Bug#706154: gecko-mediaplayer: claims that an additional plugin is needed, but standalone gnome-mplayer plays the video

[Sebastian Ramacher]

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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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