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mplayerplug-in package

mozilla-mplayer-3.17 doesn't play embedded videos with mozilla browser

Bug #59917 reported by Leonard Chatagnier on 2006-09-11

This bug report is a duplicate of: Bug #48424: Mplayer plugin doesn't work in mozilla. Edit Remove

Affects		Status	Importance	Assigned to	Milestone
	mplayerplug-in (Ubuntu)	New	Undecided	Unassigned

Bug Description

Binary package hint: mozilla-mplayer

Mozilla-mplayer-3.17(mplayerplug-in) will not play any embedded videos using mozilla browser(not firefox). Yet, the same embedded videos play using firefox and swiftfox. I'm using Kubuntu Dapper-6.0.6-1 fully updated. The exact error message is upon clicking a blue-green icon in the middle of the mplayerplug-in player screen: "Title: Default Plugin-This page contains information of a type(application/x-mplayer2) that can only be viewed with the appropriate Plug-in." If another video type is attempted, the message is the same only the info in parenthesis changes to fit the video type attempting to play. This issue dates back to Debian-Sid and has been persistent. I think the issue began when Debian began supporting firefox(at the expense of mozilla browser) and lies in Ari Pollak's hands.
This issues has ben posted(several times) on Debian, Ubuntu, Kubuntu, mplayer, mplayerplug-in-develop user lists and in mozillaxine forum with no solution forthcoming .
Ubuntu/Kubuntu should consider fixing this issue so that users of the so-called userfriendly distro may use the browser of their choice without problems.
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Caroline Ford (secretlondon) wrote on 2006-09-27:

A fix has been released - 3.17 is an old version.

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Leonard Chatagnier (lenc5570) wrote on 2006-09-27: Re: [Bug 59917] Re: mozilla-mplayer-3.17 doesn't play embedded videos with mozilla browser

Hello Caroline,

Appreciate the info in this email from you. However,
for my purposes, you left out any reference to the
solution(a fix has been released) to the problem. I
would really appreciate any references regarding the
fix/solution to the problem I have. And thanks so much
for people like you who do all the support effort
behind the scenes on a voluntary basis.

--- Caroline Ford <email address hidden>
wrote:

> *** This bug is a duplicate of bug 48424 ***
>
> A fix has been released - 3.17 is an old version.
>
> ** This bug has been marked a duplicate of bug 48424
> Mplayer plugin doesn't work in mozilla
>
> --
> mozilla-mplayer-3.17 doesn't play embedded videos
> with mozilla browser
> https://launchpad.net/bugs/59917
>

Leonard Chatagnier
<email address hidden>

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Caroline Ford (secretlondon) wrote on 2006-09-28: Re: [Bug 59917] Re: mozilla-mplayer-3.17 doesn't play embedded videos with mozilla browser

Run Update Manager and it will give you the options upgrading your
packages.

I see from
(http://www.nabble.com/Embedded-Videos-Still-Wont-Play-In-Mozilla-Browser-tf2206265.html) that you use Kubuntu and that this is a long standing problem for you.

If running Update Manager doesn't help open a support request here -
https://launchpad.net/distros/ubuntu/+addticket and we'll help you
further. Make sure you post a link to this bug in your support ticket so
so the support team can see the underlying issue.

On Wed, 2006-09-27 at 07:50 -0700, Leonard Chatagnier wrote:
> Hello Caroline,
>
> Appreciate the info in this email from you. However,
> for my purposes, you left out any reference to the
> solution(a fix has been released) to the problem. I
> would really appreciate any references regarding the
> fix/solution to the problem I have. And thanks so much
> for people like you who do all the support effort
> behind the scenes on a voluntary basis.
>
> --- Caroline Ford <email address hidden>
> wrote:
>
> > *** This bug is a duplicate of bug 48424 ***
> >
> > A fix has been released - 3.17 is an old version.
> >
> > ** This bug has been marked a duplicate of bug 48424
> > Mplayer plugin doesn't work in mozilla
> >
> > --
> > mozilla-mplayer-3.17 doesn't play embedded videos
> > with mozilla browser
> > https://launchpad.net/bugs/59917
> >
>
> Leonard Chatagnier
> <email address hidden>