Date: Wed, 12 Dec 2007 23:07:03 -0500 From: Chuck Robey <chuckr@chuckr.org> To: usleepless@gmail.com Cc: freebsd-multimedia@freebsd.org Subject: Re: streaming video Message-ID: <4760AFE7.4070402@chuckr.org> In-Reply-To: <c39ec84c0712121443j3c64b693o6e0927fad3e3bfa4@mail.gmail.com> References: <475DBEBC.1060805@chuckr.org> <200712110013.16343.danny@ricin.com> <476042F2.7040707@chuckr.org> <c39ec84c0712121307t1d8f1748v24a759803e9ab547@mail.gmail.com> <4760550D.8080204@chuckr.org> <c39ec84c0712121443j3c64b693o6e0927fad3e3bfa4@mail.gmail.com>
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usleepless@gmail.com wrote: > Sir, > > On Dec 12, 2007 10:39 PM, Chuck Robey <chuckr@chuckr.org> wrote: >> usleepless@gmail.com wrote: >>> Chuck, >>> >>> On Dec 12, 2007 9:22 PM, Chuck Robey <chuckr@chuckr.org> 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 ) >> Well, that's one way to do it, but AGAIN it isnt' answering my question. >> Look, when I get a pdf file, I tell it to kick off xpdf, not >> "xpdf.plugin" and when the popup asks me how to handle it, I say to use >> xpdf, and it works fine. I want to get the equivalent behavior for >> video. The plugin info is nice, but not what I'm shooting for. Can you >> see what I'm going for here? > > run the ".rm" links ( realmedia ) with "mplayer -playlist <filename>". > I can't parse this. When the popup in firfox asks me what application to handle this with, I can give it a name of thje application, but what do you mean aboout the filename. Are you asking me to handcopy the url into the popup? > try in a console first. > > regards, > > usleep
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