Red X in totem-mozilla (feisty)

[debiani386]

Steven Pasternak wrote:
> debiani386 wrote:
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>> Steven Pasternak wrote:
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>>> Hi! When I try to view a DivX movie from http://tv-links.co.uk 
>>> (specifically the "300" movie), the totem plugin gives me a nice big X! 
>>> On windows, I just installed the DivX web player and it worked great. I 
>>> did install every codec package (gstreamer, xine, and even the 
>>> w32codecs). Why won't it play??
>>> -Steven
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>> hmm..totem isnt really all that great of a program. i really wasnt 
>> impressed with teh fact that it "supported" all these file types (such 
>> as mpg, avi, mp3, wmv, wav, etc), yet it only works with a few of them 
>> (ive only had success with avi and wav files)
>>
>> If i were you, i would ditch totem and go with mplayer. its probably the 
>> best media player ive used on linux
>> --cj
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> I installed the mplayer plugin and told it to enable DivX, but it just 
> says 'stopped' when I push play. I click on 'Copy URL,' but nothing lets 
> me paste it anywhere. I have a feeling that DRM is playing some evil 
> role in this :-(
> -Steven
>
>   
yah. No matter what you do in totem, more then likely your not going to 
get it to work. The Mplayer plugin doesnt change the way that totem 
views media, just adds mplayer extensions.
--cj