[olug] Web video on Linux/Firefox

[Eric P]

Brandon Petersen wrote:
> I installed the Flash Plugin using a normal user account, not root. I am
> able to see the Flash videos on abcnews.com <http://abcnews.com>. It copies
> the files into that user's .mozilla directory.
> 
> --
> Brandon Petersen, http://www.brandonpetersen.com
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> On 10/26/05, Mike Hostetler <hostetlerm at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
>>The Mrs. will actually admit to like using Linux once in a while and
>>it took her a bit longer before she would admit to liking Firefox.
>>But she's not totally sold, because she can't play videos on webpages.
>>
>>One of her examples is "abcnews.com <http://abcnews.com>". I go there, try
>>to play a
>>video, and it says it needs Flash Player 7. I downloaded Flash Player
>>7 for Linux, quit Firefox, and installed it as root. Now when I go to
>>abcnews.com <http://abcnews.com> and click on the video link, I see the
>>ABCNews logo in the
>>player, but the video never plays.
>>
>>Anyone have any insight?
>>

Can you check flash on another site where you know it's only flash
(i.e., no streaming video) to check your flash install?  Example.
homestarrunner.com

It's possible you need MPlayer along with the MPlayerplug-in installed
to see streaming video in Firefox.

Eric P