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> > Message from Steven
> > ===================
> > > How do I install and use the mplayer plugins from
> > > linuxpackages when firefox is in its own directory?
> >
> > Please tell us the exact name of the directory
> > your firefox is in.  And list the names of the
> > subdirectories in your main firefox directory.

/firefox-1.5.0.12/components and /plugins.

I first got mplayerplug-in 2.66 from linuxpackages, which unpackaged to 
one .so file in /plugins and one .xpt file in /components, and I copied 
those to /firefox*/plugins and ./components.

about:plugins did not list mplayer plugin.

I downloaded and unpackaged mplayerplug-in 3.31 from linuxpackages.net 
(which I think you said you used) and it produced 5 so and 5 xpt files, 
which I copied to firefox (as instructed by the mozilla plugins 
documentation for linux).

Now when I run firefox, on exit I see that these libraries require GTK2, 
so I deleted 3.31 and replaced with 2.66.  Steven, didn't you say you got 
version 3.31 and also that you chose Firefox 1.5 to avoid gtk2?

about:plugins did not list mplayer plugin.

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A clue to the problem:

I copied mplayer plugin version 2.66 to Firefox 1.0.5.12 in Slackware 11 
and when I type about:plugins I see mplayer 2.66 listed (and it also 
supports Quicktime and Windows Media Player).

I also have firefox 1.5.0.7 installed, and about:plugins and the plugins 
directory both agree on what plugs it has (not mplayer).  /usr/bin/firefox 
/usr/lib/mozilla/plugins.....  Maybe something in one of these directories 
is needed for firefox plugins to actually work?

I copied the two files to seamonkey 1.1.15 (also in its own directory) in 
Slackware 11 and mplayer is again listed as a plugin.  I also have a 
version of seamonkey (1.0.5) installed.  But the plugins are in the 
self-contained seamonkey 1.1.15 directory.

Should I try installing seamonkey or firefox in BL2?