[MPlayer-users] problem with mplayerplug-in and wmv

[nix4me]

Kevin DeKorte wrote:

>On Fri, 2005-12-02 at 21:31 -0500, nix4me wrote:
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>>Hi,
>>I run Ubuntu Breezy and I have mplayer and mplayerplug-in installed.  In 
>>firefox i can play all formats in the plugin except wmv files.  If i 
>>open firefox and click a wmv it asks me what player to use.  If i open a 
>>couple mpeg in firefox they work fine, then if i click a wmv, firefox 
>>crashes.
>>
>>I have no idea why the plugin wont stream wmv.
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>>
>
>The streaming is probably a misconfiguration of the webserver. I see it
>alot. As for the crashing of firefox after playing an mpeg. Get the CVS
>version of mplayerplug-in, and that should fix it. I am planning on
>releasing 3.17 soon.
>
>Also note that mplayerplug-in is a separate project of mplayer and the
>two projects are in no way related other than mplayerplug-in uses
>mplayer for media playback. So questions about it should be directed to
>the mplayerplug-in mailing list.
>
>Kevin
>mplayerplug-in developer
>
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It almost seems like my system is not configured to play wmv with 
mplayer/mplayerplug-in.  I tried epiphany browser and mpg and mov play 
fine in the plugin but wmv opens in totem.

I looked in /etc/mplayerplug-in.types and I dont see wmv called out.
video/mpeg:mpg,mpeg:MPEG;
audio/mpeg:mpg,mpeg:MPEG;
video/x-mpeg:mpg,mpeg:MPEG;
video/x-mpeg2:mpv2,mp2ve:MPEG2;
audio/mpeg:mpg,mpeg:MPEG;
audio/x-mpeg:mpg,mpeg:MPEG;
audio/mpeg2:mp2:MPEG audio;
audio/x-mpeg2:mp2:MPEG audio;
audio/mpeg3:mp3:MPEG audio;
audio/x-mpeg3:mp3:MPEG audio;
audio/mp3:mp3:MPEG audio;
video/mp4:mp4:MPEG 4 Video;
application/x-ogg:ogg:Ogg Vorbis Media;
audio/ogg:ogg:Ogg Vorbis Audio;
application/ogg:ogg:Ogg Vorbis / Ogg Theora;
video/fli:fli,flc:FLI animation;
video/x-fli:fli,flc:FLI animation;
video/vnd.vivo:viv,vivo:VivoActive;
application/x-nsv-vp3-mp3:nsv:Nullsoft Streaming Video;

Any ideas?

nix4me