no matter what I do, totem plays always any realplayer content

about:plugins

type that in your address bar of firefox and paste the result here

Dear Hemanth,

thanks for this quick reply, I am amazed (first time I am joining the community). I did as you requested, it is pasted below. Hope it helps. Waiting with baited breath how solution continues...

Best regards, Stefan

Installed plugins
Find more information about browser plugins at mozilla.org.
Help for installing plugins is available from plugindoc.mozdev.org.
Shockwave Flash

    File name: libflashplayer.so
    Shockwave Flash 10.0 r15

MIME Type Description Suffixes Enabled
application/x-shockwave-flash Shockwave Flash swf Yes
application/futuresplash FutureSplash Player spl Yes
Default Plugin

    File name: libnullplugin.so
    The default plugin handles plugin data for mimetypes and extensions that are not specified and facilitates downloading of new plugins.

MIME Type Description Suffixes Enabled
* All types .* No
Demo Print Plugin for unix/linux

    File name: libunixprintplugin.so
    The demo print plugin for unix.

MIME Type Description Suffixes Enabled
application/x-print-unix-nsplugin Demo Print Plugin for Unix/Linux .pnt Yes
Picasa

    File name: npPicasa3.so
    Picasa plugin

MIME Type Description Suffixes Enabled
application/x-picasa-detect 3.0 pinstall Yes
Totem Web Browser Plugin 2.24.3

    File name: libtotem-basic-plugin.so
    The Totem 2.24.3 plugin handles video and audio streams.

MIME Type Description Suffixes Enabled
application/x-ogg Ogg multimedia file ogg Yes
application/ogg Ogg multimedia file ogg Yes
audio/ogg Ogg Audio oga Yes
audio/x-ogg Ogg Audio ogg Yes
video/ogg Ogg Video ogv Yes
video/x-ogg Ogg Video ogg Yes
application/annodex application/annodex type anx Yes
audio/annodex audio/annodex type axa Yes
video/annodex video/annodex type axv Yes
video/mpeg MPEG video mpg, mpeg, mpe Yes
audio/wav WAV audio wav Yes
audio/x-wav WAV audio wav Yes
audio/mpeg MP3 audio mp3 Yes
application/x-nsv-vp3-mp3 NullSoft video nsv Yes
video/flv Flash video flv Yes
application/x-totem-plugin Totem Multimedia plugin Yes
Windows Media Player Plug-in 10 (compatible; Totem)

    File name: libtotem-gmp-plugin.so
    The Totem 2.24.3 plugin handles video and audio streams.

MIME Type Description Suffixes Enabled
application/x-mplayer2 AVI video avi, wma, wmv Yes
video/x-ms-asf-plugin ASF video asf, wmv Yes
video/x-msvideo AVI video asf, wmv Yes
video/x-ms-asf ASF video asf Yes
video/x-ms-wmv Windows Media video wmv Yes
video/x-wmv Windows Media video wmv Yes
video/x-ms-wvx Windows Media video wmv Yes
video/x-ms-wm Windows Media video wmv Yes
video/x-ms-wmp Windows Media video wmv Yes
application/x-ms-wms Windows Media video wms Yes
application/x-ms-wmp Windows Media video wmp Yes
application/asx Microsoft ASX playlist asx Yes
audio/x-ms-wma Windows Media audio wma Yes
DivX® Web Player

    File name: libtotem-mully-plugin.so
    DivX Web Player version 1.4.0.233

MIME Type Description Suffixes Enabled
video/divx AVI video divx Yes
QuickTime Plug-in 7.2.0

    File name: libtotem-narrowspace-plugin.so
    The Totem 2.24.3 plugin handles video and audio streams.

MIME Type Description Suffixes Enabled
video/quicktime QuickTime video mov Yes
video/mp4 MPEG-4 video mp4 Yes
image/x-macpaint MacPaint Bitmap image pntg Yes
image/x-quicktime Macintosh Quickdraw/PICT drawing pict, pict1, pict2 Yes
video/x-m4v MPEG-4 video m4v Yes

Hi, Stefan

As , you can see, your browser is still bound to Totem 2.24.3 plugin , so try this :

sudo apt-get remove totem-gstreamer-firefox-plugin

sudo apt-get remove totem-mozilla

Restart the browser see the effect.

Hope it helps :)

Thanks for your advise. As there is still the same issue, I will tell you what I did:

I executed both apt-get remove commands. The first one, answer was could not find package totem gstreamer firefox plugin.

The second one, OK, removal was done.

I re-installed realplayer version 11 from the .bin file, opened it to finalize its installation. Done, OK, was redirected to realplayer homepage with the message that its OK that I have the latest version.

Then I went to amazon.de and clicked on a realplayer icon content (a song). I got a pop up window asking me if I want to start with movie player, or other. I chose other, where I was able to select /opt/real/realplayer. I selected, but then totem popped up and said "stream in wrong format".

So I went through the deletion routine a second time just in case (here the copy paste from the terminal window).

stefan@schugut:~$ sudo apt-get remove totem-gstreamer-firefox-plugin
[sudo] password for stefan:
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
E: Couldn't find package totem-gstreamer-firefox-plugin
stefan@schugut:~$
stefan@schugut:~$ sudo apt-get remove totem-mozilla
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Package totem-mozilla is not installed, so not removed
The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer required:
  linux-headers-2.6.27-7 linux-headers-2.6.27-7-generic
Use 'apt-get autoremove' to remove them.
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
stefan@schugut:~$

I again re-booted the system, opened the browser, and have here the result from about:plugins.

Installed plugins
Find more information about browser plugins at mozilla.org.
Help for installing plugins is available from plugindoc.mozdev.org.
Shockwave Flash

    File name: libflashplayer.so
    Shockwave Flash 10.0 r15

MIME Type Description Suffixes Enabled
application/x-shockwave-flash Shockwave Flash swf Yes
application/futuresplash FutureSplash Player spl Yes
Default Plugin

    File name: libnullplugin.so
    The default plugin handles plugin data for mimetypes and extensions that are not specified and facilitates downloading of new plugins.

MIME Type Description Suffixes Enabled
* All types .* No
Demo Print Plugin for unix/linux

    File name: libunixprintplugin.so
    The demo print plugin for unix.

MIME Type Description Suffixes Enabled
application/x-print-unix-nsplugin Demo Print Plugin for Unix/Linux .pnt Yes
Picasa

    File name: npPicasa3.so
    Picasa plugin

MIME Type Description Suffixes Enabled
application/x-picasa-detect 3.0 pinstall Yes
Helix DNA Plugin: RealPlayer G2 Plug-In Compatible

    File name: nphelix.so
    Helix DNA Plugin: RealPlayer G2 Plug-In Compatible version 0.4.0.4434 built with gcc 3.4.6 on Oct 1 2008

MIME Type Description Suffixes Enabled
audio/x-pn-realaudio-plugin RealPlayer Plugin Metafile rpm Yes

Again, I click on a song, a pop up window appears and says:

you have chosen to open 01.02.rm
which is a RM file
Open with: opt/real/RealPlayer/realplay (default)

I click on OK, the totem player pops ups with the error message the stream is in the wrong format.

So, as I know Opera from the past, I installed Opera version 9.6. (the latest).

I go to amazon.de, click on a song, and a pop up window saying

downloading file 01.02.ram (yes, ram, not rm)
type Real Audio Document
and I get the choice to open with movie player, or realplayer11.

I chose realplayer, it actually pops up, but I get the following error message:

The content you are trying to play uses an audio codec (DNET) that is obsolete and no longer supported. Please contact the content provider about using a supported codec.

So, again, it cannot be played.

2 things puzzle me:

my first Ubuntu installation I did in 64 bit about 1 month ago, installed also realplayer, and was able to listen to all songs I wanted on amazon!! (I moved 2 weeks ago to 32 bit version as some third party software I want is only available as x386).

second, the same song on amazon, under windows with opera 9.6, with realplayer version 11, plays without any issue (no error messages, latest screens, etc.)

A long story, I do not know if you had the time to reach this end, if yes, perhaps you may have a comment to share.

I have to say that I very highly appreciate to communicate with someone, with you, about this, and hope to hear from you again.

Best regards, Stefan

Stefan i did read it full :) , now instead of complicating the issue , i found an alternative

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/downloads/file/31802/mediaplayerconnectivity-0.9.1-fx.xpi

Install , this to your browser , by doing so :

It allows you to launch embed video of website in an external application with a simple click rnrn * Replace the stream by a simple buttonrn * Add a download icon in the status barrn * And/Or add links to right clickrn * Works with RealMedia, QuickTime, WindowsMedia, Playlists, Flash, background sounds, Nullsoft video, Shockwavern * Allow the use of any capable media player (with command line support)rn * Support Media Metafiles (ram, rpm, wmv, wm, wma, asx, asf, ...)rn * Activable per media formatrn * AutoPlay feature : automaticatlly start to play the first mediarn * Configuration wizardrn * SmartPlay : automatically search and choose the best source using metafile ('+' icon) if existrn * List all media links on the webpagern * Use a sidebar for listsrn * Multilingual rnrnNote : for OSX users, please use v0.5.6 available with 'Version History' link (on left) or from my website, versions 0.6+ don't works fine with OSX (I don't have a Mac for my tests....).

The best fix :

First of all , why do you want real palyer ??

When totem can paly rm !!!

do this

sudo aptitude install gstreamer0.10-pitfdll gstreamer0.10-ffmpeg gstreamer0.10-gl gstreamer0.10-plugins-base gstreamer0.10-plugins-good gstreamer0.10-plugins-bad gstreamer0.10-plugins-bad-multiverse gstreamer0.10-plugins-ugly gstreamer0.10-plugins-ugly-multiverse libxine-extracodecs w32codecs totem-gstreamer-firefox-plugin

copy paste the above lines , in your terminal hit enter , start your browser enjoy :)

Dear Hemanth,

great, your proposal solved the problem !! I do not need real player, I only need to listen to the music samples on amazon.

This I can do now with the plugins you indicated.

Thanks a lot for your patience and friendly support.

All the best and kind regards,

Stefan

My pleasure Stefan , enjoy the power of Ubuntu :)