Re: Mozilla MPlayer Plugin

["John A. Sullivan III" <jsullivan@opensourcedevel.com>]

On Wed, 2010-07-14 at 10:22 +0200, tv.debian@googlemail.com wrote:
> Le 14/07/2010 05:04, T o n g wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > How can I install the MPlayer Plugin for Mozilla?
> >
> > $ apt-cache search mozilla mplayer
> > mozilla-mplayer - MPlayer-Plugin for Mozilla
> >
> > Since the 'mozilla-mplayer' is already obsolete, and there is no other
> > package I found doing this. I don't know what to do.
> >
> > Thanks
> >
> 
> Hi, "gecko-mediaplayer" is supposed to be the replacement, but several 
> other choices exist though vlc, totem or xine plugins.
> 
> 
I'll embarrass myself and expose my ignorance but why is mozilla-mplayer
obsolete? Thanks - John