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  • From: Arwed von Merkatz <v.merkatz AT gmx.net>
  • To: sm-discuss AT lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: Re: [SM-Discuss] MPlayer plug-in
  • Date: Wed, 14 Jan 2004 23:53:23 +0100

On Wed, Jan 14, 2004 at 11:25:04PM +0100, Arwed von Merkatz wrote:
> On Wed, Jan 14, 2004 at 10:09:16PM -0000, evraire AT tuwg.com wrote:
> > Is it just me, or does the MPlayer plug-in not work? When I try to
> > view an embedded QuickTime file, the mplayerplug-in says "Downloading
> > playlist..." (or something similar), then "Playing firstMovie.mov", but
> > it doesn't. That's all I see.
> >
> > Other than mplayerplug-in, is there any other way to view embedded
> > movies on the web, perhaps based on xine?
> >
> > Jonathan Evraire
> > evraire at tuwg.com
>
> For the mplayerplug-in, check your config in
> ~/.mplayer/mplayerplug-in.conf, it really should work, make sure the
> config has a reasonable cachesize (cachesize=256 is mine).
> You can try gxine, that includes a mozilla plugin, though i haven't
> tried it recently.

Ok, did some tests, most of the trailers don't work with mplayerplug-in
(some do). All of them work with the gxine plugin, but that doesn't
display the video embedded in the page, it opens a gxine window and
plays it.
No need to try the vlc plugin, that's still broken for quicktime.

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Arwed v. Merkatz
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