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Firefox won't play video files

Asked by Alfredo

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When I try to play a video file (.wmv), Firefox states I don't have a plugin installed. It then gives me a list of four possible ones, being Xine, Totem, VLC and Mplayer. I've tried installing and reinstalling all but Totem, but I still keep receiving the same message. About:plugins in Firefox indicates I have no plugins installed for Windows Media files.
I'm running Hardy Alpha 4 and Firefox 3.0b3.

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This question was originally filed as bug #195523.

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Basilio Kublik (sourcercito) said : 		#1

Hi Alfredo
this doesn't seem a bug itself but a question instead, so i'm redirecting it to the support tracker where you can obtain an answer which can also help other people with the same issue.

Thanks

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Alfredo (frederick-jansen) said : 		#2

Referring to Matt H's answer, I still feel like this is a bug and should be fixed for those that upgrade from Gutsy to Hardy.

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Alexander Sack (asac) said : 		#3

On Wed, Feb 27, 2008 at 06:04:51PM -0000, Alfredo wrote:
> Referring to Matt H's answer, I still feel like this is a bug and should
> be fixed for those that upgrade from Gutsy to Hardy.
>

Can you pleaset test all players again and tell me which work and
which don't? i think mplayer and totem work, how about vlc and xine?

 - Alexander

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Alexander Sack (asac) said : 		#4

 status incomplete

 - Alexander

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Alfredo (frederick-jansen) said : 		#5

I have no idea how I should test that, since I already applied the fix mention by Matt H. As you can read in the link below, creating a link between the old firefox folder (where plugins are installed) and the new firefox-3.0 one, solved my problem.

https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/firefox/+question/25605

I'm sorry, but I don't think I can be of any further help here.

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SoloTurn (soloturn) said : 		#6

pls reopen if it does not work for you. here it works.

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jim mills (mills-bmi) said : 		#7

my install doesn't even ask for plugins, it just shows a white screen where the video sho

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lencast (lencast) said : 		#8

videos wont load 0nlly a screen wirh a circle and an arr0w appears, when I click it sits there " loading" nothing Please help. New to firefox

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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) said : 		#9

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