Still clueless about multimedia

[Michael Brown]

I installed the plugins for Firebird in ~/MozillaFirebird/plugins. Could
be wrong I don't believe Firebird looks for the global plugins. Type
"about:plugins" in the address line to see what plugins your browser
"sees".
On Wed, 2003-09-24 at 11:39, Asheville Joe wrote:
> Thanks.
> I installed mozplugger.1.3.2-1.i586.rpm.
> I installed mplayerplug-in-0.90 for "the system"  in 
> /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins.  Do I also have to installit for the user in 
> ~/.mozilla/plugins?  I don't think so, but it didn't do anything when I 
> tried to open the file in Mozilla of Firebird.
> I (had :(  ) mplayer .80, but it seems to have been removed when I tried 
> to install mplayer .91 and 1.0 (subject of another post).  What version 
> of mplayer are you using?  I assume that the other files are just some 
> sort of interface to it.  Is that correct?
> 
> Joe
> 
> Michael Brown wrote:
> 
> >That link plays on my system. I am using Mozilla Firebird with
> >MozPlugger 1.3.1 installed and MPlayer with mplayerplug-in v0.80
> >installed. Must admit I am not sharp enough to tell you which one is
> >handling the file since both plugins list .asx as supported.
> >
> >On Mon, 2003-09-22 at 21:37, Asheville Joe wrote:
> >  
> >
> >>I want to play (audio)
> >>http://www.lauralee.com/Archives/asx/081403.asx
> >>Mozilla gave me a glassy-eyed stare, so I saved target to disk (some 
> >>kind of tiny file that just points to the real thing) and tried clicking 
> >>on it in the file manager.  He sic'ed  xine on it which delivered 
> >>another glassy-eyed stare and mumbled something about not having an 
> >>appropriate plug-in to demultiplex it.  Not to be easily dissuaded, I 
> >>parried forth in turn with xmms, kaboodle, and noatun.  I think audio on 
> >>Linux is a fraud!  (before you get too excited, see the random quote 
> >>that got inserted when I composed this message ;)   )
> >>
> >>When this happens, I just feel "stupid".
> >>
> >>Help would be appreciated!
> >>
> >>Joe
> >>
> >>----------------------------------
> >>I shall not commit the fashionable stupidity of regarding everything I cannot explain as a fraud" --Carl Jung
> >>    
> >>
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Michael Brown <mwkbrown at alltel.net>