[MPlayer-users] embed mplayer in a browser

[Marius Schaefer/Camberg/ISBAC]

Hi, 

> i'm trying to figure out how to use this option, described in mplayer 
> manual :
> 
> -wid <window id> (X11 only)
>    This tells MPlayer to use a X11 window, which is useful to embed 
> MPlayer in a browser (with the plugger extension for instance).
> 
> what does that "plugger extension" refers to ?

It's plugger at: http://fredrik.hubbe.net/plugger.html

> i tried to use mplayer-plugin to play TV input in a browser but it 
> doesn't work :
> <object width="320" height="240" data="tv://"> does nothing,

I'm using plugger exactly for the same purpose, but instead of using 
mplayer, I use xawtv. Take a look at this thread: 
http://fredrik.hubbe.net/hacker/viewtopic.php?t=221

> while i'm getting very good results with :
> mplayer -display :0 -ontop -geometry 400:180 -tv 
> driver=v4l:width=320:height=240:outfmt=i420:input=1 -vc rawi420 -vo xv 
tv://
> 
> do you have any clue ?
> thanks
> 
> regards

Marius