ok, I have netscape 7.1, and I installed mplayer, and did the cvs update, installed codecs from the site and installed the plugin for use with netscape, but when ever I go to watch a streaming movie on the launch website, or gamespot to watch streaming movies , even if it looks like its going to load and the bar goes and it says connecting, or buffering, but never shows the video, is this a codec problem or more?

Run netscape from a terminal and see what output you get when the mplayer plugin is initialized. I've found the mplayer plugin to be flakey some times as well.

ohhhh, i got some fun stuff for you

Gdk-WARNING **: GdkWindow 0x26007b1 unexpectedly destroyed

Gdk-WARNING **: GdkWindow 0x26007b3 unexpectedly destroyed

Gdk-WARNING **: GdkWindow 0x26007b0 unexpectedly destroyed

Gdk-WARNING **: GdkWindow 0x26007af unexpectedly destroyed

Gdk-WARNING **: GdkWindow 0x26007ae unexpectedly destroyed

Gdk-WARNING **: GdkWindow 0x260078c unexpectedly destroyed

Gdk-WARNING **: GdkWindow 0x26006c2 unexpectedly destroyed

Gdk-WARNING **: GdkWindow 0x26006c1 unexpectedly destroyed

Gdk-WARNING **: GdkWindow 0x26006bd unexpectedly destroyed

Gtk-CRITICAL **: file gtkwidget.c: line 3824 (gtk_widget_set_events): assertion `!GTK_WIDGET_REALIZED ( widget)' failed.


went to gamespot.com, and the beginning movie in the videos section with the gamespot logo flashing up seemed to work correctly, however, when i click a video review to be streamed, it gives an advertisement (i can only hear audio saying the video review would play after a word from their sponcer) but then it fumbles with connecting to some random servers then stops altogether, with no network activity or harddrive activity and stays at a grey screen

try mplayerplug-in 2.60 or the current CVS. I have found that the site does work with that version.

If you have any other questions about mplayerplug-in visit the website or post on the mailing list and your problems will get solved quickly.

Kevin

Author mplayerplug-in

Sweet! We gots the author in here. Thanks Kevin.