This is a much needed tutorial since not being able to watch embedded DIVX videos right in Firefox has driven me nuts. Just installing mplayer-plugin is not sufficient at all, because even after doing that, I was still not able to play embedded DIVX videos.
This plug-in works with http://stage6.divx.com
Stage6’s video quality smokes Youtube!!!
Anyhow, follow this:
Pre-setup steps:
sudo apt-get install mozilla-mplayer mplayer
1. Download the file on the following download site, and save it to your desktop (click on the link that says “Download file”):
http://www.4shared.com/file/17647095/47518ec7/pluginstar.html
2. Uncompress the file you’ve just downloaded. Right-click, and “extract.” In this newly created directory, copy all the Firefox extensions from this folder. Right-click and select “copy.”
2. Press ALT-F2, and type gksudo nautilus (no quote marks). This will give you administrative privileges when handling the file manager after you enter your password.
3. Browse to /usr/lib/firefox/plugins. In this directory, copy all the Firefox extensions from the folder you earlier uncompressed. You should paste in this directory all the extensions you have downloaded earlier. If Ubuntu warns you that you are overriding a certain extension, skip that particular extension, because you already have it! Just paste the ones you don’t already have.
It shouldn’t matter if Firefox is open or not, but just in case you’re having any problems, restart Firefox (don’t restart your computer, just Firefox, if necessary).
You will need mplayer-plugin for this to work correctly, as far as I know, you will not be able to use mplayer-plugin along with other similar plugins (e.g. mozilla-vlc-plugin, totem-mozilla, etc.). Once you’ve completed this guide, Epiphany should be able to play embedded DIVX video too.
original post @ http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=491592&highlight=divx
