Need help with mplayer plugin for firefoxForum: Multimedia Topic: Need help with mplayer plugin for firefox started by: -Demosthenes- Posted by -Demosthenes- on June 24 2006,05:43
Can someone help me install the mplayer plug-in for firefox? I'm rather lost.
Posted by kerry on June 24 2006,06:16
You just use the dsl browser to install mplayer and mplayer-plugin. Then you have to copy the plugins from /opt/firefox/plugins to /usr/local/firefox/plugins. then just type about:plugins in firefox address bar to check there installed.
Posted by -Demosthenes- on June 24 2006,06:37
I have the mplayer tar.bz2 file, I can find out how to compress it and install it, but what are the dependencies? What other packages will I need to use the plug-in, the watch the movies on the internet?Edit, I unzipped the file, but I'm not quite sure how to install it. I tried "installpkg Mplayer... .tar" but that didn't work. Posted by kerry on June 24 2006,06:46
You don't have to do all that. click on the mydsl icon>multimeda section, then just scroll dowm to mplayer and click on it> then click on download. that's it, it will be installed. and while your at it click on the apps section> rox.dsl so you can have a icon based file manager(like windows)
Posted by -Demosthenes- on June 24 2006,07:02
About:plugins said that I didn't have the plugins installed. Could the folder for my plugins be different than what you were thinking? BTM, you have been extremely helpful so far, thanks a lot. I didn't even know about MyDSL!Edit: I tried puting them in ~/.mozilla/plugins, but that didn't work either. Edit #2: It seems firefox says: "# Copy mplayerplug-in.so to your Mozilla plugins folder, and mplayerplug-in.xpt to your Mozilla components folder." at < http://plugindoc.mozdev.org/linux.html#mplayer. > One problem, my ~/.Mozilla on my computer has no "components" folder for mplayer-in.xpt. Something to do with what they said next ??: " If you are not using a build of Mozilla compiled with GTK2 support, you will need to run configure with --enable-gtk1." I don't know. Posted by kerry on June 24 2006,07:19
did you read my post above i tell you exactly what goes where. did you grab the rox plugin? use run program sudo rox to get rox with root privelages to move the plugins. just open 2 rox and drag and drop.
Posted by -Demosthenes- on June 24 2006,07:49
The two files in /opt/firefox/plugins have a picture of the word "error" as their icon. Is this bad?Edit: I have a good copy of those files in another folder, so it's okay. But it says I don't have the permission to move them, how do you become super user when not in a terminal? Posted by kerry on June 24 2006,07:57
man, are you reading what i write?what file manager are you using? If you see a icon i'm guessing your using rox. right click the desktop>run program, now type> sudo rox this will give you root previlages to move the files where they need to go. Posted by -Demosthenes- on June 24 2006,08:00
I'm trying :PI'm pretty sure I'm in Rox now. Posted by kerry on June 24 2006,08:02
right click the desktop>run program, now type> sudo roxthis will give you root previlages to move the files where they need to go. Posted by -Demosthenes- on June 24 2006,08:09
I put them exactly where you said, but they just aren't showing up in "about:plugins" unless I need to reboot for it to take effect. Posted by kerry on June 24 2006,09:48
try to install the mplayer-plugin.dsl again. you said earlier they were errors, so it might not have installed right. when you go to /opt to get the plugins click on the eye icon and copy the plugins in the hidden folder instead of the links.
Posted by -Demosthenes- on June 24 2006,18:12
Okay, except, what is the eye icon, and how do you copy the links? Was I doing that before? Edit: I looked in the about:plugins page, it has this: "FutureSplash Player" - that's not it is it? If it is videos I'm trying to watch aren't working yet. Posted by -Demosthenes- on June 24 2006,19:31
Wait, there is a window there for the movie, just no video.
Posted by kerry on June 24 2006,20:12
did you install the codec.dsl? my bag, the old rox has what looks like little x's that to view hidden. future splash is the flash plugin. when you unhide you will see firefox(links) and firefox_plugins(real exec) drag the ones in firefox_plugins to another window were you have /usr/local/firefox/plugins open.
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