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On Sunday 22 November 2009 14:06:57 Dale wrote: |
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> Mick wrote: |
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> > On Sunday 22 November 2009 12:47:57 Dale wrote: |
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> >> Mick wrote: |
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> >>> On Sunday 22 November 2009 10:43:01 Dale wrote: |
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> >>>> Mick wrote: |
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> >>>>> Hi All, |
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> >>>>> |
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> >>>>> I was using mplayerplug-in until it was substituted in the tree for |
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> >>>>> gnome- mplayer. I was happier with mplayerplug-in because I could |
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> >>>>> also access the stream/file in /tmp/ and save it, resize it, replay |
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> >>>>> it, etc. |
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> >>>>> |
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> >>>>> With gnome-mplayer all I get is a socket in /tmp which I can't access |
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> >>>>> directly - mplayer won't play it. The embedded video is always at |
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> >>>>> maximum size filling up the browser window and at poor quality videos |
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> >>>>> the picture deteriorates. On top of it I find gnome-mplayer is a bit |
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> >>>>> clunky with regards to its controls (I can't just drag the cursor to |
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> >>>>> watch a previous point in the video as smoothly as I could with |
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> >>>>> mplayerplug-in). Is there a better alternative, more akin to the |
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> >>>>> mplayerplug-in? |
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> >>>> |
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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 |
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> >>>> well. |
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> >>> |
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> >>> Thanks Dale, but I have no problem with flash embedded videos - they |
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> >>> don't use the gnome-mplayer. |
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> > |
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> > I think this is a mistake on my part: gnome-mplayer seems to be a |
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> > dependency of gecko-mediaplayer. |
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> > |
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> >> There may be a misunderstanding on this. With the download helper, you |
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> >> go to a site that has a video you want, instead of copying it from /tmp |
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> >> or where ever it is stored, you click on a button and save it where ever |
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> >> you want to save it. If you don't like the file format that it is in, |
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> >> it will convert it for you too. |
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> > |
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> > Sure, but from what I figured this FF addon is only good for Flash |
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> > embedded videos. I assume (because I can't download it right now) that |
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> > it won't work with e.g.: |
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> > |
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> > http://www.amd.com/us- |
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> > en/assets/content_type/DownloadableAssets/T64X2_animation.wmv |
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> I went to that link and downloaded the video with no problem at all. |
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> Once it started to playing, I hit the download button and saved it to my |
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> desktop. It plays fine with splayer which uses mplayer as the back |
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> end. It even converted it to a mp4 for me. |
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Hmm ... sounds promising. Tried to download it but there was a problem - will |
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try again later. |
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Thanks. |
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Regards, |
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Mick |
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