video plugins for mozilla
 

i'm running latest ver. of kanotix on a thinkpad T22, 900mhz, 256mb ram. i'm using mozilla firefox browser. i've successfully installed mplayer, vlc, and a couple other viewers, including the win codecs for mplayer. the players all work well. as best as i can tell, i've installed all the plugins for mozilla for these programs. when i click on video links, when the link is directly to the file, the browser opens the video in a clean page and it plays fine. on the links where the video pane is embedded, like when the link to the video is not to the video file, but to an html file that plays the video in a small area on the web page, the area on the page just goes blank with the caption (no file) and nothing happens, even when the page is completely loaded. i'm still learning linux, i've checked the settings in the browser, all the video file extensions are enabled. i'm not sure what's wrong or how to fix it. in looking for similar problems on this site, i found one post that suggested installing helix. i did this, and installed the plugin, but it still doesn't work. ideas? thanks.

you have to install your plugin files in either .mozilla/plugins or the plugins directory of your firefox folder. Fox example to install the realplayer plugin, then just copy nphelix.so to one of the locations mentioned above( /usr/local/firefox/plugins in my case). To check if its installed enter about:plugins on the browser, and that should show you if the plugin is installed. Also see http://plugindoc.mozdev.org/linux.html

I have exactly the same problem. Everything worked fine with Firefox 1.0.7, but after installing 1.5b1 (which automagically updated to 1.5b2), the only videos or shockwave files that work are the ones that are not instructed to embed on the page. Mplayer still works fine. I even upgraded from 1.0pre5-3.3.2 to 1.0pre7. I upgraded from Mplayerplug-in 3.05 to 3.15. I saved my bookmarks, removed all extentions and themes, and blew away Firefox. Reinstalled Firefox 1.5b2. Even with a fresh install with no themes or extentions, embedded video still doesn't work.

I can crash Firefox without fail by going to http://www.apple.com/trailers/fox/ice_age_2/ and clicking on "Large." Every time.

Here is my about: plugins page:

--------------------------------------------
Installed plug-ins
Find more information about browser plug-ins at mozilla.org.
Help for installing plug-ins is available from plugindoc.mozdev.org.
Shockwave Flash

File name: libflashplayer.so
Shockwave Flash 7.0 r25

MIME Type Description Suffixes Enabled
application/x-shockwave-flash Shockwave Flash swf Yes
application/futuresplash FutureSplash Player spl Yes
Default Plugin

File name: libnullplugin.so
The default plugin handles plugin data for mimetypes and extensions that are not specified and facilitates downloading of new plugins.

MIME Type Description Suffixes Enabled
* All types .* No
Google VLC multimedia plugin 1.0

File name: mplayerplug-in-gmp.so
mplayerplug-in 3.15

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 Yes
QuickTime Plug-in 6.0

File name: mplayerplug-in-qt.so
mplayerplug-in 3.15

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 3.15

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
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 3.15

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 3.15

File name: mplayerplug-in.so
mplayerplug-in 3.15

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/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
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
Java(TM) Plug-in 1.4.2_06-b03

File name: libjavaplugin_oji.so
Java(TM) Plug-in 1.4.2_06

MIME Type Description Suffixes Enabled
application/x-java-vm Java Yes
application/x-java-applet Java Yes
application/x-java-applet;version=1.1 Java Yes
application/x-java-applet;version=1.1.1 Java Yes
application/x-java-applet;version=1.1.2 Java Yes
application/x-java-applet;version=1.1.3 Java Yes
application/x-java-applet;version=1.2 Java Yes
application/x-java-applet;version=1.2.1 Java Yes
application/x-java-applet;version=1.2.2 Java Yes
application/x-java-applet;version=1.3 Java Yes
application/x-java-applet;version=1.3.1 Java Yes
application/x-java-applet;version=1.4 Java Yes
application/x-java-applet;version=1.4.1 Java Yes
application/x-java-applet;version=1.4.2 Java Yes
application/x-java-applet;jpi-version=1.4.2_06 Java Yes
application/x-java-bean Java Yes
application/x-java-bean;version=1.1 Java Yes
application/x-java-bean;version=1.1.1 Java Yes
application/x-java-bean;version=1.1.2 Java Yes
application/x-java-bean;version=1.1.3 Java Yes
application/x-java-bean;version=1.2 Java Yes
application/x-java-bean;version=1.2.1 Java Yes
application/x-java-bean;version=1.2.2 Java Yes
application/x-java-bean;version=1.3 Java Yes
application/x-java-bean;version=1.3.1 Java Yes
application/x-java-bean;version=1.4 Java Yes
application/x-java-bean;version=1.4.1 Java Yes
application/x-java-bean;version=1.4.2 Java Yes
application/x-java-bean;jpi-version=1.4.2_06 Java Yes
Helix DNA Plugin: RealPlayer G2 Plug-In Compatible

File name: nphelix.so
Helix DNA Plugin: RealPlayer G2 Plug-In Compatible version 0.4.0.293 built with gcc 3.2.2 on Jul 30 2004

MIME Type Description Suffixes Enabled
audio/x-pn-realaudio-plugin RealPlayer Plugin Metafile rpm Yes
------------------------------------------------

As you can see, everything is enabled, active and recognized except the default plug-in, libnullplugin.so is disabled (and I believe this is correct).

I suppose it could be a problem with the settings in mplayerplug-in.conf, but none of my changes seem to help (and this is after I "touch" the config file).

It surely seems that something in the new Firefox is screwed up.

This is simple mozilla issue. I installed Redhat 9.0, Mozilla WEB BROWSER worked fine only for a couple of days . Now the web browser window doesnot open. When clicked it waits in hour glass mode for a couple seconds and then dies.

But this is in Firefox, and it worked perfectly yesterday in Firefox 1.0.7. Now, today, in 1.5b2, it's all borked up.

No one else is having problems viewing embedded videos? If that's the case, could some one post their mplayerplug-in.conf file? Maybe I've got too many parameters off in there. Foo.

I found the problem with FX not showing embedded videos. A rookie mistake, actually. I neglected the first rule of FX troubleshooting: remove all extensions! The Fasterfox extention's default setting "Turbo Charged -- Maximum performance, exceeds RFC specs (increases load to web servers)" was causing the problem by abusing pipelining.

Removing the offending extension cleared it right up. All embedded (inline) videos play fine now. It was especially bad on atomfilms.com where it would tell me a plugin didn't exist, then, with Flash for example, I could click on Install plugin, atomfilms would show a Flash plugin test that then passed, and then start the loop all over again. Nothing on apple.com/trailers would play.

"Exceeds RFC specs," indeed! How bogus. I wouldn't think FX developers would condone a default setting in an extension that violated RFC rules, especially with the normal "Firefox is standards-compliant" mantra.