Control: tags -1 + moreinfo Hi,
On 2013-04-25 16:54:00, Francesco Poli (wintermute) wrote: > Package: gecko-mediaplayer > Version: 1.0.8-1 > Severity: normal > > Hello, > I wanted to check that bug #689862 is still fixed in > gnome-mplayer/1.0.8-1 + gecko-mediaplayer/1.0.8-1 > > To my great surprise, the following happened: > > 0) I started iceweasel > > 1) I opened a video in a new tab, for instance: > http://content.funny-base.com/videos2/trunkmonkey01.wmv > > 2) iceweasel behaves exactly as if none of the installed plugins were > able to deal with this file type: it popped up a dialog window, > offering me to download the video or to open it with GNOME MPlayer > > 3) I chose to open the video with GNOME MPlayer and a standalone > instance of gnome-mplayer appeared, playing the video correctly > > 4) I then tried the web page that embeds the same video: > http://www.funny-base.com/videos/792-trunkmonkey01.html > > 5) the NoScript extension blocked the JavaScript code; > I right-clicked on the page and selected "Temporarily allow > funny-base.com" from the NoScript submenu > > 6) an iceweasel warning appeared inside a yellow bar at the top of > the web page, claiming that "Additional plugins are required to > display all the media on this page"; the area that should embed > the video showed a similar warning ("A plugin is needed to display > this content") > > 7) I don't want to install plugins for my regular user, I strongly > prefer to install Debian packages (as root), so that plugins and > extensions are installed system-wide (for all the users); but, > still, I wanted to see what would have have been installed: I tried > to click on the "Install plugin" link > > 8) a dialog window appeared running the Plugin Finder Service and > saying that "No suitable plugins were found", "Unknown Plugin > (video/x-ms-wmv)"... > N.B.: with other videos, the MIME type claimed to be associated > to an unknown plugin may be different (for instance > video/x-msvideo) > > Why does gecko-mediaplayer claim that additional plugins are needed > to play the above-mentioned videos, while gnome-mplayer is able to > play them, when running in a standalone window? > > Is this a bug or did I misunderstand something? > > The same web pages used to work correctly with gnome-mplayer/1.0.7-2 > + gecko-mediaplayer/1.0.6-1, hence this looks like a regression... Did you change the settings regarding Windows Media Player emulation (Settings / Plugin)? It defaults to being enabled and I just checked that it indeed is enabled by default for a new user and I'm able to watch the videos with gecko-mediaplayer in a new profile. Regards -- Sebastian Ramacher
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