On Tuesday 29 May 2007 12:48:09 John Wesley wrote:
> On 29/05/07, Rob Malpass <rob@???> wrote:
> > Hi all
> >
> > I know this is a bit of an old chestnut, but it's resurfaced again and I
> > can't fix it despite hours of fiddling.
> >
> > Problem: I can't watch NASA TV (www.nasa.gov) and follow links to watch
> > NASA TV. I get a blank area inside another window which opens. This
> > is on Ubuntu 7.04 with (AFAIK) all codecs installed as well as realplayer
> > 10. None of the other options like watch using Real, or QT work for me
> > either.
> >
> > It works in Windows (and interestingly seems to call up Windows media
> > player) but at the moment, I have no sound in Windows - though that's
> > another story.
> >
> > Sorry if I've asked this before (I even consulted the hantslug archives!)
> > but can't find a solution.
> >
> > Cheers
> > Rob
>
> Which mozilla (as I'm guessing you're running firefox) plugins are
> installed? It should be either mozilla-mplayer or mozilla-gstreamer (have
> a look in synaptic)
seconded. I can watch NASA TV fine using the codecs provided by automatix2 [1]
and the mozilla-mplayer firefox plugin.
HTH,
Mark
[1]
http://www.getautomatix.com
