true streaming video in firefox 3.0 Beta

okay, I figured it out in this thread from Ubuntu Forums. I used these commands to purge the old plugins:

sudo apt-get remove kaffeine-mozilla mozilla-helix-player mozilla-mplayer mozilla-plugin-vlc totem-mozilla xine-plugin

and then these to install the new mplayer gecko plugin:

sudo apt-get install gnome-mplayer gecko-mediaplayer

and I went back to Apple's trailer site and could watch trailers!

note, if you have problems, check the thread mentioned at the top for troubleshooting.

plugins for opera

I've been trying to get media plugins to work in Opera (since Firefox 3.0 Beta is freezing up my computer when I try to play trailers on Apple's website). In fiddling around, it seems that Opera is referencing my Mozilla directory to use the plugins I have there. I used Synaptic to install "mplayerplug-in" so I could use mplayer to play videos online.

it does play the videos...but I only get sound and a black popup window which opens up and blocks part of my screen. irritating, to say the least.

oh well, I'm gonna keep fiddling with this...let you know what works out in the end...

I got streaming video online!

Okay, the only real problem I've had with video in ubuntu was that I couldn't go to apple.com/trailers and watch movie trailers (I'm only addicted a little... ;-). I had downloaded the VLC player, which I knew could play any videos I came across - but how to get firefox to use vlc? That was my dilemma. Well, I found a great tutuorial - but I forgot where it is... but I did find this awesome add-on for firefox, called MediaPlayerconnectivity. Check it out - it let's you determine which player plays what types of video files in firefox. Now I can stream video to my delight!!!!