The Totem Firefox plugin loads fine but doesn't play

[Tim Fuchs]

Binary package hint: totem

I'm using Totem-xine version 2.18.1-0ubuntu3

The standalone player works fine but the plugin doesn't work at all.

When I open a website the plugin loads and the control bar is shown together with a black field where the video is supposed to be (sometimes it also displays the totem icon in this field).

The player doesn't crash (I can still change the volume) but it doesn't play either.

This happens with every video and audio format possible.

[Sebastien Bacher (seb128)]

Thank you for your bug, that's know upstream, http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=416582

[dorphichinfa (dorphichinfa-deactivatedaccount)]

Confirmed on Ubuntu Feisty. totem-xine's firefox plugin doesn't work, and totem-gstreamer doesn't support DVD playback. I recommend mozilla-mplayer for a reliable firefox playback plugin, to fill the gap of totem-xine temporarily.

[Sebastien Bacher (seb128)]

totem-gstreamer works great nowadays and totem-mozilla also when using it, the easier way is to install xine-ui to read DVDs rather and to keep the gstreamer version

[Stian24 (stiantorgersen)]

I use totem-gstreamer and have the same problem if i reinstall it it works for one or two files before stop working again

[Sebastian Urban (surban)]

Same problem here, using totem-gstreamer. Reinstallation does not help. However right clicking on plugin and selecting "Open with movie player" works and plays the movie correctly.

Test on website: http://bcs.whfreeman.com/lodish5e/pages/bcs-main.asp?v=chapter&s=01000&n=00020&i=01020.02&o=|00510|00610|00520|00530|00540|00560|00570|00590|00600|00700|00710|00010|00020|00030|00040|00050|01000|02000|03000|04000|05000|06000|07000|08000|09000|10000|11000|12000|13000|14000|15000|16000|17000|18000|19000|20000|21000|22000|23000|99000|&ns=0

[Jason (jasonxh)]

I confirm this bug, with xine backend. Quite annoying. Yet I don't think gstreamer is mature enough.

[Sebastien Bacher (seb128)]

that's fixed in gutsy, the gstreamer variant works nicely you should try it

[Sebastien Bacher (seb128)]

don't reopen bugs closed for years