Viewing apple.com trailers

[Alex]

Hi all,

Some time ago I posted a message about having problems downloading
trailers from apple.com/trailers, and just wondered if anyone knows
now how to do this?

I can view them without a problem, but when choosing the download
option, it appears to download them, but immediately starts to play
them, but there is no video. There is only audio.

Here is an example:

http://trailers.apple.com/trailers/paramount/truegrit/

Perhaps there's a firefox plugin, or you know how to get something
like VLC to play them from the URL?

Thanks,
Alex

[Richard Shaw]

On Wed, Jan 5, 2011 at 9:46 AM, Alex <mysqlstudent(a)gmail.com&gt; wrote:

>  Hi,
>
>  >> It's just gecko-mediaplayer.  The file contains both the player and the
>  >> plugin.
>  >>
>  >> Also, you should uninstall Totem completely, since gecko-mediaplayer
>  does
>  >> everything it does and does it better.  I've never had good results with
>
>  Okay, the apple.com trailers are working properly now, but after
>  removing totem, totem-nautilus and totem-mozplugin, there appears to
>  be some functionality missing from firefox.
>
>  For example, gmail starts in "basic HTML" mode, like it doesn't have
>  support for more advanced javascript functionality, perhaps?
>
>  Did I uninstall a package that I should have? 

Did you only uninstall those packages or did some dependencies get pulled
in?

You could try "yum reinstall firefox" to see if that helps.

Richard

[Alex]

Hi,

> > It's just gecko-mediaplayer.  The file contains both the
> player and the
> > plugin.
> >
> > Also, you should uninstall Totem completely, since gecko-mediaplayer does
> > everything it does and does it better.  I've never had good results with 
Okay, the apple.com trailers are working properly now, but after
removing totem, totem-nautilus and totem-mozplugin, there appears to
be some functionality missing from firefox.

For example, gmail starts in "basic HTML" mode, like it doesn't have
support for more advanced javascript functionality, perhaps?

Did I uninstall a package that I should have?

Thanks,
Alex

[Alex]

Hi,

>  It's just gecko-mediaplayer.  The file contains both the player
> and the
>  plugin.
>
>  Also, you should uninstall Totem completely, since gecko-mediaplayer does
>  everything it does and does it better.  I've never had good results with 
Okay, I've done that, and the good news is that apple.com/trailers now
works as expected.

I also removed totem-mozplugin, totem, and totem-nautilus, and now
Firefox starts in offline mode and gmail says "viewing Gmail in basic
HTML" because my browser isn't supported.

I've restarted FF, disabled offline mode, and restarted again, and it
always starts in offline mode.

There's otherwise nothing wrong with my networking.

Ideas?
Thanks,
Alex

[Patrick Bartek]

--- On Sun, 1/2/11, Alex <mysqlstudent(a)gmail.com&gt; wrote:

>  >> Here is an example:
>  >>
>  >> http://trailers.apple.com/trailers/paramount/truegrit/
>  >>
>  >> Perhaps there's a firefox plugin, or you know how
>  to get something
>  >> like VLC to play them from the URL?
>  >
>  > Do you have all the required codecs? I use the
>  > gecko-mediaplayer-plugin and it downloads and starts
>  playing in a
>  > separate instance of gnome-mplayer just fine. I can
>  then right click
>  > the video and save it. Does it work differently for
>  you?
>  
>  I believe I have all the required codecs, but that is not
>  at all what
>  I'm experiencing. For me, there is no video, just audio. No
>  additional
>  window.
>  
>  Trying to find that plugin using yum, I see:
>  
>  Warning: No matches found for: gecko-mediaplayer-plugin 
It's just gecko-mediaplayer.  The file contains both the player and the plugin.

Also, you should uninstall Totem completely, since gecko-mediaplayer does everything it
does and does it better.  I've never had good results with Totem since I started using
Fedora--Fedora Core 3.  It took me until Fedora 9 to realize what the problem was.  Since
getting rid of Totem, everything works as it should without stuttering, freezing, and just
not working at all.


The above link works fine on my Fedora 12 64-bit system, Firefox 3.5.15.  Here are the
installed plugins as reported by about:plugins:

======

Shockwave Flash

    File name: libflashplayer.so
    Shockwave Flash 10.2 d161

IcedTea NPR Web Browser Plugin (using IcedTea6 1.8.3 (fedora-43.1.8.3.fc12-x86_64))

    File name: IcedTeaPlugin.so
    The IcedTea NPR Web Browser Plugin (using IcedTea6 1.8.3
(fedora-43.1.8.3.fc12-x86_64)) executes Java applets.

DivX Browser Plug-In

    File name: gecko-mediaplayer-dvx.so
    Gecko Media Player 1.0.0

    Video Player Plug-in for QuickTime, RealPlayer and Windows Media Player streams using
MPlayer

QuickTime Plug-in 7.6.4

    File name: gecko-mediaplayer-qt.so
    Gecko Media Player 1.0.0

    Video Player Plug-in for QuickTime, RealPlayer and Windows Media Player streams using
MPlayer

RealPlayer 9

    File name: gecko-mediaplayer-rm.so
    Gecko Media Player 1.0.0

    Video Player Plug-in for QuickTime, RealPlayer and Windows Media Player streams using
MPlayer

Windows Media Player Plug-in

    File name: gecko-mediaplayer-wmp.so
    Gecko Media Player 1.0.0

    Video Player Plug-in for QuickTime, RealPlayer and Windows Media Player streams using
MPlayer

mplayerplug-in is now gecko-mediaplayer 1.0.0

    File name: gecko-mediaplayer.so
    Gecko Media Player 1.0.0

    Video Player Plug-in for QuickTime, RealPlayer and Windows Media Player streams using
MPlayer

iTunes Application Detector

    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.

MozPlugger 1.12.1 handles QuickTime and Windows Media Player Plugin

    File name: mozplugger.so
    MozPlugger version 1.12.1, written by Fredrik Hübinette, Louis Bavoil and Peter
Leese.
    For documentation on how to configure mozplugger, check the man page. (type man
mozplugger)
    Configuration file:	/etc/mozpluggerrc
    Helper binary:	mozplugger-helper
    Controller binary:	mozplugger-controller
    Link launcher binary:	mozplugger-linker

======

This is the resource I use for my Fedora installs:

   http://www.mjmwired.net/resources/


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[Alex]

Hi,

>  If you just want to download it I found a little bash script[1] on
> the
>  web that does the trick quite nicely.
>
>  [1] http://linuxtidbits.wordpress.com/2009/08/30/download-apple-trailer-fix/ 
Ah, that's awesome, thanks.

Best,
Alex

[Alex]

Hi,

> > An rpm search for gecko only displays
> gecko-mediaplayer-1.0.0-1.fc13.x86_64.
> >
> > Other ideas greatly appreciated.
>
>  They are from rpmfusion since it uses mplayer as the backend. :) 
Hmm.. I have rpmfusion, though:

rpmfusion-free
rpmfusion-free-debuginfo
rpmfusion-free-updates
rpmfusion-free-updates-debuginfo
rpmfusion-nonfree
rpmfusion-nonfree-debuginfo
rpmfusion-nonfree-updates
rpmfusion-nonfree-updates-debuginfo

Am I missing one?

Thanks,
Alex

[Richard Shaw]

On Sun, Jan 2, 2011 at 12:48 PM, Alex <mysqlstudent(a)gmail.com&gt; wrote:
>  Hi all,
>
>  Some time ago I posted a message about having problems downloading
>  trailers from apple.com/trailers, and just wondered if anyone knows
>  now how to do this?
>
>  I can view them without a problem, but when choosing the download
>  option, it appears to download them, but immediately starts to play
>  them, but there is no video. There is only audio.
>
>  Here is an example:
>
>  http://trailers.apple.com/trailers/paramount/truegrit/
>
>  Perhaps there's a firefox plugin, or you know how to get something
>  like VLC to play them from the URL? 
If you just want to download it I found a little bash script[1] on the
web that does the trick quite nicely.

Richard

[1] http://linuxtidbits.wordpress.com/2009/08/30/download-apple-trailer-fix/

[Suvayu Ali]

On Sun, Jan 2, 2011 at 6:14 PM, Alex <mysqlstudent(a)gmail.com&gt; wrote:
>  Trying to find that plugin using yum, I see:
>
>  Warning: No matches found for: gecko-mediaplayer-plugin
>
>  An rpm search for gecko only displays gecko-mediaplayer-1.0.0-1.fc13.x86_64.
>
>  Other ideas greatly appreciated. 
They are from rpmfusion since it uses mplayer as the backend. :)


$ yum info gecko-mediaplayer
Name        : gecko-mediaplayer
Arch        : x86_64
Version     : 1.0.0
Release     : 1.fc13
Size        : 491 k
Repo        : installed
> From repo   : rpmfusion-free-updates 
Summary     : Gnome MPlayer
browser plugin
URL         : http://kdekorte.googlepages.com/gecko-mediaplayer
License     : GPLv2+
Description : Gecko Media Player is a browser plugin that uses GNOME MPlayer to
            : play media in a browser. It should work with all browsers on
            : Unix-ish systems(Linux, BSD, Solaris) and use the NS4 API
            : (Mozilla, Firefox, Opera, etc.).

-- 
Suvayu

Open source is the future. It sets us free.

[Alex]

Hi,

> > Here is an example:
> >
> > http://trailers.apple.com/trailers/paramount/truegrit/
> >
> > Perhaps there's a firefox plugin, or you know how to get something
> > like VLC to play them from the URL?
>
>  Do you have all the required codecs? I use the
>  gecko-mediaplayer-plugin and it downloads and starts playing in a
>  separate instance of gnome-mplayer just fine. I can then right click
>  the video and save it. Does it work differently for you? 
I believe I have all the required codecs, but that is not at all what
I'm experiencing. For me, there is no video, just audio. No additional
window.

Trying to find that plugin using yum, I see:

Warning: No matches found for: gecko-mediaplayer-plugin

An rpm search for gecko only displays gecko-mediaplayer-1.0.0-1.fc13.x86_64.

Other ideas greatly appreciated.
Thanks,
Alex

[Suvayu Ali]

On Sun, Jan 2, 2011 at 10:48 AM, Alex <mysqlstudent(a)gmail.com&gt; wrote:
>  I can view them without a problem, but when choosing the download
>  option, it appears to download them, but immediately starts to play
>  them, but there is no video. There is only audio.
>
>  Here is an example:
>
>  http://trailers.apple.com/trailers/paramount/truegrit/
>
>  Perhaps there's a firefox plugin, or you know how to get something
>  like VLC to play them from the URL?
>  
Do you have all the required codecs? I use the
gecko-mediaplayer-plugin and it downloads and starts playing in a
separate instance of gnome-mplayer just fine. I can then right click
the video and save it. Does it work differently for you?

-- 
Suvayu

Open source is the future. It sets us free.

[Alex]

Hi,

> > Okay, the apple.com trailers are working properly now, but after
> > removing totem, totem-nautilus and totem-mozplugin, there appears to
> > be some functionality missing from firefox.
> >
> > For example, gmail starts in "basic HTML" mode, like it doesn't have
> > support for more advanced javascript functionality, perhaps?
> >
> > Did I uninstall a package that I should have?
>
>  Did you only uninstall those packages or did some dependencies get pulled
>  in?
>  You could try "yum reinstall firefox" to see if that helps. 
Okay, I think it's working properly now. I think it was a combination
of reinstalling firefox and realizing that I had to logout of gmail
then back in for it to display properly that made it all work again.

Thanks!
Alex