On Sunday 22 November 2009 10:43:01 Dale wrote: > Mick wrote: > > Hi All, > > > > I was using mplayerplug-in until it was substituted in the tree for > > gnome- mplayer. I was happier with mplayerplug-in because I could also > > access the stream/file in /tmp/ and save it, resize it, replay it, etc. > > > > With gnome-mplayer all I get is a socket in /tmp which I can't access > > directly - mplayer won't play it. The embedded video is always at > > maximum size filling up the browser window and at poor quality videos the > > picture deteriorates. On top of it I find gnome-mplayer is a bit clunky > > with regards to its controls (I can't just drag the cursor to watch a > > previous point in the video as smoothly as I could with mplayerplug-in). > > Is there a better alternative, more akin to the mplayerplug-in? > > If you have Firefox installed, you can use 'download helper' to grab > those videos really easy. It works on youtube and other sites really well.
Thanks Dale, but I have no problem with flash embedded videos - they don't use the gnome-mplayer. -- Regards, Mick
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