Michael wrote: > alan c wrote: >> I am happy to say that a neighbour of mine is using Kubuntu. I helped >> choose the new machine (dell basic desktop) and set it all up, dual >> boot. The neighbour trusts my judgement and the fact that I use it >> (and not windows) and I can help with the PC anyway. >> >> However this is a certain type of situation. They are an ordinary very >> non-technical PC user, with broadband for the first time, happy to use >> Kubuntu (7.04) because I recommend it but are surrounded by most >> friends and family who all use windows as you might expect. >> >> My real concern is that I am unable to configure the machine to 'just >> work' for the obvious internet tit-bits of video such as bbc video, >> ITV and Cannel 4 stuff - in fact most mainstream web page video stuff. >> >> Firefox is the important browser here - it is used in windows and >> Kubuntu, and their friends and family can (and should) be using >> firefox in windows. So I want to focus on firefox. Normal web >> browsing. Click on a link and video window should open and play. >> >> My own internet use does not usually include such things apart from an >> occasional BBC Click program, and anyway *I* am content to see 1) non >> functioning firefox player window, then 2) click on 'use standalone >> player' and then 3) see a download window then 4) to have a realplayer >> window open, and then 5) manually resize it....... but I know this >> will seem complicated and even a bit scary for this neighbour, even if >> they can remember it all. They are likely of course to just use >> windows and decry kubuntu. :-( >> >> I see in the ubuntu forums that there is a lot about firefox and bbc >> realplayer streams, but I did not see an actual solution I could use. >> >> To summarise - I am looking for specifically firefox and (as example) >> specifically BBC. >> >> My task is to get firefox working elegantly for such things. I will >> need to get my own machine going ok for this first, then the dell. >> I would be most grateful for help in this. >> tia >> > Whilst not brilliantly elegant, one solution is to use the > MediaPlayerConnectivity extension > (https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/446). In the set-up > wizard's drop-down menu entry for RealMedia, change the setting to > "realplay (/usr/bin)". > > Having selected the required link, the familiar BBC embedded player > window appears. Click on the icon and the link will open in RealPlayer.
thanks it could be a useful option - but in my machine I get sound from realplayer just now, and no picture. Maybe my realplayer environment has been disturbed by the other actions in this thread? -- alan cocks Kubuntu user#10391 -- [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
