[MPlayer-users] mplayer flickers in firefox while loading / menu options disappeared

[Kevin DeKorte]

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Carsten wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I am using the embedded mplayer in Firefox 1.5.0.3 on a Linux SuSE 10.1
> (KDE 3.5.1), my graphic card is a nVidia Riva TNT2 model 64 pro.
> 
> 1. I was very happy using the mplayer until my last
> SuSE-Software-update. Ever since that update mplayer is flickering very
> strong while loading a file. After having loaded the cache, the movie
> starts with regular timing and sound, only it flickers until the file is
> completely loaded. Having finished loading, the film can be viewed fine.
> 
> 2. Also my menu-options somehow disappeared, so I can't change the
> cache-size etc. anymore, neither am I able to pause or stop the video.
> This remains even when the file is completely loaded.
> 
> The first problem occurs in most files (about 90%). I can't view for
> example:
> 
>> http://www.dvblog.org/movies/01_2006/ninja_tune/basinstblues.mov
> 
> Yet there are some files which do not flicker, for example the movies on:
> 
>> http://guilherme.tv/tyger/
> 
> which might be because the later ones are javascript-popups.
> 
> However, the second bug occurs permanently.
> 
> I have been posting this bug on the Mozilla-site and three Linux-forums,
> yet I haven't even found someone having experienced this very bug, which
>  puzzles me. So if anyone has even the slightest idea, please tell me.
> 
> Thank you.
> 

Please take this problem to the mplayerplug-in developers list at source
forge.

I believe the problem you are having is that you did not compile the
plugin with GTK2 support. Get the plugin from one of the Suse
repositories or recompile it with GTK2 enabled.

Kevin

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