On Tue, 25 Sep 2007 17:30:48 -0400, Barnacle Bill the Sailor wrote:

> When I happen upon a site that has a multimedia piece in wmv, wma or
> windoze anything, and the plugins are called via javascript I get the
> old "plugin needed" complaint screen, saying a plugin is needed for
> "application/x-mplayer2" Of course what it wants is Windoze Media
> Player. But Totem plays all those pieces fine.So what I want is a
> Firefox Totem plugin that will answer a call for WMP. Is there such a
> beast? If so what is the name of the SO file, and will putting a symlink
> to it in the plugins directory make it answer for WMP calls? If not
> where would I find a config file to tell Firefox to look to the totem
> plugin to satisfy calls for application/x-mplayer2?

I thing you might want mozplugger (which can use xine, which is used also
by totem).

There's also mplayerplugin, but I've never used it.

Otherwise there's always the Media Player Connectivity Firefox extension
(my current fave)

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David Haggett
Linux user since 01/01/2003
Email: davidhaggettdemoncouk

David Haggett wrote:
> On Tue, 25 Sep 2007 17:30:48 -0400, Barnacle Bill the Sailor wrote:
>
>> When I happen upon a site that has a multimedia piece in wmv, wma or
>> windoze anything, and the plugins are called via javascript I get the
>> old "plugin needed" complaint screen, saying a plugin is needed for
>> "application/x-mplayer2" Of course what it wants is Windoze Media
>> Player. But Totem plays all those pieces fine.So what I want is a
>> Firefox Totem plugin that will answer a call for WMP. Is there such a
>> beast? If so what is the name of the SO file, and will putting a symlink
>> to it in the plugins directory make it answer for WMP calls? If not
>> where would I find a config file to tell Firefox to look to the totem
>> plugin to satisfy calls for application/x-mplayer2?
>
> I thing you might want mozplugger (which can use xine, which is used also
> by totem).
>
> There's also mplayerplugin, but I've never used it.
>
> Otherwise there's always the Media Player Connectivity Firefox extension
> (my current fave)
>
OK going to try MPC, sounds like it might handle quite a number of
quirks! Thanx.

Barnacle Bill the Sailor wrote:
> David Haggett wrote:
>> On Tue, 25 Sep 2007 17:30:48 -0400, Barnacle Bill the Sailor wrote:
>>
>>> When I happen upon a site that has a multimedia piece in wmv, wma or
>>> windoze anything, and the plugins are called via javascript I get the
>>> old "plugin needed" complaint screen, saying a plugin is needed for
>>> "application/x-mplayer2" Of course what it wants is Windoze Media
>>> Player. But Totem plays all those pieces fine.So what I want is a
>>> Firefox Totem plugin that will answer a call for WMP. Is there such a
>>> beast? If so what is the name of the SO file, and will putting a symlink
>>> to it in the plugins directory make it answer for WMP calls? If not
>>> where would I find a config file to tell Firefox to look to the totem
>>> plugin to satisfy calls for application/x-mplayer2?
>> I thing you might want mozplugger (which can use xine, which is used also
>> by totem).
>>
>> There's also mplayerplugin, but I've never used it.
>>
>> Otherwise there's always the Media Player Connectivity Firefox extension
>> (my current fave)
>>
> OK going to try MPC, sounds like it might handle quite a number of
> quirks! Thanx.


Ooops....turns out firefox was wrong....it wants shockwave, at least MPC
was smart enough to ferret that fact out.

On Sep 25, 5:30 pm, Barnacle Bill the Sailor
wrote:
> When I happen upon a site that has a multimedia piece in wmv, wma or
> windoze anything, and the plugins are called via javascript I get the
> old "plugin needed" complaint screen, saying a plugin is needed for
> "application/x-mplayer2" Of course what it wants is Windoze Media
> Player. But Totem plays all those pieces fine.So what I want is a
> Firefox Totem plugin that will answer a call for WMP. Is there such a
> beast? If so what is the name of the SO file, and will putting a symlink
> to it in the plugins directory make it answer for WMP calls? If not
> where would I find a config file to tell Firefox to look to the totem
> plugin to satisfy calls for application/x-mplayer2?

Try using mplayer (and mplayer plugin). Also see aboutlugins (a URL
in your browser) to see the plugins the browser is aware of, as well
as about:config to work with browser configuration parameters.

What is the browser you are using?

Boris.

borepstein@gmail.com wrote:
> On Sep 25, 5:30 pm, Barnacle Bill the Sailor
> wrote:
>> When I happen upon a site that has a multimedia piece in wmv, wma or
>> windoze anything, and the plugins are called via javascript I get the
>> old "plugin needed" complaint screen, saying a plugin is needed for
>> "application/x-mplayer2" Of course what it wants is Windoze Media
>> Player. But Totem plays all those pieces fine.So what I want is a
>> Firefox Totem plugin that will answer a call for WMP. Is there such a
>> beast? If so what is the name of the SO file, and will putting a symlink
>> to it in the plugins directory make it answer for WMP calls? If not
>> where would I find a config file to tell Firefox to look to the totem
>> plugin to satisfy calls for application/x-mplayer2?
>
> Try using mplayer (and mplayer plugin). Also see aboutlugins (a URL
> in your browser) to see the plugins the browser is aware of, as well
> as about:config to work with browser configuration parameters.
>
> What is the browser you are using?
>
> Boris.
>
Firefox I am using ver 2+