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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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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

Hi Basilio

That depends on how you look at it. If you provide a function where Firefox automatically installs plugins and for some reason they don't work afterwards (while they did in Gutsy), I would consider it a bug.
It may be that the beta version of Firefox 3 isn't compatible with the plugins available, but then they shouldn't be suggested in the first place.

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Best M Hickford (hickford) said : 		#3

I installed firefox-3.0 on gutsy. No plugins were found, because
/usr/lib/firefox-3.0/plugins was not linked to /usr/lib/firefox/plugins

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Alfredo (frederick-jansen) said : 		#4

Thanks Matt, creating a link fixed my problem.

In my opinion though, that's something the installer should do. Or at least install the plugins in the correct folder, namely firefox-addons (which seems to be what Firefox 3.0 uses).

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Alfredo (frederick-jansen) said : 		#5

Thanks Matt H, that solved my question.

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Jerre Hurst (ke5mxg) said : 		#6

how do i get my news videos from cnn and fox to play?

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Philip Wyett (philwyett) said : 		#7

Jerre,

Please do not add new questions to questions that have been asked and answered. Please create a new question, so that people may better help you with your issue.

Regards

Phil