Playing quicktime movies on Firefox

Colin Paul Adams colin at colina.demon.co.uk
Sat Jul 25 19:12:23 UTC 2009


>>>>> "Colin" == Colin Paul Adams <colin at colina.demon.co.uk> writes:

>>>>> "Frank" == Frank Murphy <frankly3d at gmail.com> writes:
    Frank> On 25/07/09 19:55, Colin Paul Adams wrote:
    >>> There's a webpage at:
    >>> 
    >>> http://www.odonatacentral.org/index.php/GalleryAction.movie?movie=libellula-croceipennis%28hlf%29.mov&scientific_name=Libellula%20croceipennis&common_name=Neon%20Skimmer
    >>> 


 Frank>Plays fine with Totem

    Colin> Thanks Frank.  rpm -q totem tells me I have it
    Colin> installed. If I look in Firefox preferences, against
    Colin> quicktime video (and many other video formats), it says:

    Colin> Use MozPlugger 1.12.1 handles QuickTime and Windows Media
    Colin> Player Plugin (in Firefox)

    Colin> I don't know anything about MozPlugger - is it supposed to
    Colin> invoke totem? The dropdown gives one alternative (Use Movie
    Colin> Player (default)). Does this mean totem? I'm going to try
    Colin> it and see if it works.

It doesn't. Just like with MozPlugger, I get a big black square.
-- 
Colin Adams
Preston Lancashire




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