Re: [Hampshire] Problems streaming NASA TV

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From: Rob Malpass
To: Hampshire LUG Discussion List
Sent: Tuesday, May 29, 2007 2:48 PM
Subject: Re: [Hampshire] Problems streaming NASA TV

    ----- Original Message ----- 
    From: John Wesley 
    To: Hampshire LUG Discussion List 
    Sent: Tuesday, May 29, 2007 12:48 PM
    Subject: Re: [Hampshire] Problems streaming NASA TV

    On 29/05/07, Rob Malpass <rob@???> wrote: 
      Hi all

      I know this is a bit of an old chestnut, but it's resurfaced again and I can't fix it despite hours of fiddling.

      Problem: I can't watch NASA TV (www.nasa.gov) and follow links to watch NASA TV.   I get a blank area inside another window which opens.   This is on Ubuntu 7.04 with (AFAIK) all codecs installed as well as realplayer 10.   None of the other options like watch using Real, or QT work for me either.

      It works in Windows (and interestingly seems to call up Windows media player) but at the moment, I have no sound in Windows - though that's another story.

      Sorry if I've asked this before (I even consulted the hantslug archives!) but can't find a solution.

      Cheers
      Rob

    Which mozilla (as I'm guessing you're running firefox) plugins are installed?  It should be either mozilla-mplayer or mozilla-gstreamer (have a look in synaptic).  

    I think the gstreamer one works better with the magical codec gathering of the fawn.

    jonh

    Thanks.   mozilla-gstreamer is installed - but mozilla-gstreamer doesn't appear on my list in Synaptic either searching for "mozilla", "mozilla-gstreamer" or "gstreamer".   When searching for "gstreamer", there are lots of gstreamer packages listed, some installed but nothing with "mozilla-gstreamer".

    Still no TV I'm afraid.

    Cheers
    Rob

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As usual - forgive me replying to my own message - but I do now have NASA TV working.

To do it, I had to uninstall totem-gstreamer - which insisted on installing totem too. Having done this, when I watch NASA tv I get a stange window - but clicking full screen and unticking it, I get the result I wanted.

Reinstalling totem allows me to watch mpgs with no conflict so all's well that ends well.

Cheers
Rob