On Tuesday March 14 2006 14:20, Carl Hartung wrote:
On Tuesday 14 March 2006 13:02, Rob Wright wrote:
Should I just remove the MPlayer plug-in or is there something else I can do?
Hi Rob,
I'm picky about this, too. The only way I've found that works 100% is to remove the specific mplayerplug-in-XX.so (or .xpt) that is handling the media type that I want to be played externally. When I do this, Firefox prompts me to pick an application when I click on a link to a stream. Otherwise, it seems bound and determined to play everything it possibly can inside the browser.
regards,
Carl
Carl, Thanks for the help and the information. I tried that but still didn't have any luck. I don't think I'm sure what you mean by removing the .so or .xpt. I've got them mplayerplug-in.wmp.xpt or .so in the following locations: /opt/MozillaFirefox/lib/components/mplayerplug-in-wmp.xpt /opt/mozilla/lib/components/mplayerplug-in-wmp.xpt /usr/lib/browser-plugins/mplayerplug-in-wmp.so /usr/lib/browser-plugins/mplayerplug-in-wmp.xpt I followed your instructions to remove them and the pluginsreg.dat file. Firefox did then ask me how to open the stream, but it wouldn't then play in the MPlayer. The location information would be there, but no stream. I've just now tried it in Opera and get the same result. The streams play fine as long as I'm using the plugin and not the standalone player. Maybe I should try something other than MPlayer? Thanks, Rob