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On Thu, 2010-04-15 at 10:51 +0100, Rob Beard wrote: > On 15/04/10 10:20, Simon Sanders wrote: > > I have just allowed my Mandriva auto-upgrade system to upgrade me to > > Firefox 3.6.3 and the video has stopped working. I get a dialog box > > headed Codeina that tells me my operating system does not include an > > MPEG-4 player and invites me to install a Fluenda DVD player at a > > bargain price of EUR 19.99. My Firefox preferences/applications dialog > > box tells me that MPEG-4 is handled by my Quicktime plugin 7.2.0. I note > > that Fluenda is being sold by Mandriva. > > > > Mandriva is the only distro I can get to run on my creaky old > > Dell/Celeron machine. Do I have to get a new computer? Needless to say, > > there is no advice available at Mandriva. > > > > Simon Sanders > > > > > > You should be able to play MPEG4 video with some GStreamer plugins. I'm > not really up to scratch with my knowledge of Mandriva but I'd have > thought there should be some sort of plugins available. Otherwise you > may have a bit more luck adding the MPlayer plugin for Firefox. > > Sorry I can't be much more help, but hopefully it might give you some > pointers. > > Maybe someone on the list using Mandriva (or I believe PCLinuxOS which > AFAIK is based on Mandriva) might be able to offer a bit more help. > > Rob > > try checking for a package called win32codecs and also the vlc media player which comes with lots of codecs. failing that just stick "codec" into the software manager search box and download pretty much everything it comes up with. I'm not using mandriva these days, so can't remember what I installed, but I have used mandriva with mpeg4 (kaffeine as the player). Also as suggested installing mplayer and related packages may do the trick. -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html