On Thu, 2008-07-03 at 15:08 -0400, William Case wrote: > Hi; > > I am somewhat of a media newbie. In F8 I was able to setup/get sound > with videos. YouTube and CNN for example, remain silent for me in F9. > > I know I probably need a plugin; in F8 out of frustration I just > downloaded mp3 -- I think. > > 1) how do I get sound for youtube and CNN? > > FireFox about says I have the following plugins; > > File name: nswrapper_32_64.libflashplayer.so > Shockwave Flash 9.0 r124 > > File name: libtotem-basic-plugin.so > The Totem 2.23.2 plugin handles video and audio streams. > > File name: libtotem-complex-plugin.so > The Totem 2.23.2 plugin handles video and audio streams. > > File name: libtotem-cone-plugin.so > The Totem 2.23.2 plugin handles video and audio streams. > > File name: libtotem-gmp-plugin.so > The Totem 2.23.2 plugin handles video and audio streams. > > File name: libtotem-mully-plugin.so > DivX Web Player version 1.4.0.233 > > File name: libtotem-narrowspace-plugin.so > The Totem 2.23.2 plugin handles video and audio streams. > > File name: librhythmbox-itms-detection-plugin.so > This plug-in detects the presence of iTunes when opening iTunes > Store URLs in a web page with Firefox. > > File name: gcjwebplugin.so > The GCJ Web Browser Plugin (using IcedTea) executes Java > applets. > > File name: npwrapper.so > nspluginwrapper is a cross-platform NPAPI plugin viewer, in > particular for linux/i386 plugins. > This is beta software available under the terms of the GNU > General Public License. > > 2) More generally, how does one go about determining what plugin, file > or codec one needs when confronted with a video, sound, movie etc. that > won't play? > > So far, I have just been randomly downloading stuff until it works, or, > taking suggestions from people who seem to know, but not being able to > really figure it out for myself. ---- 1 - install libflashsupport - you needed it on F8 too, you just must have forgotten 2 - try going to 'about:config' in Firefox and setting... browser.download.hide_plugins_without_exentsions false which should allow you to configure applications in "Edit => Preferences" Craig -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list
