Where is WM Player Plug-in (Omega has it)
Marcel Rieux
m.z.rieux at gmail.com
Mon Dec 21 05:37:13 UTC 2009
On Sun, Dec 20, 2009 at 11:02 PM, Ed Greshko <Ed.Greshko at greshko.com> wrote:
> Marcel Rieux wrote:
>> On Sun, Dec 20, 2009 at 10:07 PM, Ed Greshko
>>
>>
>>> In your original post you gave 2 URL's
>>>
>>> http://www.cbc.ca/video/#/Shows
>>>
>>> and
>>>
>>> http://www.radio-canada.ca/emissions/decouverte/2009-2010/archivage.asp
>>>
>>> The first link leads to videos that are flash. However, they are not
>>> directly played by the flash plugin. There is a wrapper around it
>>> called "v4.1.0.local 2009-09-03 7:59 PM" which appears not compatible
>>> with linux. I cannot play them and I don't have Omega to determine if
>>> it can.
>>>
>>
>> Omega can't play them either. As I can play Flash videos anywhere in
>> the world... if the tv broadcaster allows them to go outside the
>> county and unless a special home made plug-in is requested such as at
>> ABC.
>>
>> Do you have any idea can possibly be the use of such a wrapper, except
>> to prevent Linux from reading the videos?
>>
>>
>>> The second link contains several other links...which was referenced in
>>> Frank Murphy's response...and to which I replied. Therefore, all of my
>>> comments were based on Frank's response and dealt only with the second
>>> link. Those links are not being played by a flash player...but by
>>> gecko-mediaplayer.
>>>
>>
>> If tou go to Prefrences Applications, you see gecko-mediaplayer listed
>> for asf, asx and Windows Media??? I doubt it.
>>
>>
>>> FWIW, I don't have totem installed on my Fedora system. And, if you
>>> look you'd find that gecko-mediaplayer is "mplayer" with a new name.
>>>
>>
>> "Gecko Media Player is a browser plugin that uses GNOME MPlayer to
>> play media in a browser."
>>
>> http://kdekorte.googlepages.com/gecko-mediaplayer
>>
>> But, in the Preferences, Applications options, you sometimes have
>> mplayer, sometimes Gecko Media Player and sometimes GNOME Media
>> Player. If this is all the same, it's rather confusing. There's also a
>> MozPlugger option.
>>
>>
> From firefox's about:plugins
>
> Windows Media Player Plug-in
> File name: gecko-mediaplayer-wmp.so
> Gecko Media Player 0.9.8
>
> Video Player Plug-in for QuickTime, RealPlayer and Windows Media
> Player streams using MPlayer
>
> MIME Type Description Suffixes Enabled
> application/asx Media Files * Yes
> video/x-ms-asf-plugin Media Files * Yes
> video/x-msvideo AVI avi,* Yes
> video/msvideo AVI avi,* Yes
> application/x-mplayer2 Media Files * Yes
> application/x-ms-wmv Microsoft WMV video wmv,* Yes
> video/x-ms-asf Media Files asf,asx,* Yes
> video/x-ms-wm Media Files wm,* Yes
> video/x-ms-wmv Microsoft WMV video wmv,* Yes
> audio/x-ms-wmv Windows Media wmv,* Yes
> video/x-ms-wmp Windows Media wmp,* Yes
> application/x-ms-wmp Windows Media wmp,* Yes
> video/x-ms-wvx Windows Media wvx,* Yes
> audio/x-ms-wax Windows Media wax,* Yes
> audio/x-ms-wma Windows Media wma,* Yes
> application/x-drm-v2 Windows Media asx,* Yes
> audio/wav Microsoft wave file
> wav,* Yes
> audio/x-wav Microsoft wave file
> wav,* Yes
>
> As I said....
>
> Those videos play just fine on my F12 32 bit system. And mplayer is
> being used.
I believe you easily as I have exactly the same settings.
But, before the gecko entry, I also have:
MozPlugger 1.12.1 handles QuickTime and Windows Media Player Plugin
File name: nswrapper_64_64.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: Not found!
Helper binary: Not found!
Controller binary: Not found!
Link launcher binary: Not found!
MIME Type Description
Suffixes Enabled
(...)
application/x-mplayer2 Windows Media video * Yes
video/x-ms-asf Windows Media video asf,asx Yes
video/x-ms-wm Windows Media video wm Yes
video/x-ms-wmv Windows Media video wmv Yes
video/x-ms-wvx Windows Media video wvx Yes
video/x-ms-asf-plugin Window Media video * Yes
application/asx Windows Media video asx Yes
I already tried choosing other options than Mozplugger in Preferences
Applications and it. I just disabled MozPlugger and I'll see what
happens tomorrow.
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