Watch videos on web sites

This will guide you on how to watch videos on Stage6 and any other web site.

Since DivX doesn't release a Linux version of "DivX Player" we will use "mplayerplug-in for mozilla".

In order to mplayerplug-in work with Stage6, version 3.45 or higher is required.

Some Linux distros, like Debian Etch, come with old binaries so we need to compile is from source. If you're using a Fedora Core or RedHat based distro, there's a *.rpm file available to download.

So, here we go:

Download the file at this link:
http://sourceforge.net/pro...239

Fedora Core:

Download the *.rpm file.

Install:

sudo rpm –ivh mplayerplug-in-*

Open Firefox and go to "about:plugins" to check if install was successful.
Done.

Debian:

To compile mplayerplug-in, mozilla-dev package is required:

sudo apt-get install mozilla-dev

Download the *.tar.gz file.
Unpack and compile:

tar -xzvf mplayerplug-in-*
cd mplayerplug-in
./configure
make
sudo make install

Link mplayerplug-in lib to Firefox's plugins folder:

sudo ln -s /usr/lib/iceape/plugins/mplayerplug-in* /usr/lib/iceweasel/plugins/

Open Firefox and go to "about:plugins" to check if install was successful.
Done.


External Links

mplayerplug-in site
Stage6