Date: Wed, 11 Jun 2008 00:05:46 -0500 From: Novembre <novembre@gmail.com> To: "FreeBSD Questions" <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: mplayer plug-in not playing some streams Message-ID: <3b47caa90806102205n6ce07e67k9504ca15f9b84f7@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <3b47caa90806081725kee1bfdegb7c097acc12519df@mail.gmail.com> References: <3b47caa90806081725kee1bfdegb7c097acc12519df@mail.gmail.com>
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On Sun, Jun 8, 2008 at 7:25 PM, Novembre <novembre@gmail.com> wrote: > > Hi, > > I have installed mplayer-0.99.10_14 and mplayerplug-in-3.45 using packages > on my 7.0-RELEASE machine which runs Firefox 2.0.0.12. I am not able to > see *some* online content, though, and I couldn't find any pattern. > For example, going to http://www.davidgilmour.com/dvd.htm , I can see the > Windows Media streams (both low and high resolution versions), but QuickTime > and Real Player streams are not played at all --- a new tab opens in > Firefox, and I see "Getting playlist..." and "Connecting to server..." > messages, but then it says "Stopped" and that's it! > But, if I go to http://www.satriani.com/podcast/Satchafunkilus/ and click > on any of the podcasts (they are in .m4v which, if I'm not mistaken, is just > a container for QuickTime .mov videos), mplayerplug-in plays them > flawlessly. Another example for QuickTime is > http://www.vai.com/SightsSounds/video_vault/index.html where all the > videos can be played perfectly. > As for Real Player, I see watch BBC Persian website's videos in Windows > Media (e.g. this one about Euro2008 games > http://www.bbc.co.uk/persian/meta/dps/2008/06/bb/080606_op-euro2008_16x9_bb.asx), but if I choose Real Player as my format, I can only hear the sound and > no video is played! > > I would appreciate any help :) > > Thanks a lot > > anybody?
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