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okay, you should make the *.so files executable

something like chmod 0755 *.so in the folder.

done. is there a test link available

I tried with http://apple.com/trailers , but it should work with any non-flash embedded video.

Installed fine (unzipped - thanks to Bundyo, moved config to ~/.mplayer, all other files to ~/.mozilla/plugins/, then chmod 777 for all under root), but still no result - pages like this show large block with an empty file icon and, if clicked, the message "file format not supported". Was something wrong in my actions?

No, it should work... I'll make a gz archive later, guess it will be easier.

I had to install libxpm4 to get them to load. Try starting microb from terminal (browser) and watch the output...
The plugins work great - are there any tweaks one can do in the config file?

In fact - yes

http://mplayerplug-in.sourceforge.net/config.php

Thanks anders_gud, installing libpxm4 worked.)
Unfortunately, as Apple trailers site uses more and more h.264 now, mostly plugin hangs or renders some scratchy noise without picture. it's the issue of mplayer itself, i suppose.

Updated the first post with a tar.gz archive link.

Great job! It has some issues with Apple's trailer (could be mplayer limitation) but I was able to use the plugin to listen to some hockey on nhl.com.