Bug#602163: totem: Won't play videos if another "player" also present in an iceweasel tab

[Olivier Berger]

On Tue, Nov 02, 2010 at 06:58:01AM +0100, Olivier Berger wrote:
> Hi.
> 
> I'm facing a situation where totem and iceweasel semm to be conflicting somehow on video playback.
> 
> Whenever I've openend a tab in iceweasel which contains a video player like JWPlayer (for instance, this URL : http://videos2010.rmll.info/acceleration-du-developpement-d-application-avec-quickly.html), and played bits of that video in iceweasel, then, when I open a video withing totem, it won't play, staying "stuck" in paused mode even if I click on the play button.
> 
> If I close the iceweasel tab, then I can play again the video.
> 
> I tried to use totem --debug to try and get a hint on what's wrong with no luck :-(
> 
> Thanks in advance for any help in solving this issue.
> 
> Best regards,
> 

Note to myself, maybe this is the same problem as http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=604728, although needs to be investigated.

Don't have time now, though.

HtH.

Best regards,