Hello,

I am running Slackware 11.0 with Firefox 2.0.0.3 and Mplayer-plugin 3.40. Every single time I go to open a file that uses the mplayer-plugin Firefox crashes. I get the error message:

/usr/lib/firefox/run-mozilla.sh: line 131 3240 Segmentation fault "$prog" ${1+"$@"}

I have also gotten 3141 Segmentation fault.

This started with Firefox 2.0.0.2 with Mplayer-plugin 3.35 (I think - it was 3.3 something). I updated to my current versions hoping this would go away, but it hasn't.

It is annoying to have to save a file and play it through mplayer or xmms or some other program. And it is very annoying when you try and view a page, but can't because it has an embedded media file that crashes the program every single time!!

Does anyone have any idea what is going on and how I can correct it?

Yes, roll back to older versions of the plugin, or if that don't work, use a different plugin. I'm using 3.35 and it doesn't crash too often. Did you compile the plugin yourself ? You can also try the daily code.

Hello,

I haven't built it from source, I have gotten the packages from linuxpackages.net.

I rolled the plugin back to 3.35 with firefox 2.0.0.3 - it is working. I thought I had done this before? But it is working now.

Any ideas on why this was happening?

Thanks.

Because, technically, the plug-in is designed for mozilla. But isn't firefox the replacement for mozilla ? (or at least they use the same rendering engine) I dunno. I think they just messed up the most recent version, maybe the next version will be better.

There are other places to get the mplayerplug-in from. On sourceforge you can download it as a .xpt file and it installs like any other firefox add-on. Or you can build it using the slackbuild from slackbuilds.org. That's the one I use and it doesn't crash. Normally its java which causes firefox to crash with me.

google for mplayer home page and install it from source don't for get to install the macthing codex package as well

I have never gotten a prebuilt mplayer package to work eather

Well, somehow, compiling it from source did not help me. It still crashed way too often.

I built it using the slackbuild script from slackbuilds.org and mine has been working trouble free. Have you tried that approach?

Ok, I'll try the slackbuild and report on the result.

EDIT: that slackbuild is for 3.35. I have it installed already from a binary package and it rarely crashes (once a month or less ... and it's probably something else that crashes or causes it).

Yes, that's true, but you can use the same script with the newer version of the plugin. Just be certain to make the relevant edits to the slackbuild and other files as needed before building. Might make a difference - who knows?

Alright, I'll try it.

If anyone out there has problems with mplayerplug-in, try mozplugger:
http://mozplugger.mozdev.org/

Only problem with mozplugger is that there are no controls, it just plays. This is actually a benefit for me, because mplayerplug-in had many problems initializing videos, it would hang at 99%. I dunno it's just messed up, try mozplugger.

do you know if this works well with opera??

I dunno about mozplugger, but I know the original plugger DOES support opera:
http://fredrik.hubbe.net/plugger.html

I can't seem to get embedded media playing the way it should, not with MPlayer-plugin, nor with Mozplugger. What does work (for me) is the Firefox add-onn MediaPlayerConnectivity (in combination with the MPlayer-plugin).