Gentoo Archives: gentoo-user

From: Nikos Chantziaras <realnc@×××××.de>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: [gentoo-user] Re: mplayer and sound in firefox during playback
Date: Wed, 09 Sep 2009 00:03:14
Message-Id: h86rat$c5s$1@ger.gmane.org
In Reply to: [gentoo-user] mplayer and sound in firefox during playback by Harry Putnam
1 On 09/09/2009 02:49 AM, Harry Putnam wrote:
2 > I've installed mplayer and am able to play back online vidoes like
3 > quicktime. However, I get no sound.
4 >
5 > Playing the same file retrieved from browser cache, directly with
6 > mplayer, works with sound.
7 >
8 > What do I need to do with firefox to get the sound of videos?
9 >
10 > I have the gecko-media player installed but I noticed in firefox
11 > options/applications that *.mov files are not mentioned there.
12 > Although quite a few other formats are listed as using gecko.
13
14 Right-click on the video while it plays and go to the settings dialog.
15 there, make sure you're using an appropriate sound back-end.