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Date: Tue, 06 Dec 2011 20:23:53 -0800
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From: "Ronald F. Guilmette" <rfg@tristatelogic.com>
Subject: Re: Playing .ASX files via/within Firefox ?
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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) ?