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Mick wrote: |
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> Hi All, |
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> I was using mplayerplug-in until it was substituted in the tree for gnome- |
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> mplayer. I was happier with mplayerplug-in because I could also access the |
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> stream/file in /tmp/ and save it, resize it, replay it, etc. |
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> With gnome-mplayer all I get is a socket in /tmp which I can't access directly |
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> - mplayer won't play it. The embedded video is always at maximum size filling |
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> up the browser window and at poor quality videos the picture deteriorates. On |
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> top of it I find gnome-mplayer is a bit clunky with regards to its controls (I |
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> can't just drag the cursor to watch a previous point in the video as smoothly |
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> as I could with mplayerplug-in). Is there a better alternative, more akin to |
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> the mplayerplug-in? |
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If you have Firefox installed, you can use 'download helper' to grab |
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those videos really easy. It works on youtube and other sites really well. |
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Dale |
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:-) :-) |