Firefox Plugins?

[Nicksan]

Hello, My first post here......
Anyone know if there is an ASF plugin for firefox? Ive looked and cannot find one. Actually I just found something called senator but it would when I did make I got lots of errors.
Thanks.

[scientica]

Maybe you should look for the mplayer plugin for firefox, it'll also allow you to view other formats like audio streams, mpegs etc. I think mplayer can handle asf.

[Muser]

yep, mplayerplug-in can handle asf (checked my aboutlugins output)

http://mplayerplug-in.sourceforge.net

[Nicksan]

I use xine but ill check out mplayer. Thanks

[Nicksan]

Sheesh, mplayer is a pain in the arse. I just screwed around with it for 1.5 hours and it still does not work:
I downloaded skin, and codecs, installed the codecs first like it said on the mplayer website. Installed the skin and the codecs where it said to, downloaded the latest version and did ./configure --enable-gui , It ran as if it worked ok, did make then make install with no errors and then when I do gmplayer from command line it just shows the command line info and hangs as if its running in the background with no gui. any ideas?
By the way xine works ok on my system would there happen to be any codecs to play ASF and WMV files for xine? thanks

[zba78]

If you use xine (as I do) then forget mplayer. Download gxine (http://xinehq.de/index.php/releases) and go to http://plugindoc.mozdev.org/linux.html#gxine to find out how to install the plugin

[Nicksan]

But is there an ASF or WMV plugin for firefox? Thanks.

[imdeemvp]

you can use realplayer to see movie trailers:

realplayer has a section for us the linux users and they also simplified the installation process for us....RPM available too, so lets enjoy the future!


Installation Instructions

[imdeemvp@localhost imdeemvp]$ chmod a+x RealPlayer10GOLD.bin
[imdeemvp@localhost imdeemvp]$ ./RealPlayer10GOLD.bin
Extracting files for RealPlayer installation........................

Welcome to the RealPlayer (1.0.0.297) Setup for UNIX
Setup will help you get RealPlayer running on your computer.
Press [Enter] to continue...

FOLLOW INSTRUCTIONS.......AND done!

this is how you install rpm as root:
[root@localhost Downloads]# rpm -ivh RealPlayer10GOLD.rpm
Preparing... ########################################### [100%]
1:RealPlayer ########################################### [100%]
[root@localhost Downloads]#


and tchung has tutorial when it was beta
test here: http://service.real.com/test/
and here: http://www.realnetworks.com/product.../realvideo.html
enjoy

[zba78]

Xine (and therefore GXine) will play .ASF. look below to see what xine can play (info from http://xinehq.de/index.php/features):

* File formats (System layer / media types)
supported:
o direct DVD playback (of unlocked/unencrypted DVDs, see below)
o Video CD
o Audio CD
o mpeg program streams (.mpg, .mpeg)
o mpeg transport streams (.ts)
o ogg (.ogg, .ogm)
o avi (.avi)
o asf (.asf, .wmv, .wma)
o quicktime (.mov, .mp4)
o mpeg-video (.mpv, .m2v)
o mpeg-audio (.mp2, .mp3)
o Sega Saturn FILM (.cpk)
o Id Software RoQ (.roq)
o wav (.wav)
o Autodesk FLIC (.fli)
o real (.rm, .ra, .ram)
o raw dv (.dv)
o network graphics format (.png, .mng)
o Creative Voice (.voc)
o Sun/NeXT SND/AU (.snd, .au)
o Wing Commander III (.mve)
o Westwood Studios files (.vqa, .aud)
o Electronic Arts WVE (.wve)
o AIFF (.aif, .aiff)
o YUV4MPEG2 (.y4m)
o SMJPEG (.mjpg)
o raw AC3 (.ac3)
o Dialogic VOX (.vox)
o TechnoTrend PVA (.pva)
o Playstation STR (.str)
o Nullsoft Video (.nsv)
o 4X Technologies (.4xm)

* Audio codecs
supported:
o mpeg audio (layer 1,2,3)
o a/52 (aka ac3, dolby digital)
o aac (used in .mp4 files)
o dts (via external decoder)
o vorbis
o pcm
o adpcm (MS/IMA/DVI/Dialogic)
o mu-law and A-law
o roq dpcm
o Real Media dnet audio
o Real Media 28.8 audio
o DivX audio (WMA)
o GSM 6.10
o FLAC
o NSF (NES sound format)
o Speex
via external binary/win32 codecs (not included in xine):
o MS GSM
o Intel Music Coder
o Voxware Metasound
o ACELP.net
o Real Media Sipro/Cook/dnet
o QDesign Music 1/2 (QDM1/QDM2)
currently unsupported/untested Formats:
o some formats frequently found in quicktime streams (Qualcomm Pure Voice...)

* Video codecs
supported:
o mpeg 1/2
o mpeg 4 (aka OpenDivX)
o ms mpeg 4
o divx 3/4/5
o windows media video 7
o motion jpeg
o Cinepak
o DV
o ms video 1 (msvc)
o ms rle
o Sorenson SVQ1/SVQ3 (often used in Quicktime trailers)
o creative yuv (cyuv)
o roq video
o QT RLE, SMC, RPZA
o theora
via external binary/win32 codecs (not included in xine):
o Indeo 3.1-5.0
o Window Media Video 8,9
o On2 VP3.1
o I263
o Real Media 2.0, 3.0, 4.0
currently unsupported/untested Formats:
o 3ivx
o h263 (aka Real Video 1.0)


Supported network (Webcasting/Streaming) protocols

* MMS (Microsoft Media)
* PNM (Real Media)
* RTSP (Real Media and others)
* HTTP
* raw TCP socket streaming (tcp://-style mrls)

via external binary/win32 codecs (not included in xine):

* Indeo 3.1-5.0
* Window Media Video 8,9
* On2 VP3.1
* I263
* Real Media 2.0, 3.0, 4.0

[Nicksan]

Yes, but how do you get them to play when I try to open up an AVI or WMV in Firefox? All I get is a dialog box that asks where I want to save it to and the option to play is greyed out.