myDSL Extensions (deprecated) :: mplayer + mplayerplugin + firefox

How did you install the mplayer plugin ?
Ive read to create a symlink or place it in your ~user/.firefox/plugins

I never do that What I do is i make a global installation of firefox like this.

mv firefox-install firefox
cp -R firefox /usr/lib/ or
cp -R firefox /usr/local/lib/ your choice here

change to the mplayer plugin dir
./configure
make
make install
after make install I cp mplayerplugin.so to /usr/lib/firefox/plugins
or where ever you installed firefox.
give firefox the proper permissions to allow all users of your system to use it and your done.
I hope this helps
Sincerely
Larry

original here.