{fixed} Re: wmv files
Lokrin
redhat at lokrin.net
Tue Aug 2 07:15:04 UTC 2005
Dotan Cohen wrote:
>On 8/2/05, Lokrin <redhat at lokrin.net> wrote:
>
>
>> I am using FC2 and Firefox 1.0.3
>>
>> I can download a wmv file and it opens in Totem fine, but I have to right
>>click and download the file. Otherwise I get a message for CLICK HERE TO
>>DOWNLOAD PLUGIN and it is unable to find a suitable plugin.
>>
>> Can I convince firefox to use totem as a plugin for these files?
>>
>> Following is the webpage code (reformatted for visibility, was one straight
>>line):
>>
>> <
>> embed
>> type="application/x-mplayer2"
>>pluginspage="http://www.microsoft.com/Windows/MediaPlayer/"
>> name="mediaplayer1"
>> EnableContextMenu="false"
>> autostart="true"
>> width="320"
>> height="265"
>> transparentstart="1"
>> loop="0"
>> controller="true"
>> src="http://subdomain.domain.tld/videos/file.wmv" <=
>>changed by Lokrin
>>
>>
>></embed>
>>
>>
>>
>
>You can use mplayer:
>http://www.fedorafaq.org/#browsermovies
>
>If you are bent on totem, them search yum, there is probably something similar.
>
>Dotan Cohen
>http://lyricslist.com/lyrics/artist_albums/389/osbourne_ozzy.php
>Osbourne, Ozzy Song Lyrics
>
>
>
ok, I was able to re-associate links to open in mplayer. However the
webpages still gave me a missing plugin error. So I did an apt-get
mplayerplug-in and then searched for the .so file and copied it over to
the default firefox plugin folder. Now it works! Thanks.
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