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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 also |
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> > access the 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 |
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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 the |
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> > picture deteriorates. On top of it I find gnome-mplayer is a bit clunky |
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> > with regards to its controls (I can't just drag the cursor to watch a |
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> > previous point in the video as smoothly as I could with mplayerplug-in). |
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> > Is there a better alternative, more akin to the 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 well. |
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Thanks Dale, but I have no problem with flash embedded videos - they don't use |
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the gnome-mplayer. |
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Regards, |
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Mick |
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