Re: missing javascript player controls breaks mplayerplug-in?

Kevin DeKorte <[email protected]> Wed, 24 Oct 2007 07:36:42 -0600
Newsgroups gmane.comp.mozilla.mplayerplug-in
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Alex White wrote:
> Hi Kevin,
> 
> I've noticed that playing online radio stations linked from  
> http://yahoo.co.nz/music has recently stopped working when using the  
> latest mplayerplug-in on firefox 1.5 with mplayer 1.0.
> 
> In my investigation of this, I've found that mplayerplug-in gives up when  
> told that it can't access the following URL:
> http://msdn.microsoft.com/downloads/samples/Internet/imedia/netshow/smedia/NS3/JavaScript/Buttons/control.asx
> 
> This URL, when used in isolation, returns a 404.
> 
> This URL is not actually the content that contains the media, I can only  
> guess that it's somehow embedded in the content or the original page  
> itself. Presumably to provide some player controls.
> 
> I had a quick look to see what happens using media player on windows, and  
> couldn't see this URL being accessed at all. Maybe media player comes with  
> these controls built-in, so knows not to fetch them?
> 
> Are you able to have a quick look into this problem and suggest some  
> possible solutions?
> 
> Cheers,
> Alex.

Alex,

This is now fixed in CVS. The problem was that the javascript attribute
'src' was missing and so the javascript on the page didn't work.

Kevin


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