Re: Video in mozilla/firefox

[Jan Willem Stumpel <jstumpel@planet.nl>]

jdkaye10@yahoo.es wrote:
> Jan Willem Stumpel wrote:
>>This may be a very old FAQ, and if so, my apologies.
>>
>>For several months now, I have been unable to watch video streams
>>from most sites (including e.g. cnn.com) using mozilla/firefox +
>>mozilla-mplayer. The stream seems to connect, plays for about 1/3
>>of a second, then stops, then starts all over again, does the same
>>thing.
>>[..]
> 
> Hi Jan,
> I'm using firefox 2.0 on a Debian Etch box. I tested the cnn site you
> mentioned and watched a couple of videos there with no problem. The site
> complainde that I didn't have the latest version of the WMP but allowed me
> to carry on anyway. Then the videos came up with no problem and played to
> completion normally. I'm using the 3.31. You might want to check your
> about:plugins in your firefox browser. (Just enter that in the address
> band) and you should see an entry like this:
> Windows Media Player Plugin
> 
>     File name: mplayerplug-in-wmp.so
>     mplayerplug-in 3.31

Ι see exactly the same thing in about:plugins.

  Windows Media Player Plugin

    File name: mplayerplug-in-wmp.so
    mplayerplug-in 3.31

    Video Player Plug-in for QuickTime, RealPlayer and Windows
    Media Player streams using MPlayer
    JavaScript Enabled and Using GTK2 Widgets

So it seems the problem is somewhere else..

Regards, Jan