--- On Wed, 3/10/10, Temlakos <temlakos@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On 03/10/2010 12:18 AM, Patrick > Bartek wrote: > > Yes, I know. If you're running the GNOME > desktop, you'll get gnome-mplayer front-end as well as > mplayer when you yum install mplayer. If you use KDE, > I assume you'll get the kmplayer front-end instead. > > > > Yes, I have. I removed the old mplayer-gui when I found it > unnecessary. > kmplayer works fine. > > > > >> I installed that, from the repositories, after > removing all > >> totem > >> plug-ins and applets. > >> > > What does 'about:plugins' report in your > browser? What 'addons' do you have? Some sites > like CBS.com won't play if you have an ad-blocker, but on my > system, it tells me that. > > > > about:plugins is a very lengthy report that shows that > mplayerplug-in/gecko-mediaplayer is active and will support > every suffix > that I can remember, plus a few I never heard of. > > Interestingly, the VLC plug-in and the gecko-mediaplayer > support many of > the same suffixes. Is that a problem? There could be a conflict. Stranger things have happened. Try disabling the VLC plugin: (in Firefox) Tools->Addons, click 'Plugins', click VLC and disable. Quit and restart Firefox. Check 'about:plugins' to verify VLC-plugin is disabled. > Flash supports swf and spl only. That's all it should support: just flash files. > > > >> > >> I still cannot play any videos on > Foxnews.com--though I > >> can > >> play them on the NBC channels mentioned, and on > any other > >> channel. > >> > > At this moment, I'm at a loss as to a cause or a > fix. They both work on my system. > > > > Have you tried re-downloading (from Adobe) the > flash-plugin--it could be corrupted--and reinstalling > it? Both Foxnews and NBC use plain-vanilla flash. > > > > B > > > > I wouldn't have thought that that would be an issue. Best to eliminate all possibilities no matter how remote. Too bad Adobe doesn't list checksums for the flash downloads. B -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines
