Vlc Browser Plugin

#1 (**permalink**) 13-Jan-2008, 19:50

I am taking a web course that requires vlc plugin to view some of the lectures. it works fine on my note book since I chose to install a 32-bit SUSE on it, but my desktop is a no no. VLC Works fine, and am curious if anyone has gotten the plugin to work on 64-bit system?

#2 (**permalink**) 13-Jan-2008, 22:56

Well, it looks like if I change architect of mozilla, I can get the vlc plugin working but changing to 64-bit firefox kills my java. only if there was a way...

#3 (**permalink**) 14-Jan-2008, 16:42

I guess VMware is the only alternative at this point unless someone else has a solution.

#4 (**permalink**) 15-Jan-2008, 08:02

That sounds like 64bit versus 32bit problem you'll have to decide which way but afaik both vlc and mplayer have 64bit plugins.

I'd check your VLC installation to see if you've installed, 64bit vlc and if so perhaps changing both Vlc/mplayer and plugin to 32bit. But I would expect a few deps doing it that way.

Personally these are partially the reasons I don't think 64bit is yet ready for just get up and go. I have tbh and say on another 64bit distro I run, FF doesn't have Java, but I use Konq for most of my surfing anyway.

You may partially benefit from a 32bit media player any way, as you can find the odd format that Mplayer won't play natively. As 32bit codecs don't work in a 64bit environment.

Think you'll need to decide where you compromise no java FF, 64bit plugin and player, or java with FF, 32bit plugin and player.

#5 (**permalink**) 15-Jan-2008, 10:49

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That sounds like 64bit versus 32bit problem you'll have to decide which way but afaik both vlc and mplayer have 64bit plugins.

I'd check your VLC installation to see if you've installed, 64bit vlc and if so perhaps changing both Vlc/mplayer and plugin to 32bit. But I would expect a few deps doing it that way.

Personally these are partially the reasons I don't think 64bit is yet ready for just get up and go. I have tbh and say on another 64bit distro I run, FF doesn't have Java, but I use Konq for most of my surfing anyway.

You may partially benefit from a 32bit media player any way, as you can find the odd format that Mplayer won't play natively. As 32bit codecs don't work in a 64bit environment.

Think you'll need to decide where you compromise no java FF, 64bit plugin and player, or java with FF, 32bit plugin and player.
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You are right, it is a 32-bit/64-bit issue. The thing is I wouldn't mind running 32-bit VLC but It wants to change too many packages and creates a dependency cycle. Good thing I stalled 32-bit SUSE on my notebook.

On the 64-bit System, I can't get VLC working on Konqueror either, so that kind of make me wonder.
Though Flash, mplayer-multimedia works fine if I change to 64-bit Firefox. Only java refuses to work. I thought there was a plugin that emulates java for the 64-bit verion?

#6 (**permalink**) 15-Jan-2008, 11:21

No java emulator as far as I know there's as blackdown 64bit plugin, can't remember did find it but had no joy. Think you're thinking of nswrapper for flash, but you'll still not have a java plugin, or Konqs direct use of the JVM(Hopes he's got this bit right).

So I took the compromise took 32bit FF. doing a 32bit multimedia bit will change a few bits I'd of thought. Never done it, only ever encountered one file to date.

Konqueror should play with the Vlc plugin the same as mplayer but only ever really used the mplayer one, here I suspect a path or mime assoc problem especially if you say it works in 64bit FF.

#7 (**permalink**) 15-Jan-2008, 11:42

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No java emulator as far as I know there's as blackdown 64bit plugin, can't remember did find it but had no joy. Think you're thinking of nswrapper for flash, but you'll still not have a java plugin, or Konqs direct use of the JVM(Hopes he's got this bit right).

So I took the compromise took 32bit FF. doing a 32bit multimedia bit will change a few bits I'd of thought. Never done it, only ever encountered one file to date.

Konqueror should play with the Vlc plugin the same as mplayer but only ever really used the mplayer one, here I suspect a path or mime assoc problem especially if you say it works in 64bit FF.
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Yes, I meant nswrapper. regardless of which ff architect I run, flash works fine. Java is what I need, If i can only get java plugin on 64bit ff then all will be well.