Date: Tue, 06 Dec 2011 20:23:53 -0800 From: "Ronald F. Guilmette" <rfg@tristatelogic.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Playing .ASX files via/within Firefox ? Message-ID: <86197.1323231833@tristatelogic.com> In-Reply-To: <CAPYw7P7g=FZDOXc2PGqMHm=C2q5KxgxrvO3=zeirntkzWf96-g@mail.gmail.com>
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In message <CAPYw7P7g=FZDOXc2PGqMHm=C2q5KxgxrvO3=zeirntkzWf96-g@mail.gmail.com> , "Paul B. Mahol" <onemda@gmail.com> wrote: >On 12/7/11, Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de> wrote: >> On Tue, 06 Dec 2011 16:02:24 -0800, Ronald F. Guilmette wrote: >>> I've been trying to look at California Dept. of Transportation webcams >>> using Firefox on FreeBSD and so far it simply ain't workin'. Somebody >>> please tell me what I'm doing wrong. >>> >>> Yes, I already installed the mozilla-mplayer port. >>> >>> Here's where you can get at the webcams: >>> >>> http://www.dot.ca.gov/dist3/departments/traffic/cameras/ >>> >>> Any help would be appreciated. >> >> Maybe not what you're searching for, but works: >> >> First I arbitrarily choose a cam from the map. A >> window opens with a "go to live camera" link. >> Right click, copy link address. >> >> I tried to directly play it with mplayer which >> should have worked: >> >> % mplayer "http://video.dot.ca.gov/asx/d3-whitmore-grade-80.asx" > >% mplayer -playlist ... Haha! Yes! Adding the -playlist option does apparenty make it possible to get mplayer to ``play'' the .asx file itself directly. That's swell. But I still have the question: How does one get this to work with Firefox (as it should) ?
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