Concerning mplayer in ubuntu8.04[quote]

install mplayer sudo apt-get install mplayer mplayerplug-in install codecs 1. Visit MPlayer binary codec download page. Download the codec package 2. Extract 3. Copy all extracted files to /usr/lib/codecs 4. sudo apt-get install libstdc++5 5. Launch MPLayer by selecting Applications -> Sound & Video -> MPlayer Movie Player. Right-click in the Mplayer - Video window and select Preferences from the menu. Select the Video tab and change the Available drivers: to x11 X11 (XImage/Shm). Select the Codecs & demuxer tab and change the Video codec family: to RealVideo decoder and the Audio codec family: to FFmpeg/libavcodec audio decoders. When you’re done, click OK and close down MPlayer. Screen scaling 1. sudo gedit /etc/mplayer/mplayer.conf 2. delete the '#' before 'zoom = yes' Firefox mplayer plugin(not sure) 1. sudo apt-get install mplayer mozilla-mplayer

2. Add two items ‘about:config’ in firefox:

Network.protocol-handler.app.mms string /usr/bin/mplayer

Network.protocal-handler.external.mms boolean True