Ok. I used yum to install mplayer rpm package. I have Redhat 9.0. I'm starting (I think) to configure and tweek it to the point where it is functional. However, playing streaming etc. videos via mozilla is different. When clicking video streams .wmv or .avi mozilla simply crashes. I've searched and seem this has been common with mplayer. What I've yet to find is some kind set of instructions to explain how to actually configure mplayer_plug-in for mozilla.

Do I need to cp mplayerplug-in.so into my ~.mozilla dir?
Etc..
If someone could show a link or give specific instructions for configuring the mplayer_plug-in I would appreciate it.

Use redhat 9.0
mplayer-1.0-0.20
mozilla 1.7.10

aboutlugins in mozilla shows mplayer_plug-in 2.85 enabled.

Feedback would be appreciated.

Thanks alot.

The only instructions I have ever seen for the plug in are on the plug ins homepage.

point your browser at www.google.com/linux, searchwords mplayer plugin. Somewhere on the first page of hits, you will find instruction, complete with examples for the config file.

Yeah, I know. It's just not specific enough.
I mean I remember getting detailed instructions for installing java in mozilla. But for some reason I can't find much for mplayer plugin. Which keeps on crashing.
I'm sure I probably need to copy or make sym links from moz lib directories to my ~mozilla etc. dirs but I don't want to simply play it by ear.

Great idea bigrigdriver, I'll check it out. I'm sure info is out there I just can't sift it out. That's the beauty of getting input from other minds.

Thanks, I'll see what I can find.

Reading (in more depth) this site:


"The mplayerplug-in.conf file can change the behavior of the plugin. Here are the options.
The config file can be located in 3 places:

$HOME/.mplayer/mplayerplug-in.conf
$HOME/.mozilla/mplayerplug-in.conf
/etc/mplayerplug-in.conf


These files are checked for existance and opened and the options are read. The options in the last read file supersedes the options set in the previous file. The read order of the files is:

/etc/mplayerplug-in.conf
$HOME/.mozilla/mplayerplug-in.conf
$HOME/.mplayer/mplayerplug-in.conf"

Well, my /etc/mplayerplug-in.conf file is completely commented out.
And, $HOME/.mozilla/mplayerplug-in.conf
$HOME/.mplayer/mplayerplug-in.conf
don't exist.
Could this be cause for problems?

First upgrade to mplayerplug-in 3.17 that should fix your crashing problem. Then watch any video.. the plugger testing site is linked under the testing page on the mplayerplug-in site.. Right click on the area of the window is where the video was played and choose configure. That should get you most of your configure options. Then if you need to edit it more. Edit the file in $HOME/.mplayer/mplayerplug-in.conf

Kevin

Thanks kdekorte. I was wondering if I had a old version of mplayer_plug-in.

My mplayer version is mplayer-1.0-0.20. Is this version up to date or should I upgrade this to. Just a question.

Also, I downloaded a rpm version of mplayer rather than compiling it from source. Would this make any difference?

Just another question?

Thanks.

Do you know of any 3.17 versions for Redhat 9.0. All I've found are versions for Fedora. (I know I need to upgrade to Fedora)

Also does anyone have any yum repositories they recommend?
I really want to use yum. I've had to many dependency nightmares using rpm.

Thanks.

For RedHat 9 I believe you can use the RHEL 3 repositories. But I'm not sure how many of those still exist. Some of the Fedora Core 1 repositories should work as well.

nick623, you should upgrade mplayer as well.. the current release is mplayer 1.0pre7 and even that is really old. Even the mplayer team recommends compiling mplayer from CVS.

Download lame-3.96-0.lvn.1.2.i686.rpm RPM from here and install it. You mozilla mplayer plugin problem will solve.