On Sunday 22 November 2009 12:47:57 Dale wrote: > Mick wrote: > > 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.
I think this is a mistake on my part: gnome-mplayer seems to be a dependency of gecko-mediaplayer. > There may be a misunderstanding on this. With the download helper, you > go to a site that has a video you want, instead of copying it from /tmp > or where ever it is stored, you click on a button and save it where ever > you want to save it. If you don't like the file format that it is in, > it will convert it for you too. Sure, but from what I figured this FF addon is only good for Flash embedded videos. I assume (because I can't download it right now) that it won't work with e.g.: http://www.amd.com/us- en/assets/content_type/DownloadableAssets/T64X2_animation.wmv > Just as a example, I go to youtube and find a neat Jeff Dunham video. YouTube and the likes use Adobe Flash to stream content. > The misunderstanding may be on my part. Maybe I don't quite get what > you are doing. I don't really like the gnome-mplayer interface which is used by the gecko- mediaplayer plugin. I was looking for alternative plugins, but I suspect that there aren't any. Anyway, not a major issue. -- Regards, Mick
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