-in list, it would be so tedious to add them all manually, and then I would to figure out what to call them - if that is even the fix.