Hi all!

I have a question about Xine, and I wanted to know if anyone has had any success getting it to play Quicktime .mov files. On the Xine documentation page, it says it's possible by using the following method:
Now I have downloaded the "essential" mplayer codec pkg, but does anyone know how to "set decoder.external.win32_codecs_path in your xine config file accordingly"?

Please let me know.

Thanks for your time!

sax

shouldn't have to, just move the codecs to /usr/lib/win32 ( you'll probably have to create the directory) - note that you do not want to move the essential directory and all to /usr/lib/win32, just the codecs inside of it. xine and any xine based player will be able to use the new codecs.

Thanks for the quick reply!

I did that, actually there already was a /usr/lib/win32 directory, and after unpacking the files, I moved all the contents to this directory, but I didn't have time to test. I will have to do this when I get home tonight.

I know this is probably out of scope for the thread, but on a similar note, is there any way to get Firefox to play these files with clicking on a link that is linked to a .mov file that you are anyone knows?

Thanks again, for your time!

sax

this will vary from person to person, as some people swear by the xine plugins and some swear by the mplayer plug-in. ( this is an opinion) the gxine plugin IMO offers better control than the others. if you have gxine installed, look in /usr/lib/gxine ( or wherever the prefix of gxine is) for gxineplugin.so, either symlink or copy that lib into your $HOME/.mozilla/plugins directory and your good. the other plugins work the same ( put the .so plugin lib in the above directory). Also forgot to add the realplayer plugin, never used it but I heard it works ok.

Again, thanks for the quick reply!

I thought I posted a reply, but for some reason, it didn't quite make it to the board. I downloaded/installed gxine using slapt-get, which went fine. I then made the symlink and restarted Firefox and went a website that had a .mov file that I wanted to see if I could view, but unfortunately, this is the error I get:
Should I make another symlink to the /usr/lib/win32 directory to make sure gxine is seeing all the necessary codecs?

Thanks again for your time!

sax

what do you have in /usr/lib/win32 ( just a sample, you don't have to display the entire contents). once you put the codecs in /usr/lib/win32, any xine based player should use them automagically.

Sorry not to answer sooner; life gets in the way sometimes...

Here is the contents of my /usr/lib/win32 dir:

AvidQTAVUICodec.qtx cook3260.dll msh261.drv vgpix32d.dll
BeHereiVideo.qtx ddnt.so.6.0 msms001.vwp vid_3ivX.xa
CLRVIDDC.DLL dnet.so.6.0 msnaudio.acm vivog723.acm
CtWbJpg.DLL drv2.so.6.0 msscds32.ax vmnc.dll
DECVW_32.DLL drv3.so.6.0 msvidc32.dll voxmsdec.ax
LCMW2.dll drv33260.dll mvoiced.vwp vp31vfw.dll
LCODCCMW2E.dll drv4.so.6.0 nsrt2432.acm vp4vfw.dll
LCodcCMP.dll drv43260.dll pclepim1.dll vp5vfw.dll
QuickTime.qts drvc.so pncrt.dll vp6vfw.dll
QuickTimeEssentials.qtx dspr.so.6.0 qpeg32.dll vssh264.dll
QuickTimeInternetExtras.qtx iac25_32.ax qtmlClient.dll vssh264core.dll
VDODEC32.dll iccvid.dll rt32dcmp.dll vssh264dec.dll
ViVD2.dll icmw_32.dll scg726.acm vsslight.dll
acelpdec.ax imc32.acm sipr.so.6.0 vsswlt.dll
alf2cd.acm ir32_32.dll sipr3260.dll win32
aslcodec_dshow.dll ir41_32.dll sp5x_32.dll wma9dmod.dll
aslcodec_vfw.dll ir50_32.dll tm20dec.ax wmadmod.dll
asusasv2.dll ivvideo.dll tokf.so.6.0 wmsdmod.dll
asusasvd.dll jp2avi.dll tokr.so.6.0 wmspdmod.dll
ativcr2.dll lhacm.acm tokr3260.dll wmv9dmod.dll
atrac3.acm lsvxdec.dll tsccvid.dll wmvadvd.dll
atrc.so.6.0 m3jp2k32.dll tsd32.dll wmvdmod.dll
atrc3260.dll mi-sc4.acm tssoft32.acm wnvplay1.dll
clrviddd.dll msadp32.acm tvqdec.dll wnvwinx.dll
cook.so msg711.acm ubv263d+.ax
cook.so.6.0 msgsm32.acm vdowave.drv

If you happen to see anything missing, please let me know.

Thanks for your time!

sax