Play Windows Media files from within Mozilla?

Cyber Source peter at thecybersource.com
Sun May 11 00:54:45 EDT 2003


I don't believe that file is available in rpm format
On Sat, 2003-05-10 at 23:42, shipdadip wrote:
> I think the command to extract that file is bunzip or something.  Screw 
> that though, get the RPM file.  RPM stands for Redhat Package Manager, but 
> Mandrake uses RPM files too.  RPM files are preconigured/pre-compiled 
> files and 1 command installs them.  So go to the site and get the file 
> ending in RPM.
> 
> 
> 
> On Sat, 10 May 2003, Asheville Joe wrote:
> 
> > Please bear with a newbie.  Which of these would work best for Mozilla 
> > on Mandrake 9.1?
> > 
> > How do you unpack a file that ends in .tar.bz2?  tar -xvzf <file> didn't 
> > work.
> > 
> > Joe
> > 
> > Cyber Source wrote:
> > 
> > >Yes, I played with it too, totally cool. I have a friend that was trying
> > >to watch yahoo movie trailers and just couldn't get it going via
> > >realplayer on RH9. I downloaded the rpm for the mplayer plugin and now I
> > >just tell it to stream via windows media player, while in mozilla and it
> > >plays perfectly, totally cool! One thing to note for anyone else that
> > >tries this, from that site you can download the mini skin which will
> > >show a progress bar in the window and allow stop, pause and start. The
> > >site fails to tell you (or they may not know) that the file to place the
> > >config in for the skin and such does not create itself. So, download the
> > >mini skin from the site, put the folder containing the skin in where the
> > >rest of the mplayer skins are (change permissions accordingly) and then
> > >create the file mplayerplug-in.conf in your ~/.mozilla directory and
> > >inside that file put the line "use-gui=mini" without the quotes. Then
> > >fire up mozilla, go to any streaming site that uses windows media
> > >player, when asked, tell it to use windows media player (I love that!)
> > >and viola!
> > >On Sat, 2003-05-10 at 10:54, shipdadip wrote:
> > >  
> > >
> > >>Works good thanx!
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>On Fri, 9 May 2003, Samuel Morales Jr. wrote:
> > >>
> > >>    
> > >>
> > >>>Three options:
> > >>>
> > >>>1. mplayer-plugin
> > >>><http://mplayerplug-in.sourceforge.net/>
> > >>>
> > >>>2. wftv mplayer-plugin
> > >>><http://www.webfreetv.com/linux/>
> > >>>
> > >>>3. Crossover Plugin (NOT FREE)
> > >>><http://www.codeweavers.com/products/crossover/>  
> > >>>
> > >>>
> > >>>--- shipdadip <shipdadip at adelphia.net> wrote:
> > >>>      
> > >>>
> > >>>>Hi all, 
> > >>>>
> > >>>>I was just wondering if there is something that cam
> > >>>>play Windows Media
> > >>>>files from within Mozilla? Like when you go to a
> > >>>>website and they have a
> > >>>>streaming .avi or something how do I play this? 
> > >>>>I've managed to get the
> > >>>>Real plug in working but it doesn't play Window's
> > >>>>Media Player files. 
> > >>>>Can anyone help?
> > >>>>
> > >>>>
> > >>>>
> > >>>>
> > >>>>        
> > >>>>
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> > >>>
> > >>>      
> > >>>
> > 
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Cyber Source <peter at thecybersource.com>




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