From owner-freebsd-multimedia@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Dec 12 21:36:13 2007 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-multimedia@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D33DE16A46B for ; Wed, 12 Dec 2007 21:36:13 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from usleepless@gmail.com) Received: from nz-out-0506.google.com (nz-out-0506.google.com [64.233.162.230]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9C09D13C458 for ; Wed, 12 Dec 2007 21:36:13 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from usleepless@gmail.com) Received: by nz-out-0506.google.com with SMTP id l8so237615nzf.13 for ; Wed, 12 Dec 2007 13:36:12 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; bh=F59Ozt7y7YTvRjkNmhCaeFO72tAbvFTX0I76OPwAWZ4=; b=pfew/6DThZYNFtztqrdtru86k3xw8ylCXT/Ds8X/qVVSBePb2/ur2iWW1iHlTyJkt4f5SsVG5MxeLhryuk0ls31q0g6f6KWDVRFTveCd2hoiCWY1VCJL+u72ihdMQm4zKKMbTHRbcj6QjKY8baJx30Hv0DoAF5Xov/NzqRzVgQw= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=message-id:date:from:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; b=IkzkYB3n3esn28JU0WZu7np4LVYQsQJJ9+krVBUKg+61qBDJbBlai1Be9LRQARfMxGe11WRvzpq/oWBQKfX2Hqru92vtSxI48v5NVNdfiKAbR0ekaKyExznv2jq5Y4fdhfBJYW6TQUILCR1bTrOezCKEXxdiIXnS8rgyYy47Vsg= Received: by 10.142.112.5 with SMTP id k5mr552684wfc.57.1197493664932; Wed, 12 Dec 2007 13:07:44 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.142.178.14 with HTTP; Wed, 12 Dec 2007 13:07:44 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: Date: Wed, 12 Dec 2007 22:07:44 +0100 From: usleepless@gmail.com To: "Chuck Robey" In-Reply-To: <476042F2.7040707@chuckr.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline References: <475DBEBC.1060805@chuckr.org> <200712110013.16343.danny@ricin.com> <476042F2.7040707@chuckr.org> Cc: freebsd-multimedia@freebsd.org Subject: Re: streaming video X-BeenThere: freebsd-multimedia@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Multimedia discussions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 12 Dec 2007 21:36:13 -0000 Chuck, On Dec 12, 2007 9:22 PM, Chuck Robey wrote: > > Danny Pansters wrote: > > On Monday 10 December 2007 23:33:32 Chuck Robey wrote: > >> I can't figure out how to get streaming video (as exemplified by the > >> links on this page: http://countdown.ksc.nasa.gov/elv/public/ ) to > >> display. I have buiolt a host of dvd ports, they all seemm to show > >> dvd's fine, but I can't figure out how to get one of the links on that > >> page to kick off a program to show stuff. This isn't flash. Also, I do > >> get a popup asking me what to do with this contentm but no matter what > >> program I gove it (suck as xine, vlc, totem, gxine, or gxanim, others) > >> nothing displays beyond the program's startup (the one I ca;; just opens > >> a window and grins stupidly at me). > >> _______________________________________________ > >> freebsd-multimedia@freebsd.org mailing list > >> http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-multimedia > >> To unsubscribe, send any mail to > >> "freebsd-multimedia-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > > > > rm = realmedia, you can play it with realplayer or with (k)mplayer/xine/... if > > you have enabled the real codecs for them (possibly also need the win32 > > codecs, they also contain some of older the real codecs IIRC). > > > > e.g. > > cd /usr/ports/multimedia/linux-realplayer && make install clean > > > > or > > cd /usr/ports/multimedia/mplayer > > make config (and enable the real support) > > make install clean > > > > I'm not sure if maybe the java applets on that website intend to embed the > > video (if that is so, it works poorly I reckon ;-) > > > > No, you misunderstood me, I have the tools, I just can't seem ever to > get them to work, when initiated from Seamonkey'spopup which asks me how > to handle it. I know that setting the correct mime type would help (and > that info would be of use) but that's why I gave the sample video url, > so folks could tell me why I can't just kick off (for example) either > xine or maybe totem. Nothing works -- I mean, the windows of the > executable I am calling open up, but no video appears, even if I wait a > while for download (and I have quite a lot of bandwidth). > > I don't need the toolnames, I need to figure out how to get them to work > with the browser. you need to install mplayer-plugin ( /usr/ports/www/mplayer-plugin ). nasa works for me ( firefox + mplayer-plugin ) regards, usleep