[MPlayer-users] mplayer used as firefox plugin

[Kevin DeKorte]

On Tuesday 22 June 2004 07:47 am, antoine wrote:
> antoine wrote:
> > Kevin DeKorte wrote:
> >> I would recommend
> >>
> >> http://mplayerplug-in.sf.net
> >>
> >> Kevin
> >>
> >> --- Karol Pluciennik <troloo at zamoyski.edu.pl> wrote:
> >>> Hi, I have Fedora Core 2 installed with newest
> >>> version of firefox (0.9) and mplayer. Does anyone know any quick
> >>> path for
> >>> installing mplayer as firefox plugin? I would really like to watch real
> >>> media and quicktime files under my browser. Sometimes it is almost
> >>> impossible to get clean address of *.ram or *mov file from a website
> >>> and it
> >>> would be much better not to worry about it.
> >
> > hi,
> > This is related, if not exactly... (it's only a partial hijack!).
> > I tried to get this going on 1.0pre4 (gentoo ebuild), and found that I
> > just got about 200 instances of mplayer that completely bogged down
> > the system. Using mozilla 1.6, various mplayerplug-in's (0.91-2.6),
> > and the said mplayers. I then upgraded to the latest ebuild,
> > 1.0pre4r4, and no longer got these multiple instances, but no matter
> > what I try I can't get video.
> >
> > antt at rux antt $ mplayer -cache 8196 -playlist
> > http://www.nationalgeographic.com/channel/highspeed/2004/06/av/20040614ng
> >pfloridachimp.asx
> >
> > MPlayer 1.0pre4-3.3.3 (C) 2000-2004 MPlayer Team
> >
> > CPU: Advanced Micro Devices Athlon 4 /Athlon MP/XP Palomino 2052 MHz
> > (Family: 6, Stepping: 2)
> > Detected cache-line size is 64 bytes
> > MMX supported but disabled
> > MMX2 supported but disabled
> > SSE supported but disabled
> > 3DNow supported but disabled
> > 3DNowExt supported but disabled
> > CPUflags:  MMX: 0 MMX2: 0 3DNow: 0 3DNow2: 0 SSE: 0 SSE2: 0
> > Compilé pour CPU x86 avec les extensions:
> >
> > Reading config file /usr/share/mplayer/mplayer.conf
> > Reading config file /home/antt/.mplayer/config
> > Resolving www.nationalgeographic.com for AF_INET...
> > Connecting to server www.nationalgeographic.com[207.24.89.160]:80 ...
> > Cache size set to 8196 KBytes
> > Connecté au serveur: www.nationalgeographic.com
> > Reading /home/antt/.mplayer/codecs.conf: Can't open
> > '/home/antt/.mplayer/codecs.conf': No such file or directory
> > Reading /usr/share/mplayer/codecs.conf: 66 audio & 176 video codecs
> > font: can't open file: /home/antt/.mplayer/font/font.desc
> > Font /usr/share/mplayer/font/font.desc loaded successfully! (206 chars)
> > Failed to open /dev/rtc: No such file or directory (/dev/rtc should be
> > readable by the user.)
> > Using usleep() timing
> > Can't open input config file /home/antt/.mplayer/input.conf: No such
> > file or directory
> > Input config file /usr/share/mplayer/input.conf parsed: 53 binds
> >
> > Joue
> > mms://fjord.nationalgeographic.com/channel/highspeed/2004/06/20040614ngpf
> >loridachimp.asf
> >
> > Resolving fjord.nationalgeographic.com for AF_INET...
> > Connecting to server fjord.nationalgeographic.com[207.24.90.73]:80 ...
> > Stream bitrate properties object
> > Max bandwidth set to 0
> > Resolving fjord.nationalgeographic.com for AF_INET...
> > Connecting to server fjord.nationalgeographic.com[207.24.90.73]:80 ...
> > Cache size set to 8196 KBytes
> > Connecté au serveur: fjord.nationalgeographic.com
> > Cache fill: 19.91% (1671168 bytes)    Fichier de type ASF détecté.
> > ASF: Aucun flux vidéo trouvé.
> > Information sur le clip:
> > name: Florida Center Provides Refuge For Working Chimps
> > copyright: © 2004 National Geographic Channel Presents
> > comments: Chimpanzees used in research, circuses and as pets get a
> > well deserved rest at the Center for Captive Chimp Care.
> > =========================================================================
> >=
> >
> > Ouverture du décodeur audio: [ffmpeg] FFmpeg/libavcodec audio decoders
> > AUDIO: 44100 Hz, 2 ch, 16 bit (0x10), ratio: 3995->176400 (32.0 kbit)
> > Selected audio codec: [ffwmav2] afm:ffmpeg (DivX audio v2 (ffmpeg))
> > =========================================================================
> >=
> >
> > Checking audio filter chain for 44100Hz/2ch/16bit -> 44100Hz/2ch/16bit...
> > AF_pre: af format: 2 bps, 2 ch, 44100 hz, little endian signed int
> > AF_pre: 44100Hz 2ch Signed 16-bit (Little-Endian)
> > AO: [oss] 44100Hz 2ch Signed 16-bit (Little-Endian) (2 bps)
> > Building audio filter chain for 44100Hz/2ch/16bit -> 44100Hz/2ch/16bit...
> > Vidéo: pas de vidéo
> > Démarre la lecture...
> > A:        15.8  0.9% 0%
> >
> > So I get the sound but no video. It appears to work just dandy using
> > winsucks. I have the win32 codecs installed, and pretty much
> > everything else I could think of.
> > Any ideas?
> > Cheers
> > Antoine
>
> update... I have downloaded some wmv and asf files and the run fine - so
> it is a problem only with streaming media...
> Cheers
> Antoine
>

Antoine,

The above URL streams fine with MPlayer dev-CVS-040621-13:39-3.3.3 

Kevin