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MPEG Video+Audio and VCD Player for Linux and Unix | MPEG Video+Audio Player for Windows-CE devices (FREE!) | Toolkit includes MPEG Video+Audio real-time library and sample source code for Linux and WinCE |
Announcement |
MpegTV has discontinued its MPEG video plug-in for Linux and Unix.We recommand that you use Plugger, a free Streaming Multimedia Plugin for Linux and Unix Netscape. Plugger can use our MpegTV Player to play MPEG video and is functionnally equivalent to our discontinued plug-in.
Alternatively, you can setup your Netscape browser to use MpegTV Player as a helper or streaming helper.
Plugger Guide |
Requirements
In order to stream MPEG video with the Plugger, you must first download and install MpegTV Player.Make sure that the executable file mtvp is installed in a directory accessible from your PATH. To test if that is the case, type the command mtvp. You should see a window with a video animation.
You do not need to register or pay anything if you use mtvp only for personal, educational and non-profit use.
Download the Plugger
Plugger Home Page.Install the Plugger Plug-in
To install Pluger at a place where Netscape will find it you should copy the file plugger.so in one of the following directories:
- ~/.netscape/plugins/ (personnal use only)
- /usr/local/lib/netscape/plugins/ (shared by all users)
Start your Netscape browser and check that Plugger is installed and enabled
To check that Plugger is installed, select the Help->About Plug-ins menu and check that you see Plugger. You can also see what plug-ins are installed by opening the special URL about:plugins.If Pluger is marked Enabled = No, here is how to enable it:
- Select the Options->General Preferences menu
- Click on Helpers
- Look for all the mime types recognized by mtv:
- video/mpeg
- video/x-mpeg
- video/mpeg-system
- video/x-mpeg-system
- For each of the mime types above:
- Select the mime-type
- Click on Edit
- Select Plug-in
- Choose Plugger in the list of available plug-ins
- Click on OK
Try Streaming MPEG Video with Plugger ! |
You can use our MPEG Video plugin test page, or use the Plugger testing grounds.
Help and Troubleshooting |
Check the Plugger Troubleshooting Page. If you still have comments or questions about Plugger, you can email the author at hubbe@hubbe.net.
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Last Modified:
26 Jul 99
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