How to install Windows Codecs in firefox for MPLAYER

[Andras Simon]

On 8/21/06, Phil <plabonte at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Fedora Core 5
>
> I am trying to play two types of files:
> Movie trailers from Apple and streaming radio in WMV format.
>
> I downloaded and istalled the codecs from the MPLAYER site and installed
> them in the appropirate folder...
>
> ONce that is done will or should I be able to use firefox to see the video?
> or do I still have to download the video locally or search throught the html
> source to get the link to the file?

You also need the mplayer plugin package available from the livna repo.

mplayerplug-in.i386                      3.25-1.lvn5            livna
Matched from:
mplayerplug-in
MPlayer plugin for Mozilla compatible browsers
This package contains a Mozilla browser plugin that makes it possible
to use the MPlayer movie player in Mozilla compatible browsers.

HTH

Andras