LinuxQuestions.org
Download your favorite Linux distribution at LQ ISO.
Go Back   LinuxQuestions.org > Forums > Linux Forums > Linux - Newbie
User Name
Password
Linux - Newbie This Linux forum is for members that are new to Linux.
Just starting out and have a question? If it is not in the man pages or the how-to's this is the place!

Notices


Reply
  Search this Thread
Old 03-08-2005, 12:30 AM   #1
RichMan1
LQ Newbie
 
Registered: Mar 2005
Location: New Orleans, LA
Distribution: Fedora Core 3
Posts: 20

Rep: Reputation: 0
Re: MPlayer Plugin has no Sound


Dear All:

Thank you for being so prompt in responding to my questions! Anyways, I extracted the mplayerplug-in-2.80.tar.gz into my /home folder, but then moved it with the "mv" command to my firefox plugins directory, so it works, but there is no sound! Should I have not installed it from the tarball?

Sincerely,
Richard
 
Old 03-08-2005, 12:44 AM   #2
ksgill
Senior Member
 
Registered: Apr 2003
Location: Toronto, Canada
Distribution: Ubuntu Jaunty (9.04)
Posts: 1,044

Rep: Reputation: 45
1. Extract source.
2. Run ./configure.
3. Run make.
4. Copy mplayerplug-in.so to your Mozilla plugins folder, and mplayerplug-in.xpt to your Mozilla components folder.

You extracted the source to your home folder but didnt make the plugin. Issue the above commands in the terminal/console/shell, after the third step you will have a file called something like this: mplayerplug-in.so. Move this in plugins directory and restart the browser.

Good Luck
 
Old 03-08-2005, 01:04 AM   #3
RichMan1
LQ Newbie
 
Registered: Mar 2005
Location: New Orleans, LA
Distribution: Fedora Core 3
Posts: 20

Original Poster
Rep: Reputation: 0
Thank you, but I'm new, so I'm sorry for being so dense: I typed "./configure" or "make" after logging in as root, and it says "bash: no such file or directory". Is there something I'm supposed to do after typing "su" and then my password?

Sincerely,
Richard
 
Old 03-08-2005, 01:15 AM   #4
ksgill
Senior Member
 
Registered: Apr 2003
Location: Toronto, Canada
Distribution: Ubuntu Jaunty (9.04)
Posts: 1,044

Rep: Reputation: 45
Create a separate directory for mplayer plugin tar file, like this:

mkdir plugin (make sure you know where it is, for example: /home/plugin)

mv /home/mplayerplug-in-2.80.tar.gz /home/plugin

cd /home/plugin

tar xzvf mplayerplug-in-2.80.tar.gz

cd mplayerplug-in-2.80 (or whatever the directory name is for extracted files)

./configure
make............and so on. Do all these as root i.e go in shell, type su and then your password.

Last edited by ksgill; 03-08-2005 at 01:18 AM.
 
Old 03-08-2005, 01:46 AM   #5
RichMan1
LQ Newbie
 
Registered: Mar 2005
Location: New Orleans, LA
Distribution: Fedora Core 3
Posts: 20

Original Poster
Rep: Reputation: 0
I get the following after typing "./configure":

checking for g++... no
checking for c++... no
checking for gpp... no
checking for aCC... no
checking for CC... no
checking for cxx... no
checking for cc++... no
checking for cl... no
checking for FCC... no
checking for KCC... no
checking for RCC... no
checking for xlC_r... no
checking for xlC... no
checking for C++ compiler default output file name... configure: error: C++ compiler cannot create executables
See `config.log' for more details.

Geez what now? Thank you.

Sincerely,
Richard
 
Old 03-08-2005, 02:02 AM   #6
KimVette
Senior Member
 
Registered: Dec 2004
Location: Lee, NH
Distribution: OpenSUSE, CentOS, RHEL
Posts: 1,794

Rep: Reputation: 46
You need to install the G++ compiler.
 
Old 03-08-2005, 02:18 AM   #7
RichMan1
LQ Newbie
 
Registered: Mar 2005
Location: New Orleans, LA
Distribution: Fedora Core 3
Posts: 20

Original Poster
Rep: Reputation: 0
Thank you, but how do I install G++? What is the name of the program that I use apt-get install for? And will that take care of everything on that list of errors that popped out of my terminal, or just that first one, and finally, how come I didn't have this problem when installing the plugin for RealPlayer?

Sincerely,
Richard
 
Old 03-08-2005, 02:35 AM   #8
KimVette
Senior Member
 
Registered: Dec 2004
Location: Lee, NH
Distribution: OpenSUSE, CentOS, RHEL
Posts: 1,794

Rep: Reputation: 46
You didn't encounter that with Realplayer because Real does not ship source - only the compiled binaries.
 
Old 03-08-2005, 11:00 AM   #9
ksgill
Senior Member
 
Registered: Apr 2003
Location: Toronto, Canada
Distribution: Ubuntu Jaunty (9.04)
Posts: 1,044

Rep: Reputation: 45
Quote:
Originally posted by RichMan1
Thank you, but how do I install G++? What is the name of the program that I use apt-get install for? And will that take care of everything on that list of errors that popped out of my terminal, or just that first one, and finally, how come I didn't have this problem when installing the plugin for RealPlayer?
gcc is the name of the package. You can also get it here as rpm package:
http://rpmfind.net/linux/rpm2html/se...&system=&arch=
 
Old 03-11-2005, 08:11 PM   #10
pongmaster
Member
 
Registered: Jul 2004
Location: London, England
Distribution: Mandrake 10.1
Posts: 300

Rep: Reputation: 30
I don't know if you've got this sorted by now, but I had the same problem with FC3 and the mplayer/mozilla plugin and no sound.
I resolved it by copying all of the win32codec files from /usr/local/lib/codecs to /usr/lib/win32.

Sound now works from the mplayer plugin for me in FC3, and I didn't have to uninstall mplayer.

There's an easier way to install mplayer in FC3; use 'yum'.
You can get a good overview of installing all your browser plugins through yum on this page: http://www.fedorafaq.org/

HTH.
 
  


Reply


Thread Tools Search this Thread
Search this Thread:

Advanced Search

Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

BB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is Off
HTML code is Off



Similar Threads
Thread Thread Starter Forum Replies Last Post
mplayer-plugin no sound ?? memo007 Linux - Software 1 09-11-2005 10:46 PM
no sound with mplayer plugin cliff76 Linux - Newbie 21 03-22-2005 11:28 AM
No sound in mplayer or mplayer firefox plugin case1984 Linux - Newbie 1 01-21-2005 01:58 AM
MPlayer / Mplayer Plugin no Sound apjonesy Linux - Software 5 08-06-2004 05:27 AM
sound mplayer plugin Mozilla alucard2 Linux - Software 4 03-22-2004 12:16 AM

LinuxQuestions.org > Forums > Linux Forums > Linux - Newbie

All times are GMT -5. The time now is 06:47 PM.

Main Menu
Advertisement
My LQ
Write for LQ
LinuxQuestions.org is looking for people interested in writing Editorials, Articles, Reviews, and more. If you'd like to contribute content, let us know.
Main Menu
Syndicate
RSS1  Latest Threads
RSS1  LQ News
Twitter: @linuxquestions
Open Source Consulting | Domain Registration