[plug] Firefox helper applications.

[Shannon Carver]

Hi Jason,

With regards to your problem playing WMV9 files, if you do not have the
codec, you're best to the get the all-*.tar.bz2 fie from mplayerhq.hu (The
latest being 20060501.tar.bz2
(http://www.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/releases/codecs/all-20060501.tar.bz2) and
put it in the /usr/lib/win32 directory (Or appropriate directory for win32
codecs for your linux distribution).

I've used Debian/Slackware/Gentoo/Ubuntu and all use /usr/lib/win32, but I
seem to remember one using /usr/lib/wincodecs or something similar as
well.

The above file (12MB), is the most complete codec package I've found, and
it enables me to play basically all files (including quicktime mov's and
realplayer rm's) apart from asf's, of which are hardly important (to me)
anyway!

Hope that helps

Shannon Carver
shannon.carver at gmail.com
+61412216385

> At least totem-xine gave me some real information - I need a plugin for
> Video codec 'MS WMV 9 (win32)'. Unfortunately it doesn't tell me how to
> get the actual plugin. Synaptic says it has "* Automatic download of the
> Windows DLL plugins", but nothing automatic is happening at this end. It
> just tells me that I need it, and that I'm now free to click OK. Is my
> knowledge of installing plugins for applications sadly lacking?
>
> Jason
>
> Tomasz Grzegurzko wrote:
>
>> ubuntu-desktop is a metapackage for all the dependicies that make up
>> an "ubuntu-desktop" (gnome, firefox, the list goes on). I'd try
>> changing your firefox plugins, rather than removing software. Or
>> install totem-xine, which will probably work with most movies just
>> like vlc as a last ditch effort. I think VLC has a plugin these days
>> also, perhaps you can see what the state of that is.
>>
>> Tomasz
>>
>>
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