On Sunday 22 November 2009 14:06:57 Dale wrote: > Mick wrote: > > 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 > > I went to that link and downloaded the video with no problem at all. > Once it started to playing, I hit the download button and saved it to my > desktop. It plays fine with splayer which uses mplayer as the back > end. It even converted it to a mp4 for me.
Hmm ... sounds promising. Tried to download it but there was a problem - will try again later. Thanks. -- Regards, Mick
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