To get round this I just disable the use of the firefox plugin for viewing certain types of file using the following :-
Preferences - Downloads - Plugins , then tick or untick depending on wether you want the plugin to hand it. This allows you to click the link and then when the dialogue comes up ask it to open the file in you desired application, I use totem.
With regards to the win32codes just download them from the MPlayer codecs site and extract the files into /usr/lib/win32.
If you file a bug for this could you post the number so we can all check it out.
Cheers,
Dave
On 10/7/05, Nick Mcmahon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Hi Baza,
i also am usuing 5.10 and some media files do not work for me,
i have followed the advice from ubuntuguide but still some arn't
displayed properly, a semi-solution i have found is to right click 'save
link as' and view from the desktop or head directly to the media file
(ie http://www.foo.com/foo.wmv) stop firefox, and save the file like
that i mostly get problems with: .Mov - they play for less than a second
then the plugin greys out, .WMA - they dont play at all (which is
understandable as w32codecs are no longer in the repo i dont think) and
when downloaded i usually only get audio. ill keep a closer eye on what
happens if you post a link to the bug you file i might be able to add to
it and help them out.
Although i had the problem in 5.04 too
Nick McMahon
Baza wrote:
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> On 7 Oct 2005, at 15:12, Baza wrote:
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>> Hi, before I file a bug report can I just check it's not juts me
>> having this problem. Is anyone else failing to play some video media
>> clips with the mplayer for firefox? On the BBC site I can't play the
>> news clips.
>>
>> Baza
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> I forgot to say, this is on Ubuntu 5.10, Breezy.
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