On 3/16/07, Mark Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Mike, > > You might want to have a look at mplayer and its plugins > > mplayer: > > http://www.mplayerhq.hu/design7/news.html > > mplayer-plugin > > http://mplayerplug-in.sourceforge.net/faq.php > > Its for mozilla but might work for Firefox too. > > If I have time I might try to get it working later.
Thanks Mark! I'm on it! I hadn't thought of mplayer. Before VLC came along and eclipsed it Mplayer was my love. In fact it was my first love for open source media playback. VLC has evolved just a little quicker. Any other advice you have I could desperately use. BTW... among other things I was looking for something to replace itunes and I could sync my ipod with. The best thing I've read about so far seems to be Yamipod as you can put it ON your ipod and it works on all platforms... windows, linux and mac. Which rules. It doesn't do podcast aggregation though I don't think. For podcast aggregation I'm also looking into myPodder, just as long as it'll work with more than podcast ready. (I use mefeedia and odeo as well.) Perhaps Yamipod and myPodder is the perfect one two combination. But in case they aren't I'm also looking at Rythmbox, Amarok. and banshee. Banshee is new to me but highly recommended, doesn't do podcast aggregation though I don't think. I've used rythmbox in the past it's capable, but not much more... and Amarok is the new kid on the block, I can't wait to try it! Some rave reviews of it. I tell you all this in the hopes you if not someone else will pick up on it. Lot's of name dropping of software apps and platforms. I'm moving my entire desktop over to linux so I'm going to be reading up on, researching and talking about a whole wide range of linxu software. Ideally I'd even like to do a little video editing on linux, which is what attracted me to this thread. I will almost definitely always have a Mac laptop... starting to eye the new linux ones. (Love how parrellels crossover handles linux and windows.) However, other then the laptop I hope to never run another OS that's not open source again... that's the dream anyway. -Mike > Mark > www.dcinput.com > > --- In [email protected], [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > > Howdy all, > > > > > > Great thread! > > > > I was happy to find it however old. > > > > Does anyone know what the best video plugins are for Firefix on Linux? > > > > > > Some detail... > > > > I had a spare intel box sitting around and put Ubuntu on it, I'm so > > pleased that as an experiment I've decided to use it as my primary > > desk workstation for the time being. > > > > Ironicly the only problem I have is I can't find any good plugins. > > > > Currently I have the totem media player plugins installed. These > > function very poorly if at all for most video types. > > > > I tried the VLC plugins as VLC is the best media player on any > > platform and I've been using it for years. However, for some reason > > they didn't work. > > > > I'm about to go back and give VLC a second try though. > > > > I'm hoping some linux guru will pop up and say there's some package > > that everyone swears by. > > > > Until then, I'll be googling around the web desperately looking for > > some good video plugins for linux. > > > > BTW, the Flash and Real Player plugin's work great. > > > > I just can't play MOV's, MP4's and other downloadable formats. > > > > -Mike > > mmeiser.com > > mefeedia.com > > > > On 2/26/07, Bill Streeter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > I have hope that this: http://ubuntustudio.org/ will be the great > > > opensource media creation Linux distro--but we'll see ... I need to > > > get a PC so I can test this out when it's ready. > > > > > > Bill Streeter > > > LO-FI SAINT LOUIS > > > www.lofistl.com > > > www.billstreeter.net > > > > > > --- In [email protected], Tom Gosse <hermit@> wrote: > > > > > > > > On Saturday 24 February 2007 08:14 pm, Nox Dineen wrote: > > > > > I'm swapping back to Linux on my laptop, and although I'll keep > > > > > Windows on my desktop (my main video editing machine), I will be > > > using > > > > > the lappy to do some video stuff when I'm away from home. > > > > > > > > > > I'm wondering of anybody here uses Linux, and if so what you're > > > using > > > > > to edit video. I never did find anything decent for photo or > > > video > > > > > work (GIMP just doesn't cut it for me, I'm a Photoshop girl). > > > > > > > > > > Thanks, > > > > > Nox > > > > > > > > -- > > > > Tom Gosse > > > > hermit@ > > > > > > > > I'm using Linux as my primary operating system now. My Windoze > > > machine died, > > > > I lost a lot of video editing software and I can't afford $300 to > > > $500 to > > > > upgrade to Vista. > > > > > > > > Here is a link to a site about movies on Linux: > > > http://linuxmovies.org > > > > > > > > From what I've read, and I haven't read everything, there are no > > > programs for > > > > Linux that compare to Adobe Premiere Pro, After Effects, or > > > Apple's Final Cut > > > > Pro. The really good programs used by the big studios in > > > Hollywood are all > > > > proprietary software developed especially for them. I've just > > > installed Kino > > > > but haven't had a chance to play with it yet. > > > > > > > > I don't think Linux will have any really good video editing > > > programs for the > > > > average user for quite some time. For one thing, the installed > > > base of home > > > > desktop users is too small. Because Linux is a more efficient OS > > > it doesn't > > > > have a lot of routines that automatically install and tweak > > > programs for the > > > > user. You need to get "under the hood" and do a lot of tweaking > > > on your own. > > > > That's more work than the average user wants to do. As one friend > > > of mine > > > > put it: he want's to edit video, not learn how to program the Bash > > > shell. > > > > > > > > Good luck, and keep us posted on how goes your editing on Linux. > > > > > > > > Tom Gosse > > > > hermit@ > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > >
