yossarian Posted July 12, 2007 Report Share Posted July 12, 2007 Hi everyone, I'm running Mandriva 2007.1, and I am having a hard time playing streaming video. For example, I wanted to watch in YouTube that shows the new compiz demo (I found it in Adam's announcement). The problem is that the video starts to load and plays for a short split of a second, and then - nothing. Through the network monitor I see that data is still downloaded, but the video does not play, no matter how much I wait. And it happens also in other sites of streaming video, not just with YouTube. Is there something wrong with the way I configured the network maybe? I use a LinkSys wireless router, but the problematic specific computer is connected with a wire to the router. And I know it's not a problem with the router itself, because when I switch to M$ the problem disappears. Ideas, anyone? Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daniewicz Posted July 12, 2007 Report Share Posted July 12, 2007 This video is viewed with flash. Do you have the latest Shockwave Flash plugin installed? The latest version is: Shockwave Flash 9.0 r31 If you are using firefox, type about:plugins to see if this plugin is installed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yossarian Posted July 13, 2007 Author Report Share Posted July 13, 2007 This video is viewed with flash. Do you have the latest Shockwave Flash plugin installed? The latest version is: Shockwave Flash 9.0 r31 If you are using firefox, type about:plugins to see if this plugin is installed. Yes, the Shockwave Flash 9.0 r31 is installed. Here is the full list: Installed plug-ins Find more information about browser plug-ins at mozilla.org. Help for installing plug-ins is available from plugindoc.mozdev.org. Shockwave Flash File name: libflashplayer.so Shockwave Flash 9.0 r31 MIME Type Description Suffixes Enabled application/x-shockwave-flash Shockwave Flash swf Yes application/futuresplash FutureSplash Player spl Yes DivX Browser Plug-In File name: mplayerplug-in-dvx.so mplayerplug-in 3.35 Video Player Plug-in for QuickTime, RealPlayer and Windows Media Player streams using MPlayer JavaScript Enabled and Using GTK2 Widgets MIME Type Description Suffixes Enabled video/divx DivX Media Format divx Yes video/vnd.divx DivX Media Format divx Yes Google VLC multimedia plugin 1.0 File name: mplayerplug-in-gmp.so mplayerplug-in 3.35 Video Player Plug-in for QuickTime, RealPlayer and Windows Media Player streams using MPlayer JavaScript Enabled and Using GTK2 Widgets MIME Type Description Suffixes Enabled application/x-google-vlc-plugin Google Video Yes QuickTime Plug-in 6.0 / 7 File name: mplayerplug-in-qt.so mplayerplug-in 3.35 Video Player Plug-in for QuickTime, RealPlayer and Windows Media Player streams using MPlayer JavaScript Enabled and Using GTK2 Widgets MIME Type Description Suffixes Enabled video/quicktime Quicktime mov Yes video/x-quicktime Quicktime mov Yes image/x-quicktime Quicktime mov Yes video/quicktime Quicktime mp4 Yes video/quicktime Quicktime - Session Description Protocol sdp Yes application/x-quicktimeplayer Quicktime mov Yes application/smil SMIL smil Yes RealPlayer 9 File name: mplayerplug-in-rm.so mplayerplug-in 3.35 Video Player Plug-in for QuickTime, RealPlayer and Windows Media Player streams using MPlayer JavaScript Enabled and Using GTK2 Widgets MIME Type Description Suffixes Enabled audio/x-pn-realaudio RealAudio ram,rm Yes application/vnd.rn-realmedia RealMedia rm Yes application/vnd.rn-realaudio RealAudio ra,ram Yes video/vnd.rn-realvideo RealVideo rv Yes audio/x-realaudio RealAudio ra Yes audio/x-pn-realaudio-plugin RealAudio rpm Yes application/smil SMIL smil Yes Windows Media Player Plugin File name: mplayerplug-in-wmp.so mplayerplug-in 3.35 Video Player Plug-in for QuickTime, RealPlayer and Windows Media Player streams using MPlayer JavaScript Enabled and Using GTK2 Widgets MIME Type Description Suffixes Enabled application/asx Media Files * Yes video/x-ms-asf-plugin Media Files * Yes video/x-msvideo AVI avi,* Yes video/msvideo AVI avi,* Yes application/x-mplayer2 Media Files * Yes application/x-ms-wmv Microsoft WMV video wmv,* Yes video/x-ms-asf Media Files asf,asx,* Yes video/x-ms-wm Media Files wm,* Yes video/x-ms-wmv Microsoft WMV video wmv,* Yes audio/x-ms-wmv Windows Media wmv,* Yes video/x-ms-wmp Windows Media wmp,* Yes video/x-ms-wvx Windows Media wvx,* Yes audio/x-ms-wax Windows Media wax,* Yes audio/x-ms-wma Windows Media wma,* Yes application/x-drm-v2 Windows Media asx,* Yes audio/wav Microsoft wave file wav,* Yes audio/x-wav Microsoft wave file wav,* Yes mplayerplug-in 3.35 File name: mplayerplug-in.so mplayerplug-in 3.35 Video Player Plug-in for QuickTime, RealPlayer and Windows Media Player streams using MPlayer JavaScript Enabled and Using GTK2 Widgets MIME Type Description Suffixes Enabled video/mpeg MPEG mpg,mpeg Yes audio/mpeg MPEG mpg,mpeg Yes video/x-mpeg MPEG mpg,mpeg Yes video/x-mpeg2 MPEG2 mpv2,mp2ve Yes audio/mpeg MPEG mpg,mpeg Yes audio/x-mpeg MPEG mpg,mpeg Yes audio/mpeg2 MPEG audio mp2 Yes audio/x-mpeg2 MPEG audio mp2 Yes video/mp4 MPEG 4 Video mp4 Yes video/3gpp MPEG 4 Video mp4,3gp Yes audio/mpeg3 MPEG audio mp3 Yes audio/x-mpeg3 MPEG audio mp3 Yes audio/x-mpegurl MPEG url m3u Yes audio/mp3 MPEG audio mp3 Yes application/x-ogg Ogg Vorbis Media ogg Yes audio/ogg Ogg Vorbis Audio ogg Yes audio/x-ogg Ogg Vorbis Audio ogg Yes application/ogg Ogg Vorbis / Ogg Theora ogg Yes audio/flac FLAC Audio flac Yes audio/x-flac FLAC Audio flac Yes video/fli FLI animation fli,flc Yes video/x-fli FLI animation fli,flc Yes video/x-flv Flash Video flv Yes video/vnd.vivo VivoActive viv,vivo Yes application/x-nsv-vp3-mp3 Nullsoft Streaming Video nsv Yes audio/x-mod Soundtracker mod Yes audio/basic Basic Audio File au,snd Yes audio/x-basic Basic Audio File au,snd Yes audio/midi MIDI Audio mid,midi,kar Yes audio/x-scpls Shoutcast Playlist pls Yes Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daniewicz Posted July 13, 2007 Report Share Posted July 13, 2007 If you launch firefox from a terminal and then try to play the video, are there any error messages given? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yossarian Posted July 13, 2007 Author Report Share Posted July 13, 2007 If you launch firefox from a terminal and then try to play the video, are there any error messages given? No, the only message I get is: GTK Accessibility Module initialized and then firefox starts smoothly. BTW, I tried to watch a clip in YouTube via Epiphany. Still doesn't work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daniewicz Posted July 13, 2007 Report Share Posted July 13, 2007 (edited) My video works fine, and I always see this message when running from a terminal: Flash Player: Warning: environment variable G_FILENAME_ENCODING is set and is not UTF-8 I have never seen GTK Accessibility Module initialized I am a KDE user. You must be using Gnome? I wonder if you have a Gnome specific problem? I am sorry, I know that is not of any help to you. Maybe a Gnome person out there can give some feedback regarding their experience with flash video? Edited July 13, 2007 by daniewicz Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yossarian Posted July 13, 2007 Author Report Share Posted July 13, 2007 I am a KDE user. You must be using Gnome? I wonder if you have a Gnome specific problem? I am sorry, I know that is not of any help to you. Maybe a Gnome person out there can give some feedback regarding their experience with flash video? Yes, I am a Gnome user. Thanks for the trial, please don't apologize, I appreciate it very much. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greg2 Posted July 13, 2007 Report Share Posted July 13, 2007 No, the only message I get is: GTK Accessibility Module initialized and then firefox starts smoothly. This is not a problem, unless it's followed by an error. Through the network monitor I see that data is still downloaded, but the video does not play, no matter how much I wait. This could be a result of not having the proper graphics card drivers installed? Do you have them installed? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yossarian Posted July 13, 2007 Author Report Share Posted July 13, 2007 This could be a result of not having the proper graphics card drivers installed? Do you have them installed? Yes, I installed the Nvidia GeForce 3 - GeForce 4 driver, which I believe fits my card. Furthermore, I have no problem watching a video which is not streaming but runs locally. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daniewicz Posted July 14, 2007 Report Share Posted July 14, 2007 Do you have both of these files in ~/.mozilla/plugins libflashplayer.so flashplayer.xpt (flashplayer.xpt provides scripting support for the flash player) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yossarian Posted July 14, 2007 Author Report Share Posted July 14, 2007 Do you have both of these files in ~/.mozilla/plugins libflashplayer.so flashplayer.xpt (flashplayer.xpt provides scripting support for the flash player) I'm not sure I found the right file. In root/.mozilla/firefox/ I found a file called pluginreg.dat. Is this the file you meant? Here is its contents: Generated File. Do not edit. [HEADER] Version:0.08:$ [PLUGINS] /usr/lib/flash-plugin/libflashplayer.so:$ :$ 1165619538000:1:5:$ Shockwave Flash 9.0 r31:$ Shockwave Flash:$ 2 0:application/x-shockwave-flash:Shockwave Flash:swf:$ 1:application/futuresplash:FutureSplash Player:spl:$ /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins/mplayerplug-in.so:$ :$ 1171912428000:1:5:$ <a href="http://mplayerplug-in.sourceforge.net/">mplayerplug-in</a> 3.35<br><br>Video Player Plug-in for QuickTime, RealPlayer and Windows Media Player streams using <a href="http://mplayerhq.hu">MPlayer</a> <br>JavaScript Enabled and Using GTK2 Widgets<br>:$ mplayerplug-in 3.35:$ 24 0:video/mpeg:MPEG:mpg,mpeg:$ 1:audio/mpeg:MPEG:mpg,mpeg:$ 2:video/x-mpeg:MPEG:mpg,mpeg:$ 3:video/x-mpeg2:MPEG2:mpv2,mp2ve:$ 4:audio/mpeg:MPEG:mpg,mpeg:$ 5:audio/x-mpeg:MPEG:mpg,mpeg:$ 6:audio/mpeg2:MPEG audio:mp2:$ 7:audio/x-mpeg2:MPEG audio:mp2:$ 8:video/mp4:MPEG 4 Video:mp4:$ 9:video/3gpp:MPEG 4 Video:mp4,3gp:$ 10:application/x-ogg:Ogg Vorbis Media:ogg:$ 11:audio/ogg:Ogg Vorbis Audio:ogg:$ 12:audio/x-ogg:Ogg Vorbis Audio:ogg:$ As you can see, the first item refers to libflashplayer.so. I couldn't find the file flashplayer.xpt explicitly, also some flash player files are mentioned. Is it the file you referred to? Is something missing? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daniewicz Posted July 14, 2007 Report Share Posted July 14, 2007 Is something missing? Yes. You must have both the files I mentioned in ~/.mozilla/plugins Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greg2 Posted July 14, 2007 Report Share Posted July 14, 2007 I'm not sure I found the right file. In root/.mozilla/firefox/ Just so you understand, the ~ is your /home directory in this case. So please post the output of cd ~/.mozilla/plugins && ls Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yossarian Posted July 14, 2007 Author Report Share Posted July 14, 2007 (edited) Both for Greg2 and daniewicz: I don't have any library called ~/.mozilla/plugins. When I run Greg's command (I hope it's fine I started calling you on first name basis) I get the following message: bash: cd: /home/username/.mozilla/plugins: No such file or directory When I look at the libraries in Nautilus all I see is /home/username/.mozilla, and there isn't any plugins library. There is a library called firefox, but this one also doesn't contain any plugins library. Should I install it? And how? Maybe I should mention that if I look at the installed programs in the MCC, I see the package flash-player-plugin-9.0.48.0-1plf2007.1.i586 is installed. Edited July 14, 2007 by yossarian Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greg2 Posted July 14, 2007 Report Share Posted July 14, 2007 Maybe I should mention that if I look at the installed programs in the MCC, I see the package flash-player-plugin-9.0.48.0-1plf2007.1.i586 is installed. Please call me Greg. OK, in terminal do (replacing the 'mozilla-firefox-version' if this version is not correct), and post the output of cd /usr/lib/mozilla-firefox-2.0.0.4/plugins && ls |grep flash and cd /usr/lib/mozilla-firefox-2.0.0.4/components && ls |grep flash Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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