SLED 10 : MPlayer plug-in for Firefox plays sound but does not display video

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Environment

SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 10

Situation

When visiting sites that utilize the MPlayer plug-in for Firefox, sound plays but there is no picture or visual images being displayed.

Resolution

A possible resolution is to alter the video output configuration option.

Open /etc/mplayer/mplayer.conf
Locate the line for the video output (begins with "vo=").
Remove the XVideo option ("xv").
Save the file
Restart Firefox and try the site again.

For example, a line consisting of :

vo=xv,x11

would be altered to read :

vo=x11

Upon restarting Firefox, the MPlayer plug-ins will attempt to use the x11 drivers for video output instead of the XVideo driver.

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