Can't get CNN video sound ??
Craig White
craigwhite at azapple.com
Thu Jul 3 19:51:15 UTC 2008
On Thu, 2008-07-03 at 15:08 -0400, William Case wrote:
> Hi;
>
> I am somewhat of a media newbie. In F8 I was able to setup/get sound
> with videos. YouTube and CNN for example, remain silent for me in F9.
>
> I know I probably need a plugin; in F8 out of frustration I just
> downloaded mp3 -- I think.
>
> 1) how do I get sound for youtube and CNN?
>
> FireFox about says I have the following plugins;
>
> File name: nswrapper_32_64.libflashplayer.so
> Shockwave Flash 9.0 r124
>
> File name: libtotem-basic-plugin.so
> The Totem 2.23.2 plugin handles video and audio streams.
>
> File name: libtotem-complex-plugin.so
> The Totem 2.23.2 plugin handles video and audio streams.
>
> File name: libtotem-cone-plugin.so
> The Totem 2.23.2 plugin handles video and audio streams.
>
> File name: libtotem-gmp-plugin.so
> The Totem 2.23.2 plugin handles video and audio streams.
>
> File name: libtotem-mully-plugin.so
> DivX Web Player version 1.4.0.233
>
> File name: libtotem-narrowspace-plugin.so
> The Totem 2.23.2 plugin handles video and audio streams.
>
> File name: librhythmbox-itms-detection-plugin.so
> This plug-in detects the presence of iTunes when opening iTunes
> Store URLs in a web page with Firefox.
>
> File name: gcjwebplugin.so
> The GCJ Web Browser Plugin (using IcedTea) executes Java
> applets.
>
> File name: npwrapper.so
> nspluginwrapper is a cross-platform NPAPI plugin viewer, in
> particular for linux/i386 plugins.
> This is beta software available under the terms of the GNU
> General Public License.
>
> 2) More generally, how does one go about determining what plugin, file
> or codec one needs when confronted with a video, sound, movie etc. that
> won't play?
>
> So far, I have just been randomly downloading stuff until it works, or,
> taking suggestions from people who seem to know, but not being able to
> really figure it out for myself.
----
1 - install libflashsupport - you needed it on F8 too, you just must
have forgotten
2 - try going to 'about:config' in Firefox and setting...
browser.download.hide_plugins_without_exentsions false
which should allow you to configure applications in "Edit =>
Preferences"
Craig
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