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This is a quick how-to.

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Installing

Using Mplayer

1. First, install totem-xine (removing totem-gstreamer)

2. Install gstreamerX.X-plugins and gstreamerX.X-plugins-multiverse (take care with country laws)

3. Activate all gstreamer plugins (not always necessary)

# gst-register-X.X

4. Install mplayer and mplayer-plugin

5. Remove totem-mozilla-plugin

# mv -f /usr/lib/mozilla-firefox/plugins/libtotem_mozilla.a /usr/lib/mozilla-firefox/plugins/libtotem_mozilla.a_backup
# mv -f /usr/lib/mozilla-firefox/plugins/libtotem_mozilla.la /usr/lib/mozilla-firefox/plugins/libtotem_mozilla.la_backup
# mv -f /usr/lib/mozilla-firefox/plugins/libtotem_mozilla.so /usr/lib/mozilla-firefox/plugins/libtotem_mozilla.so_backup
# mv -f /usr/lib/mozilla-firefox/plugins/libtotem_mozilla.xpt /usr/lib/mozilla-firefox/plugins/libtotem_mozilla.xpt_backup

6. Close all mozilla or firefox windows (this will restart it)

7. Start mozilla or firefox and Multimedia Streaming is ready to go!

Using Totem (use this if you have problems with mplayer)

1. Uninstall mplayer-plugin (remove completly) on Synaptic or on your favorite package manager.

2. Install totem-xine and totem-xine-firefox-plugin. This will remove totem-gstreamer if you have it.

3. Close all mozilla or firefox windows (this will restart it)

4. Start mozilla or firefox and Multimedia Streaming is ready to go!

Credits/Help

Thanks to EasyUbuntu for some tips! If your are having problems you may try to use it as it uploads several audio/video libraries.