Re: Problem Playing Movie Trailers & Clips

[Debian User Leonard Chatagnier <lenc@ruralcomm.com>]

Kent West wrote:

> Debian User Leonard Chatagnier wrote:
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> > Using Sarge stable with RealPlayer 10 Gold.  Can play audio/video
> > files with realplayer on all sites but
> > can't play movie trailers or clips(wmv format) on any site.  Have
> > tried my.yahoo.com, cnn.com and movie.com
> > and all I get is the usual player screen with a black background and
> > "no picture" in parenthesis in the center
> > of the player screen.  Have run media helper or change settings on the
> > sites that they're available and get the same
> > no picture whether selecting windows media player, realplayer or quick
> > time.  Have visited the Helix and Sourceforge
> > sites trying out all suggestions and installation tips with no
> > success.  I think I have all the necessary plugins and codecs.  Could
> > use any tip or trick to resolve this player problem.  Not subscribed
> > to list; please copy my email address on any replys.
> >    
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> I've started using the MediaPlayerConnectivity extension in Firefox; not
> a total solution, but enough for my needs.
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Hi Kent,

It's been awhile since we've talked.  Was hoping not to change browzer.
Just getting used to Mozilla now.  Looking for a plugin, nphelix.so or 
mplayerplug-in.so,
that's not in the right place.  Have a mixed Global-User installation on 
browser and realplayer
and thought may have a critical one not automatically installed in 
~/.mozilla/plugins or some
other required user directory.  Have come across other 
mplayerplug-in*.so and mplayerplug-in*.xpt
that are not in home directories such as:
   mplayerplug-in-gmp.so/xpt
   mplayerplug-in-qt.so/xpt
   mplayerplug-in-rm.so/xpt
   mplayerplug-in-wmp.so/xpt
Since the movie files that wont play have a *.wmv extension perhaps I 
need mplayerplug-in-wmp.so/xpt
plugin somewhere in my home directory.  Any comments or suggestions 
regarding the other mplayerplug-in-*?
Thanks for your thoughts,

Leonard