Problem installing mplayer plugin for Firefox (AMD64)

[pablo173]

Has anybody succeeded in installing the mplayer plugin for Firefox 3.6.13 (AMD64)? When I try to use KPackageKit to install, it throws this error message:

Error Type:
Error Value: E:I wasn't able to locate file for the mozilla-mplayer package. This might mean you need to manually fix this package.
File : /usr/share/PackageKit/helpers/apt/aptBackend.py, line 2216, in
main()
File : /usr/share/PackageKit/helpers/apt/aptBackend.py, line 2213, in main
run(args, options.single)
File : /usr/share/PackageKit/helpers/apt/aptBackend.py, line 2175, in run
backend.dispatcher(args)
File : /usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/packagekit/backend.py, line 699, in dispatcher
self.dispatch_command(args[0], args[1:])
File : /usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/packagekit/backend.py, line 596, in dispatch_command
self.install_packages(only_trusted, package_ids)
File : /usr/share/PackageKit/helpers/apt/aptBackend.py, line 202, in _locked_cache
func(*args, **kwargs)
File : /usr/share/PackageKit/helpers/apt/aptBackend.py, line 1354, in install_packages
self._commit_changes()
File : /usr/share/PackageKit/helpers/apt/aptBackend.py, line 1842, in _commit_changes
PackageKitInstallProgress(self, install_range))
File : /usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/apt/deprecation.py, line 103, in deprecated_function
return func(*args, **kwds)
File : /usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/apt/cache.py, line 374, in commit
res = self._fetch_archives(fetcher, pm)
File : /usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/apt/cache.py, line 257, in _fetch_archives
if not pm.get_archives(fetcher, self._list, self._records):

[Rog131]

Re: Problem installing mplayer plugin for Firefox (AMD64)

Error Value: E:I wasn't able to locate file for the mozilla-mplayer package

What is your (K)ubuntu version ?
(> FAQ: Version info)

The mozilla-mplayer is not supported. The package was removed from the repositories with the Ubuntu 10.04 (Lucid Lynx). The mozilla-mplayer was replaced with the gecko-mediaplayer.

More/earlier > Topic: Packages missing from the repository

[pablo173]

Re: Problem installing mplayer plugin for Firefox (AMD64)

Thanks, Rog.

I'm running Kubuntu 10.04, Lucid Lynx, and Firefox 3.6.13.

I used KPackageKit to install gecko-mediaplayer. Seems to work, EXCEPT with the TVFox add-on for Firefox, which is the reason I wanted the mplayer plugin in the first place.

Seems like TVFox can connect to the stream, but the data never makes it to the screen.