Don't know if there is a solution to this but I figured I'd ask.

I'm running:
Xandros 3.0
Firefox
Mplayer w/ mozplugger for Firefox

Until about a week ago, I was able to play any .wmv or other media file I wanted with no problems. I signed up for CSTV All-Access and am now having some problems (only with that service, however). I've only used it to watch one live game and had no problems with that. However, I tried to play an archived game and Mplayer hung while buffering. Figuring that it was a codec problem, I apt-got codecs. A few of the files were updated. No fix, Mplayer still hung. So I used Crossover to install Windows Media Player 6.4 (meh). Went to the archived file, and WMP installed a codec, buffered and the video played (no sound, but I can live with that).

Hoping that the downloaded codec might work with Mplayer, I disabled the WMP plugin for Firefox via CXO and tried to run the video with Mplayer. No go. Mplayer hung while buffering again.

So, my question(s) is this:

1) Is the Mplayer hanging a result of a missing codec?
2) If so, is there a place to get newer codecs? I've looked and the newest package I can find is dated April '05. I installed that package when I set the computer up.

Thanks.

Mozplugger isn't the best plugin for Firefix <--> Mplayer.

Use what i do -- Mplayerplug-in.

Be sure mplayer has win32 codec pack installed as well.

I know what I said above works b/c I viewed a CSTV archival stream just a few days ago.

Quote:Mozplugger isn't the best plugin for Firefix <--> Mplayer.

Use what i do -- Mplayerplug-in.

I'll look into that this evening.

Quote:Be sure mplayer has win32 codec pack installed as well.

Done.

Lethemeul Wrote:

Quote:Mozplugger isn't the best plugin for Firefix <--> Mplayer.

Use what i do -- Mplayerplug-in.

Turns out I'm a liar. I am using mplayerplug-in (v. 2.60).

Okie dokie, 'pears that I fixed the problem (after screwing things up completely several, several times and becoming a little more than angry at myself).

Tried upgrading Mplayerplug-in - couldn't, dl'd C++, couldn't still, dl'd mozdev files, install worked but in-window streaming video didn't work (3.11 didn't read half the codecs, once it completely crashed Firefox. 2.8 would hang and was fugly in general.)

I re-reinstalled 2.6 and was just happy to have in-browser streaming video. Not being one to give up, however, I decided to fiddle with the cache size in mplayerplug-in.conf. I bumped it up to 1024 and now All Access archives work. Booyah, I reckon.

EDIT: Well, it worked once anyway. I hate computers sometimes. :bang:

In case it helps, this is what it looks like when it's hung:

Increase cache/buffers; asf files love lots of extra buffer room to assure no hiccuping. If your cache isn't enough to satisfy the buffer; it will hang. mplayerplug-in will begin playing at 25% cache fill. You're close.

Live feed was perfect yesterday. I'm sure it's a different something-or-other than archived, but still. I'll keep fiddlin' til I get it right.

If it helps; here's info on the versions of programs regarding this I have installed:

(a number with no symbols beside it indicates a stable version... any number that starts with a ~ indicates it is marked unstable due to bug reports in Gentoo)

* net-www/mplayerplug-in
Available versions: 2.80 ~2.85 ~3.11
Installed: 2.80
Homepage: <a href='http://mplayerplug-in.sourceforge.net/' target='_blank'>http://mplayerplug-in.sourceforge.net/</a>
Description: mplayer plug-in for Gecko based browsers

* media-video/mplayer
Available versions: 1.0_pre6-r4 ~1.0_pre6-r5 ~1.0_pre6-r6 ~1.0_pre7 1.0_pre7-r1
Installed: 1.0_pre7-r1
Homepage: <a href='http://www.mplayerhq.hu/' target='_blank'>http://www.mplayerhq.hu/</a>
Description: Media Player for Linux

* www-client/mozilla-firefox
Available versions: 1.0.6-r2 ~1.0.6-r3 ~1.0.6-r4 1.0.6-r5 [M]1.0.6-r6 1.0.6-r7 1.0.7-r2 ~1.0.7-r3
Installed: 1.0.7-r2
Homepage: <a href='http://www.mozilla.org/projects/firefox/' target='_blank'>http://www.mozilla.org/projects/firefox/</a>
Description: Firefox Web Browser

* media-libs/win32codecs
Available versions: 20050216 ~20050412
Installed: 20050216
Homepage: <a href='http://www.mplayerhq.hu/' target='_blank'>http://www.mplayerhq.hu/</a>
Description: Win32 binary codecs for video and audio playback support

Keep in mind that I use Gentoo. Gentoo's software manager is portage. It works like Xandros' software manager; only Xandros installs things already compiled and ready to run. Portage compiles them and installs them locally. This means I will have a few key differences in software than you:
1) I will *always* have the most recent version of anything available to install if I so choose
2) Though it takes time to install things (hours for large packages like OpenOffice on a slower machine) it runs slightly faster b/c I have setup the Linux compiler (GCC) to optimize for my hardware.

Out of curiousity and for comparisons sake, GTS, what's in your mplayerplug-in.conf? I fiddled around in there, searched around and tried various set-ups I've found with no luck.

It really isn't that big of a deal, but like I said...I just can't let it go.

# cat /etc/mplayerplug-in.conf
debug=0
logfile=/home/gts/webvid/mpp.log
#vo=xv,x11
#ao=arts,esd,oss
download=1
dload-dir=/home/gts/webvid
keep-download=1
#noembed=0
#cachesize=256
#use-mimetypes=0
#enable-real=0
enable-wm=1
enable-qt=1
enable-mpeg=1
enable-ogg=1
enable-smil=1
#qt-speed=med
#rtsp-use-tcp=0
#nomediacache=0
#framedrop=0
#autosync=0
#mc=1
#black-background=0
#user-agent=NSPlayer

Fonk it. I'm gonna be happy that the live feed works and leave it at that.

This did lead to some improvements, however. All the tinkering made mplayerplug-in run a whole heck of a lot better and it prompted me to get another 256 RAM (I was running 256. What am I, a caveman?)

Anywho, thanks for the help GTS.