alan c wrote: > Michael wrote: >> alan c wrote: >>> I am happy to say that a neighbour of mine is using Kubuntu. I helped >>> choose the new machine (dell basic desktop) and set it all up, dual >>> boot. The neighbour trusts my judgement and the fact that I use it >>> (and not windows) and I can help with the PC anyway. >>> >>> However this is a certain type of situation. They are an ordinary very >>> non-technical PC user, with broadband for the first time, happy to use >>> Kubuntu (7.04) because I recommend it but are surrounded by most >>> friends and family who all use windows as you might expect. >>> >>> My real concern is that I am unable to configure the machine to 'just >>> work' for the obvious internet tit-bits of video such as bbc video, >>> ITV and Cannel 4 stuff - in fact most mainstream web page video stuff. >>> >>> Firefox is the important browser here - it is used in windows and >>> Kubuntu, and their friends and family can (and should) be using >>> firefox in windows. So I want to focus on firefox. Normal web >>> browsing. Click on a link and video window should open and play. >>> >>> My own internet use does not usually include such things apart from an >>> occasional BBC Click program, and anyway *I* am content to see 1) non >>> functioning firefox player window, then 2) click on 'use standalone >>> player' and then 3) see a download window then 4) to have a realplayer >>> window open, and then 5) manually resize it....... but I know this >>> will seem complicated and even a bit scary for this neighbour, even if >>> they can remember it all. They are likely of course to just use >>> windows and decry kubuntu. :-( >>> >>> I see in the ubuntu forums that there is a lot about firefox and bbc >>> realplayer streams, but I did not see an actual solution I could use. >>> >>> To summarise - I am looking for specifically firefox and (as example) >>> specifically BBC. >>> >>> My task is to get firefox working elegantly for such things. I will >>> need to get my own machine going ok for this first, then the dell. >>> I would be most grateful for help in this. >>> tia >>> >> Whilst not brilliantly elegant, one solution is to use the >> MediaPlayerConnectivity extension >> (https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/446). In the set-up >> wizard's drop-down menu entry for RealMedia, change the setting to >> "realplay (/usr/bin)". >> >> Having selected the required link, the familiar BBC embedded player >> window appears. Click on the icon and the link will open in RealPlayer. > > thanks it could be a useful option - but in my machine I get sound > from realplayer just now, and no picture. Maybe my realplayer > environment has been disturbed by the other actions in this thread?
sorted ok. I seemed to have realplayer installed twice in different places and after doing some cl renaming to '-old' and restarting the machine, and checking through the sound system, I get sound and video when using the connectivity plugin Great, thanks. (When real player windows starts, I see a couple of realplay icons in it not just one, so maybe I still have some duplication somewhere). -- alan cocks Kubuntu user#10391 -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
