can't get mozilla to play .wmv files with mplayerplug-in

slzckboy · 12-09-2005, 09:45 AM

hi

as the title states mplayerplug-in dosn't start for .wmv or asx,asx files.
however It works ok for mpeg files in mozilla

When a .wmv file is encountered it tries to embed gxine into the webpage with instead of mplayer.
when i do help+about+plugins in mozilla it shows the plugin installed and avtive with the right associations for the correct suffixes etc?
any ideas?
ta

rj

ps

it works fine with konquer

/etc/mplayerplug-in.conf

Code:

#debug=0
vo=xv,x11
ao=arts,esd,oss
#download=1
#dload-dir=$HOME/tmp
#keep-download=0
#noembed=0
#cachesize=512
use-mimetypes=1
#enable-ogg=1
#enable-smil=1
#enable-helix=1
#qt-speed=med
#rtsp-use-tcp=0
#nomediacache=0
#framedrop=0
#autosync=0
#mc=1
#black-background=0
#user-agent=NSPlayer
enable-wmp=1

/etc/mplayerplug-in.types

Code:

video/mpeg:mpg,mpeg:MPEG;
video/x-ms-wmv:wmv:microsft wmv file;
video/x-ms-asf:asf,asx,wma,wax,wmv,wmx
audio/mpeg:mpg,mpeg:MPEG;
video/x-mpeg:mpg,mpeg:MPEG;
video/x-mpeg2:mpv2,mp2ve:MPEG2;
audio/mpeg:mpg,mpeg:MPEG;
audio/x-mpeg:mpg,mpeg:MPEG;
audio/mpeg2:mp2:MPEG audio;
audio/x-mpeg2:mp2:MPEG audio;
audio/mpeg3:mp3:MPEG audio;
audio/x-mpeg3:mp3:MPEG audio;
audio/mp3:mp3:MPEG audio;
video/mp4:mp4:MPEG 4 Video;
application/x-ogg:ogg:Ogg Vorbis Media;
audio/ogg:ogg:Ogg Vorbis Audio;
application/ogg:ogg:Ogg Vorbis / Ogg Theora;
video/fli:fli,flc:FLI animation;
video/x-fli:fli,flc:FLI animation;
video/vnd.vivo:viv,vivo:VivoActive;
application/x-nsv-vp3-mp3:nsv:Nullsoft Streaming Video;

Okie · 12-10-2005, 08:02 PM

some websites make imbedded multimedia work only for MS-Windows && Internet Explorer && Windows Media Player ONLY, just shows the shortsightedness of the webmasters, i have sent nasty emails to many webmasters telling them of this great injustice to the WorldWideWeb...

slzckboy · 12-14-2005, 05:39 AM

yeah.. i have had similar probs with non standard web content;ie non standard html code etc..which has upset mozilla/netscape and the like..

in this case though I'm not sure that thia is the issue as I can play said content in konqueror?!!

anyway.

I have made some progress and can now play quicktime/avi's etc with either mplayerplug-in.so or using mplayer as a helper application

however I am having problem with a particular site that states that I need the appropriate plugin.

mozilla says the media is of type applaication/x-mplayer2 and that I need an appropriate plugin to view it.

However when I look at the http header that the site is sending me,the content type is application/vnd.ms.wms-hdr.asfv1.

I have now put both mimes in /etc/mplayerplug-in.types,but mozilla still gives me the same error

slzckboy · 12-14-2005, 06:43 AM

ok..

found this with ngrep when the content works ok..

Code:

.wmv">..........   <param name="ShowStatusBar" value="false">..........   <param name=
  "DefaultFrame" value="mainFrame">..........   <embed type="application/x-mplayer2

so it seems mplayerplug-in.so will now work with this?!??