VLC PLugin Firefox UBUNTU Problem [solved]

[coldfire]

In UBUNTU 8.04, I have build the latest VLC source code and now i want to "make install" it. When I did "make install" under root privileges, it did isntalled the VLC but I cannot see it installed in "about:plugins", before installation it was showing:

VLC Multimedia Plugin (compatible Totem 2.22.1)

File name: libtotem-cone-plugin.so
The Totem 2.22.1 plugin handles video and audio streams.

MIME Type Description Suffixes Enabled
application/x-vlc-plugin unbekannt Yes
application/vlc unbekannt Yes
video/x-google-vlc-plugin unbekannt Yes

and after installing and restarting the browser it is still showing the same plugin! I am of the view that Totem VLC Plugin is installed by-default but my version of VLC plugin is not installed. What to do now?

what does it mean, or am I missing anything

can somebody give me any feedback....i am waiting

[coldfire]

i installed it NOW by,

sudo apt-get install mozilla-plugin-vlc

and it is showing the installed plugin as

VLC Multimedia Plugin

File name: libvlcplugin.so
Version 0.8.6e Janus, copyright 1996-2007 The VideoLAN Team
http://www.videolan.org/

MIME Type Description Suffixes Enabled
audio/mpeg MPEG audio mp2,mp3,mpga,mpega Yes
audio/x-mpeg MPEG audio mp2,mp3,mpga,mpega Yes
video/mpeg MPEG video mpg,mpeg,mpe Yes
video/x-mpeg MPEG video mpg,mpeg,mpe Yes
video/mpeg-system MPEG video mpg,mpeg,mpe,vob Yes
video/x-mpeg-system MPEG video mpg,mpeg,mpe,vob Yes
video/mpeg4 MPEG-4 video mp4,mpg4 Yes
audio/mpeg4 MPEG-4 audio mp4,mpg4 Yes
application/mpeg4-iod MPEG-4 video mp4,mpg4 Yes
application/mpeg4-muxcodetable MPEG-4 video mp4,mpg4 Yes
video/x-msvideo AVI video avi Yes
video/quicktime QuickTime video mov,qt Yes
application/x-ogg Ogg stream ogg Yes
application/ogg Ogg stream ogg Yes
application/x-vlc-plugin VLC plugin vlc Yes
video/x-ms-asf-plugin Windows Media Video asf,asx Yes
video/x-ms-asf Windows Media Video asf,asx Yes
application/x-mplayer2 Windows Media Yes
video/x-ms-wmv Windows Media wmv Yes
application/x-google-vlc-plugin Google VLC plugin Yes
audio/wav WAV audio wav Yes
audio/x-wav WAV audio wav Yes
audio/3gpp 3GPP audio 3gp,3gpp Yes
video/3gpp 3GPP video 3gp,3gpp Yes
audio/3gpp2 3GPP2 audio 3g2,3gpp2 Yes
video/3gpp2 3GPP2 video 3g2,3gpp2 Yes

BUT, there are alot of problems, firefox(v 3.0) crashes when I try to play the .avi file ( http://support.microsoft.com/support/me ... xample.avi ) again or ( hit F5 ). Also the video plays with alot of flickering and the bottom few lines are garbled.....

is it still under bug fixing.....where can I find the bugs/solutions related to this query?

[xtophe]

The only proper solution is to wait for VLC 0.9.0 where libvlc behaves much better when dealing with multiple instances.

[thannoy]

Answering your first post, "./configure" have a default "--prefix" parameter to "/usr/local".

This should install the plugin in /usr/local/lib/firefox/plugin I think. But maybe your Firefox is searching into /usr/lib/firefox/plugin/. You could overwrite the prefix (--prefix=/usr) or maybe copy libvlcplugin.so in your actual browser plugin directory.
I think this can explain your problem in the first post. If you have no "libvlcplugin.so" in your system after install, check your ./configure parameters (--enable-mozilla and --with-mozilla-sdk-path) and output ("..yes" and "..no")


For the second post, the plugin should have been envolved since 0.8.6 but I don't know which bug have been fixed or not. Mozilla plugin is still unstable if you use several instances in a same webpages for example but is more stable than before. I would suggest you to try 0.9.0 for the mozilla plugin.
-> a fast check at you link and yes, sometimes a segfault appears around misc/objects.c (not always the same lines) but I am not using latest git view.

To help locating bugs, you can use "firefox -g", then "run" and hit enter key some times, this is a gdb run of firefox. Known bugs are on the trac (http://trac.videolan.org/vlc). To add new ones, you will have to create an account and give the account name you have created on the IRC. Someone will then validate your trac account.

[coldfire]

what if I dont use <embed/> tag for playing media, than would that workout ?

apart from that, i just reinstalled firefox out of curiosity, now I had installed the vlc plugin again by

sudo apt-get install mozilla-plugin-vlc

BUT, after restarting the browser, the "about:plugins" shows "No Plugin Installed". Now, I am in deeper trouble ! any clue?

[thannoy]

You need an HTML node to insert vlc mozilla plugin in your page. You can create this node in Javascript also (like revolunet does) but a not empty <embed id="an_id" type=.... ... .. /> is needed. (see http://wiki.videolan.org/Documentation: ... lla_plugin)

Maybe firefox uninstallation remove its plugin directory, which could explain why your ols plugins have disappeared. No idea why new ones seems not installed. You should have a look for *.so into /usr/lib/<you_browser>/plugins folder.

[coldfire]

You need an HTML node to insert vlc mozilla plugin in your page. You can create this node in Javascript also (like revolunet does) but a not empty <embed id="an_id" type=.... ... .. /> is needed. (see http://wiki.videolan.org/Documentation: ... lla_plugin)

Maybe firefox uninstallation remove its plugin directory, which could explain why your ols plugins have disappeared. No idea why new ones seems not installed. You should have a look for *.so into /usr/lib/<you_browser>/plugins folder.

yes, i have the html file with embedded plugin and few buttons with js....I browsed in the forum to get the info regarding this error, and someone mentioned that avoiding embed tag "may" solve the problem....i havent tested yet as the plugins are not yet installed correctly.

After installing FF3, and installing the mozilla-plugin-vlc again, there is no *.so file in plugins, infact its empty. I have installed vlc plugin many times now, even restarting ubuntu, but no plugin showing in /usr/lib/firefox3/plugins/ strange.....!

[thannoy]

Maybe the plugin is in another directory, like /usr/lib/firefox/plugins, because the package mozilla-plugin-vlc may install its plugin a (or some) fixed folder and not ff3 folder.

You can have a look at the list of files mozilla-plugin-vlc have installed to finds the plugin library, then copy it in the right directory. Using synaptic to get this list is simple.

[coldfire]

Maybe the plugin is in another directory, like /usr/lib/firefox/plugins, because the package mozilla-plugin-vlc may install its plugin a (or some) fixed folder and not ff3 folder.

You can have a look at the list of files mozilla-plugin-vlc have installed to finds the plugin library, then copy it in the right directory. Using synaptic to get this list is simple.

i found it in /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins/libvlcplugin.so ...now i have copied it in /usr/lib/firefox-3.0/plugins/... but still no luck

BUT, now when i copied it in /usr/lib/firefox/plugins/... the "about:plugins" is showing 'VLC plugins' . Well, the plugin cannot play and crashes the browser even in the first attempt!

any clue?

[coldfire]

i need to know about the very instant crash of browser with vlc plugin, i need to know few things,
what should "Universe" looklike in this case.

my sources.list shows like:

#deb cdrom:[Ubuntu 8.04 _Hardy Heron_ - Release i386 (20080423)]/ hardy main restricted
# See http://help.ubuntu.com/community/UpgradeNotes for how to upgrade to
# newer versions of the distribution.

deb http://de.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ hardy main restricted
deb-src http://de.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ hardy main restricted

## Major bug fix updates produced after the final release of the
## distribution.
deb http://de.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ hardy-updates main restricted
deb-src http://de.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ hardy-updates main restricted

## N.B. software from this repository is ENTIRELY UNSUPPORTED by the Ubuntu
## team, and may not be under a free licence. Please satisfy yourself as to
## your rights to use the software. Also, please note that software in
## universe WILL NOT receive any review or updates from the Ubuntu security
## team.
deb http://de.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ hardy universe
deb-src http://de.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ hardy universe
deb http://de.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ hardy-updates universe
deb-src http://de.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ hardy-updates universe

## N.B. software from this repository is ENTIRELY UNSUPPORTED by the Ubuntu
## team, and may not be under a free licence. Please satisfy yourself as to
## your rights to use the software. Also, please note that software in
## multiverse WILL NOT receive any review or updates from the Ubuntu
## security team.
deb http://de.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ hardy multiverse
deb-src http://de.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ hardy multiverse
deb http://de.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ hardy-updates multiverse
deb-src http://de.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ hardy-updates multiverse

## Uncomment the following two lines to add software from the 'backports'
## repository.
## N.B. software from this repository may not have been tested as
## extensively as that contained in the main release, although it includes
## newer versions of some applications which may provide useful features.
## Also, please note that software in backports WILL NOT receive any review
## or updates from the Ubuntu security team.
# deb http://de.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ hardy-backports main restricted universe multiverse
# deb-src http://de.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ hardy-backports main restricted universe multiverse

## Uncomment the following two lines to add software from Canonical's
## 'partner' repository. This software is not part of Ubuntu, but is
## offered by Canonical and the respective vendors as a service to Ubuntu
## users.
# deb http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu hardy partner
# deb-src http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu hardy partner

deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu hardy-security main restricted
deb-src http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu hardy-security main restricted
deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu hardy-security universe
deb-src http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu hardy-security universe
deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu hardy-security multiverse
deb-src http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu hardy-security multiverse

system:
VMware/UBUNTU 8.04
Firefox v.3.0
VLC ver 0.9.0-test2 Grishenko

do i need the sources.list file fixed in case of vlc-plugin

[thannoy]

i need to know about the very instant crash of browser with vlc plugin, i need to know few things,
what should "Universe" looklike in this case.
[...]
my sources.list shows like:
do i need the sources.list file fixed in case of vlc-plugin

If you want to get an accuracy location of the bugs, I think you will need to compile VLC yourself and add "--enable-debug --disable-release --disable-optimisations" to get usable debug traces.
Then, after install, run Firefox in debug mode (firefox -g) and gdb will show you good backtraces and variable values to help debugging.

[coldfire]

the installed VLC { at /usr/local/bin or /usr/bin } version is showing as "VLC media player 0.9.0-test2 Grishenko"
but in the browser shows

File name: libvlcplugin.so
Version 0.8.6e Janus, copyright 1996-2007 The VideoLAN Team

how can i update the browsers' plugin to 0.9.0-teset2. Do I have to move/delete any *.so files ????

[thannoy]

If you are using your 0.9.0, you should uninstall packages related to 0.8.6 (I am thinking of mozplugin debian package which should have installed your 0.8.6e plugin).

Then if you have compiled your VLC with mozilla support (--enable-mozilla --with-mozilla-sdk-path=.....), recalling a "make install" will reinstall your 0.9.0 mozplug (either in /usr/local/lib/firefox/plugin (default) or /usr/lib/firefox/plugin if you provided a --prefix=/usr). If needed, copy the libvlcplugin.so to your browser plugin directory.

If you do not uninstall your deb 0.8.6, it will overwrite your 0.9.0 at next update.

[kwizart]

Same issue with me (Fedora 9 radeon driver with firefox3) This is the log when I hit F-5
with mozilla-vlc installed (and totem-mozplugin removed).

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[00000319] main interface debug: removing module "hotkeys" [00000001] main private debug: removing playlist handler [00000338] main access debug: connection in progress [00000318] main private debug: thread 2979777424 joined (playlist/playlist.c:247) [00000325] access_http access error: failed to read answer [00000325] access_http access error: seek failed [00000327] avi private debug: </list 'AVI '> [00000327] avi private debug: found Chunk fourcc:5453494c (LIST) size:2963746 pos:64744 [00000327] avi private debug: skipping movi chunk [00000325] access_http access debug: trying to seek to 3028498 [00000325] main access debug: net: connecting to support.microsoft.com port 80 [00000325] main access debug: connection in progress [00000325] main access debug: connection aborted [00000325] access_http access error: cannot connect to support.microsoft.com:80 [00000325] access_http access error: seek failed [00000327] avi private debug: * LIST-root size:3031674 pos:0 [00000327] avi private debug: + RIFF-AVI size:3031666 pos:0 [00000327] avi private debug: | + LIST-hdrl size:64636 pos:12 [00000327] avi private debug: | | + avih size:56 pos:24 [00000327] avi private debug: | | + LIST-strl size:32148 pos:88 [00000327] avi private debug: | | | + strh size:56 pos:100 [00000327] avi private debug: | | | + strf size:40 pos:164 [00000327] avi private debug: | | | + indx size:32024 pos:212 [00000327] avi private debug: | | + LIST-strl size:32136 pos:32244 [00000327] avi private debug: | | | + strh size:56 pos:32256 [00000327] avi private debug: | | | + strf size:18 pos:32320 [00000327] avi private debug: | | | + JUNK size:2 pos:32346 [00000327] avi private debug: | | | + indx size:32024 pos:32356 [00000327] avi private debug: | | + LIST-odml size:260 pos:64388 [00000327] avi private debug: | | | + dmlh size:248 pos:64400 [00000327] avi private debug: | + LIST-INFO size:80 pos:64656 [00000327] avi private debug: | | + IART size:12 pos:64668 [00000327] avi private debug: | | + ISBJ size:24 pos:64688 [00000327] avi private debug: | | + ICOP size:16 pos:64720 [00000327] avi private debug: | + LIST-movi size:2963746 pos:64744 [00000327] avi private debug: + LIST-movi size:2963746 pos:64744 [00000328] avi demuxer debug: AVIH: 2 stream, flags HAS_INDEX TRUST_CKTYPE [00000328] avi demuxer debug: stream[0] rate:10000000 scale:333333 samplesize:0 [00000328] avi demuxer debug: stream[0] video(cvid) 320x240 24bpp 30,000030fps [00000323] main input debug: selecting program id=0 [00000328] avi demuxer debug: stream[1] rate:192000 scale:4 samplesize:4 [00000328] avi demuxer debug: stream[1] audio(0x1) 2 channels 48000Hz 16bits [00000328] avi demuxer warning: cannot find idx1 chunk, no index defined [00000327] avi private debug: found Chunk fourcc:30307869 (ix00) size:32024 pos:64756 [00000325] access_http access debug: trying to seek to 96788 [00000325] main access debug: net: connecting to support.microsoft.com port 80 [00000325] main access debug: connection in progress [00000325] main access debug: connection aborted [00000325] access_http access error: cannot connect to support.microsoft.com:80 [00000325] access_http access error: seek failed [00000328] avi demuxer debug: stream[0] created 0 index entries [00000328] avi demuxer debug: stream[1] created 0 index entries [00000328] avi demuxer warning: broken or missing index, 'seek' will be axproximative or will have strange behaviour /usr/lib/firefox-3.0/run-mozilla.sh: line 131: 3482 Erreur de segmentation "$prog" ${1+"$@"}

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[00000325] access_http access debug: trying to seek to 1480624 [00000325] main access debug: net: connecting to support.microsoft.com port 80 [00000383] main video output warning: late picture skipped (24117752) [00000383] main video output warning: late picture skipped (24084443) [00000383] main video output warning: late picture skipped (24051121) [00000325] main access debug: connection in progress [00000325] access_http access debug: protocol 'HTTP' answer code 206 [00000325] access_http access debug: stream size=3031674 [00000325] access_http access debug: Content-Type: video/x-msvideo [00000325] access_http access debug: Server: Microsoft-IIS/6.0 [00000355] main audio output warning: PTS is out of range (25542472), dropping buffer [00000355] main audio output warning: PTS is out of range (25521210), dropping buffer [00000325] access_http access debug: trying to seek to 1460403 [00000325] main access debug: net: connecting to support.microsoft.com port 80 [00000325] main access debug: connection in progress [00000325] access_http access debug: protocol 'HTTP' answer code 206 [00000325] access_http access debug: stream size=3031674 [00000325] access_http access debug: Content-Type: video/x-msvideo [00000325] access_http access debug: Server: Microsoft-IIS/6.0 [00000325] access_http access debug: trying to seek to 1507204 [00000325] main access debug: net: connecting to support.microsoft.com port 80 [00000383] main video output warning: late picture skipped (26551898) [00000325] main access debug: connection in progress [00000325] access_http access debug: protocol 'HTTP' answer code 206 [00000325] access_http access debug: stream size=3031674 [00000325] access_http access debug: Content-Type: video/x-msvideo [00000325] access_http access debug: Server: Microsoft-IIS/6.0 [00000325] access_http access debug: trying to seek to 1465211 [00000325] main access debug: net: connecting to support.microsoft.com port 80 [00000355] main audio output warning: PTS is out of range (27939495), dropping buffer [00000355] main audio output warning: PTS is out of range (27918191), dropping buffer [00000325] main access debug: connection in progress [00000325] access_http access debug: protocol 'HTTP' answer code 206 [00000325] access_http access debug: stream size=3031674 [00000325] access_http access debug: Content-Type: video/x-msvideo [00000325] access_http access debug: Server: Microsoft-IIS/6.0 [00000325] access_http access debug: trying to seek to 1519126 [00000325] main access debug: net: connecting to support.microsoft.com port 80 [00000383] main video output warning: late picture skipped (29118084) [00000325] main access debug: connection in progress [00000325] access_http access debug: protocol 'HTTP' answer code 206 [00000325] access_http access debug: stream size=3031674 [00000325] access_http access debug: Content-Type: video/x-msvideo [00000325] access_http access debug: Server: Microsoft-IIS/6.0 [00000325] access_http access debug: trying to seek to 1470011 [00000325] main access debug: net: connecting to support.microsoft.com port 80 [00000355] main audio output warning: PTS is out of range (30423226), dropping buffer [00000355] main audio output warning: PTS is out of range (30401939), dropping buffer [00000325] main access debug: connection in progress [00000325] access_http access debug: protocol 'HTTP' answer code 206 [00000325] access_http access debug: stream size=3031674 [00000325] access_http access debug: Content-Type: video/x-msvideo [00000325] access_http access debug: Server: Microsoft-IIS/6.0 [00000325] access_http access debug: trying to seek to 1530568 [00000325] main access debug: net: connecting to support.microsoft.com port 80 [00000383] main video output warning: late picture skipped (31383438) [00000325] main access debug: connection in progress [00000325] access_http access debug: protocol 'HTTP' answer code 206 [00000325] access_http access debug: stream size=3031674 [00000325] access_http access debug: Content-Type: video/x-msvideo [00000325] access_http access debug: Server: Microsoft-IIS/6.0 [00000325] access_http access debug: trying to seek to 1474811 [00000325] main access debug: net: connecting to support.microsoft.com port 80 [00000355] main audio output warning: PTS is out of range (32601047), dropping buffer [00000355] main audio output warning: PTS is out of range (32579743), dropping buffer [00000325] main access debug: connection in progress [00000325] access_http access debug: protocol 'HTTP' answer code 206 [00000325] access_http access debug: stream size=3031674 [00000325] access_http access debug: Content-Type: video/x-msvideo [00000325] access_http access debug: Server: Microsoft-IIS/6.0 [00000325] access_http access debug: trying to seek to 1541690 [00000325] main access debug: net: connecting to support.microsoft.com port 80 [00000383] main video output warning: late picture skipped (33625522) [00000325] main access debug: connection in progress [00000325] access_http access debug: protocol 'HTTP' answer code 206 [00000325] access_http access debug: stream size=3031674 [00000325] access_http access debug: Content-Type: video/x-msvideo [00000325] access_http access debug: Server: Microsoft-IIS/6.0 [00000325] access_http access debug: trying to seek to 1479611 [00000325] main access debug: net: connecting to support.microsoft.com port 80 [00000355] main audio output warning: PTS is out of range (34899639), dropping buffer [00000355] main audio output warning: PTS is out of range (34878359), dropping buffer [00000325] main access debug: connection in progress [00000325] access_http access debug: protocol 'HTTP' answer code 206 [00000325] access_http access debug: stream size=3031674 [00000325] access_http access debug: Content-Type: video/x-msvideo [00000325] access_http access debug: Server: Microsoft-IIS/6.0 [00000325] access_http access debug: trying to seek to 1552576 [00000325] main access debug: net: connecting to support.microsoft.com port 80 [00000383] main video output warning: late picture skipped (35903045) [00000325] main access debug: connection in progress [00000325] access_http access debug: protocol 'HTTP' answer code 206 [00000325] access_http access debug: stream size=3031674 [00000325] access_http access debug: Content-Type: video/x-msvideo [00000325] access_http access debug: Server: Microsoft-IIS/6.0 [00000325] access_http access debug: trying to seek to 1484411 [00000325] main access debug: net: connecting to support.microsoft.com port 80 [00000355] main audio output warning: PTS is out of range (37231545), dropping buffer [00000355] main audio output warning: PTS is out of range (37210259), dropping buffer [00000355] main audio output warning: PTS is out of range (37206635), dropping buffer [00000355] main audio output warning: PTS is out of range (37185335), dropping buffer [00000325] main access debug: connection in progress [00000325] access_http access debug: protocol 'HTTP' answer code 206 [00000325] access_http access debug: stream size=3031674 [00000325] access_http access debug: Content-Type: video/x-msvideo [00000325] access_http access debug: Server: Microsoft-IIS/6.0 [00000325] access_http access debug: trying to seek to 1563290 [00000325] main access debug: net: connecting to support.microsoft.com port 80 [00000383] main video output warning: late picture skipped (38351123) [00000325] main access debug: connection in progress [00000325] access_http access debug: protocol 'HTTP' answer code 206 [00000325] access_http access debug: stream size=3031674 [00000325] access_http access debug: Content-Type: video/x-msvideo [00000325] access_http access debug: Server: Microsoft-IIS/6.0 [00000355] main audio output warning: PTS is out of range (39597317), dropping buffer [00000355] main audio output warning: PTS is out of range (39576049), dropping buffer [00000355] main audio output warning: PTS is out of range (39572420), dropping buffer [00000355] main audio output warning: PTS is out of range (39551119), dropping buffer [00000355] main audio output warning: PTS is out of range (39547488), dropping buffer [00000355] main audio output warning: PTS is out of range (39526184), dropping buffer [00000355] main audio output warning: PTS is out of range (39522546), dropping buffer [00000355] main audio output warning: PTS is out of range (39501247), dropping buffer

[coldfire]

i have installed the latest VLC 0.9.0 from VLC-GIT ver. but the Synaptic is not showing me the new one as installed, although it is showing mozilla-pluing-vlc ver.0.8.6.0 in the list. Also, in the firefox "about:plugins" it is not showing as installed. I doubt that when i will
"sudo apt-get install mozilla-plugin-vlc " than it will install the 0.8.6.0 version of VLC whereas I want the version that I have compiled. How to achieve that?

[xtophe]

If you compile yourself vlc 0.9.0 from git it's normal that synaptic is not showing it to you.

I'm not sure the mozilla plugin is installed at the good place by "make install" for your system. You have the prefix issue ( /usr/ vs. /usr/local/) and it might be installed in a "mozilla" dir whereas fifrefox might look in a "firefox" dir.

Look where mozilla-plugin-vlc installed itself and copy or symlink the one you compilled to the good place

[coldfire]

If you compile yourself vlc 0.9.0 from git it's normal that synaptic is not showing it to you.

I'm not sure the mozilla plugin is installed at the good place by "make install" for your system. You have the prefix issue ( /usr/ vs. /usr/local/) and it might be installed in a "mozilla" dir whereas fifrefox might look in a "firefox" dir.

Look where mozilla-plugin-vlc installed itself and copy or symlink the one you compilled to the good place

the prefix should be "--prefix=/usr" and not as for /usr/local/ ?

[thannoy]

If your Firefox is installed in /usr, thje better way is to use --prefix=/usr ; yes. Like this, the plugin will be installed in /usr/../plugin wich is more likely to be the good folder. (VLC will be installed in /usr/bin too)
Otherwise, you can copy the plugin .so file to the right plugin directory.

You can let default --prefix (/usr/local), in this case there is much more probabilities you will have to copy the /usr/local/../plugin/vlcplugin.so file in your good firefox plugin directory.

[coldfire]

If your Firefox is installed in /usr, thje better way is to use --prefix=/usr ; yes. Like this, the plugin will be installed in /usr/../plugin wich is more likely to be the good folder. (VLC will be installed in /usr/bin too)
Otherwise, you can copy the plugin .so file to the right plugin directory.

You can let default --prefix (/usr/local), in this case there is much more probabilities you will have to copy the /usr/local/../plugin/vlcplugin.so file in your good firefox plugin directory.

nops...there is no *.so in either /mozilla/plugins/... or /usr/lib/firefox/... or /usr/lib/firefox-3.0/ BUT i am sure that it will install the libvlcplugin.so in any of the above plugins folders when i will use the already provided "mozilla-plugin-vlc" in UBUNTU8.0.4 by either "sudo apt-get install mozilla-plugin-vlc" or using Synaptic.

what i want is to install the one that i have built!

[coldfire]

i installed the default mozilla-plugin-vlc from Synaptic. But I am still unable to install the source code version of VLC that i have installed after "make install". I have copied the libvlcpluing.so in the firefox/plugins directory, its working but not the one under development !!!

I just need to know that "how can i install the latest vlc 0.9.0 as a mozilla plugin to play videos in firefox" ? has anybody else able to do that?

thanks in advance

[coldfire]

i installed vlc 0.9.0-test2 (0.9.0-git20080708-1 (nightlies.videolan.org)) (here)as a mozilla plugin ..i dont know how and in which attempt!! anyways, when I run the MPEG4 file in FF3, this error used to come

root@jars-desktop:~# firefox -gdb
argn=pluginspage, argv=http://www.videolan.org
argn=type, argv=application/x-vlc-plugin
argn=version, argv=VideoLAN.VLCPlugin.2
argn=toolbar, argv=true
argn=name, argv=vlc
argn=height, argv=480
argn=width, argv=640
[00000001] main libvlc debug: VLC media player - version 0.9.0-test2 Grishenko - (c) 1996-2008 the VideoLAN team
[00000001] main libvlc debug: libvlc was configured with ./configure
[00000001] main libvlc debug: translation test: code is "C"
[00000001] main libvlc debug: checking builtin modules
[00000001] main libvlc debug: checking plugin modules
[00000001] main libvlc debug: loading plugins cache file /home/jars/.cache/vlc/plugins-04041e.dat
[00000001] main libvlc debug: recursively browsing `/usr/local/lib/vlc'
[00000001] main libvlc debug: module bank initialized, found 89 modules
[00000001] main libvlc debug: CPU has capabilities 486 586 MMX MMXEXT SSE SSE2 FPU
[00000001] main libvlc debug: looking for memcpy module: 0 candidates
[00000001] main libvlc error: no memcpy module matched "any"
[00000132] main interaction debug: thread started
[00000132] main interaction debug: thread 2968750992 (Interaction control) created at priority 0 (interface/interaction.c:379)
[00000134] main preparser debug: thread started
[00000134] main preparser debug: waiting for thread completion
[00000134] main preparser debug: thread 2960358288 (preparser) created at priority 0 (playlist/thread.c:80)
[00000135] main fetcher debug: thread started
[00000135] main fetcher debug: waiting for thread completion
[00000135] main fetcher debug: thread 2951965584 (fetcher) created at priority 0 (playlist/thread.c:110)
[00000133] main playlist debug: thread started
[00000133] main playlist debug: waiting for thread completion
[00000133] main playlist debug: rebuilding array of current - root Playlist
[00000133] main playlist debug: rebuild done - 0 items, index -1
[00000133] main playlist debug: thread 2943572880 (playlist) created at priority 0 (playlist/thread.c:119)
[00000136] main interface debug: looking for interface module: 1 candidate
[00000136] main interface debug: using interface module "hotkeys"
[00000136] main interface debug: thread started
[00000136] main interface debug: thread 2935180176 (interface) created at priority 0 (interface/interface.c:164)
[00000138] main interface debug: looking for interface module: 0 candidates
[00000138] main interface error: no interface module matched "inhibit,none"
[00000138] main interface error: no suitable interface module
[00000001] main libvlc error: interface "inhibit,none" initialization failed
[00000139] main interface debug: looking for interface module: 0 candidates
[00000139] main interface error: no interface module matched "screensaver,none"
[00000139] main interface error: no suitable interface module
[00000001] main libvlc error: interface "screensaver,none" initialization failed
*** LibVLC Exception not handled: No active input
Set a breakpoint in 'libvlc_exception_not_handled' to debug.
[00000133] main playlist debug: adding item `fridayafternext_http.mp4' ( file:///home/jars/Desktop/mediafiles/fridayafternext_http.mp4 )
[00000133] main playlist debug: rebuilding array of current - root Playlist
[00000133] main playlist debug: rebuild done - 1 items, index -1
[00000141] main demux warning: no access_demux module matched "file"
[00000147] main demux warning: no demux module matching "mp4" could be loaded
[00000140] main input error: no suitable demux module for `file/:///home/jars/Desktop/mediafiles/fridayafternext_http.mp4'

FF Plugin Error

any feedback would be appreciated.

I have also recently make another build of the latest code but same error!

[coldfire]

i actually found that if you play a media file with audio stream first and then video second (as shown in vlc media-information option), i get this error of "no access module... but if i use media file with mp4v or any video format first and audio as second, the error doesnt come...and after that when it plays successfully i can play the other file as well (with audio as stream0 and video as stream1).....i would be wrong in this but just a noobs observation! but it doesnt happen sometimes and i get the error on both as well !

[coldfire]

ok its solved now, i have removed the line from sources.list which was getting everytime the latest build (importing unwanted code that was maybe bugged), i only need to work on current build. unistallation/installtion worked out ok.