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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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> >>> 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 |
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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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> > 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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I think this is a mistake on my part: gnome-mplayer seems to be a dependency |
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of gecko-mediaplayer. |
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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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Sure, but from what I figured this FF addon is only good for Flash embedded |
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videos. I assume (because I can't download it right now) that it won't work |
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with e.g.: |
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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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> Just as a example, I go to youtube and find a neat Jeff Dunham video. |
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YouTube and the likes use Adobe Flash to stream content. |
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> The misunderstanding may be on my part. Maybe I don't quite get what |
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> you are doing. |
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I don't really like the gnome-mplayer interface which is used by the gecko- |
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mediaplayer plugin. I was looking for alternative plugins, but I suspect that |
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there aren't any. |
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Anyway, not a major issue. |
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Regards, |
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Mick |
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