There is a website that streams local TV and it requires windows media player plugin. I have LUbuntu freshly installed, but it simply says "Missing Plug-in". It doesn't say anything about what packages I need to install. What's the right package/s to install?
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With current versions of Chromium this is no longer possible. Chrome and Chromium have abandoned support for NPAPI plugins which include Totem, GStreamer, VLC, etc. Until/unless there is a new PPAPI version of these plugins, you're out of luck. |
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I would look at the possibility of using wine to install Internet explorer and Windows media player. Take a look at there is also the possibility that he may need to use MS SilverLight. There is an open source alternative called |
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Ok I've got it working now. I have removed the packages from Medibuntu PPA (since I don't require its packages yet) and installed these packages: These are taken from the package list from my previous Ubuntu (thanks to dv3500ea for the clues). I am not sure if there are any packages that are safe to remove. I forgot the forum thread in which I followed the guide. I also have VLC plugin (mozilla-plugin-vlc) installed but it's not necessary to play the video. I still have it enabled and the video is playing. |
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The default video player on Ubuntu (Totem) provides the Windows Media Player plugin. As @Dracirate has said, it may help to disable the VLC plugin. Your about:plugins page should look something like this:
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By any chance are you using VLC? If you do Disable the VLC Multimedia Plug-in in about:plugins |
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