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Old 12-26-2009, 12:52 PM   #1
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How to play divx movies in firefox "ubuntu 8.10"


hello everyone,

is there a way to play divx movies in firefox?

tanx
 
Old 12-26-2009, 02:26 PM   #2
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Yes mplayer+geckomediaplayer

Take a look at: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/RestrictedFormats
 
Old 12-26-2009, 03:00 PM   #3
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tanx for the reply, i found out why it wasn't playing i had mplayerplug-in but i also had totem and vlc plug-ins installed, once i removed them, the videos worked.
i found a great how to on this topic: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=766683
hope it will help others with the same problem.
cheers,
 
  


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