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how to get firefox to use mplayer plugin instead of totem plugin

Asked by Coz

I am running Ubuntu Edgy... I installed the mozilla-mplayer plug in, however firefox insists on using the totem plugin to play online movies etc.
i want it to use the mozilla-mplayer plugin.
 Plese how can id o this?
 I hae been trying eerything, including wel search for anything that could help without success.
 Thanks
 Coz

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Alan Pope 🍺🐧🐱 🦄 (popey) said : 		#1

If you remove the package called totem-mozilla then it should use the mozilla-mplayer package instead.

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Óscar Rodríguez Ríos (ingorr01) said : 		#2

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