On 12/22/2014 03:44 PM, ToddAndMargo wrote:
> On 12/22/2014 03:10 PM, ToddAndMargo wrote:
>> On 12/22/2014 02:08 PM, ToddAndMargo wrote:
>>> And I asked on the Firefox newsgroup.
>>
>> A guy over on the Firefox newsgroup wrote me off list
>> with how to do it.  I am waiting for his permission
>> to paste it over here.
>>
>>
>
> Got permission, just leave his name off:
>
>       yes. i am using it myself.
>
>       from main menu;
>
>             Edit > Preferences > Applications
>
>       highlight "Content Type" you want to change, in "Action"
>       column, press up/down pointers, select;
>
>            Use VLC Multimedia Plugin (compatible Totem 2.nn.n)
>            (in Firefox)
>
>       my system is CentOS 6.6, using firefox 24.8.0 and my 'vlc'
>       plugin is 2.28.6.
>
>       depending on your install of linux and 'vlc', the number will
>       be different.
>
> I removed flash and restart FF.  I tried loading a flv from disk and
> it started VLC in a separate windows.
>
> I also tried watching the Green Bay Packers highlights and got
> mined in adds and spy utilities.  (The Packer won, by the way.)
>
> -T
>
>
>
The details for Firefox 34.0.5, IA-32, are slightly different.   I use 
current production Firefox, not the SL ESR version.
IA-32 SL 6x .

1.  Tools -> Add ons -> Plugins

Shockwave flash set to Never Activate in the menu choices

VLC multimedia set to Always Activate

2. Edit -> Preferences -> Applications

search for flash and use VLC (that may appear as "default" in some cases)

Before I did both of these steps, Firefox (after a quit and activate) 
refused to use VLC, but does now
except for the situation as follows.

I tried the URL below:

http://www.chemgapedia.de/vsengine/help/en/flash/index.html

The test  Adobe Flash Player Test did not work, with the diagnostic 
message:  Flash not running.

The test Adobe Flash-Video Test forced a download of a FLV file that was 
then opened and handled by VLC .

Does anyone know why the first test failed and how to get around the 
issue with VLC ?

Yasha Karant