{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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