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[MU]

Flash movies embedded in webpages often are very slow, as these players do not support hardware accelleration.
So you might prefer, to see them in your mediaplayer.

This is a very small script, that is placed in /root/Startup/ and (/root/autostart for Muppy).

You must restart X or click on it to activate it.

It scans /tmp/ every 5 seconds for a Flash* file.
If it is detected, your mediaplayer is run with this file.

Default player is mplayer, if that is not available, gxine is used.
You can edit the script to set another defaultplayer.

To test it:
visit:
http://www.golem.de/0809/62664.html

Click on the embedded Video to start it.
Click on the stop-icon, to stop it.
Now it will be buffered, but it is not shown in the slow player.
Wait 5 seconds, and your mediaplayer should start and show it.

Mark

[mikeb]

Hmm good old trick is that one....I wonder perhaps you could add function to give a 'save as' option too...seems like a popular request...and as a script would remain very lightweight.


mike

[magerlab]

thak you Mark!
i also see that i can see that video is in /temp
will 5 sec interval affect cpu of old machines?

[MU]

no, 5 seconds should be ok.
To check it, type in a console:
top

That displays the running programs sorted by cpu-usage.


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A save-option could be done, it could be a good exercise for people who want to learn writing tools with bash and Xdialog.
I'm too busy at moment to write it on my own.

Mark

[Flash]

I installed the .pet, then discovered that if I pause a youtube video while it is playing, it will continue to load into /tmp and the Flash file in /tmp will play in gxine when I click it. It seems that I have to either delete it from /tmp or move it somewhere else before the next one will save in /tmp.

[John Doe]

regarding 5 seconds: perhaps 5 seconds isn't enough time to buffer on slower server streams and/or client connections...

this is a cool idea MU but a couple thoughts regarding potential problems that will arise.

1-not every flash file that lands in /tmp is desired media. there are menus, ads and other "site parts" written in flash. these will launch also.

2-even if there is only one flash object on the page that is desired media, it will most likely also auto play in the browser flash plug-in. with both playing, it would overload an older machine (900mhz, like I'm on) for sure.

my thoughts on a "perfect solution" for the problem you are trying to solve.

a custom moz plugin that displays a standard gui with three options:

1-save as
2-play
3-display

internally the plugin would function as follows:

1 - ask for location and output the binary stream there

2 - dump binary stream as unique file name to /tmp and launch 'defaultmediaplayer' with said unique file name.

3 - unload itself and load flash player plugin for display (good for site menus or sites in 100% flash). I don't even know if this is possible, just saying how it could be easily accomplished.


in closing...
UP YOURS ADOBE!!!! I'm sick of your crappy plugin!!

[technosaurus]

...or maybe couple this with the Flashblock plugin for some real speed?

[mikeb]

Flash has to be loaded as it is this that downloads the flv not the browser directly....usually as a randomly named file..so blocking flashplayer won't work.

This will continue until it is complete or the page is navigated away from.

Perhaps a better way to detect would be to locate the file in temp that is steadily growing... (unless mu is already doing that)...

I will have a play with this

mike

edit..alternative approach
http://bashscripts.org/viewtopic.php?t=210

[mikeb]

Ok that link is a little out of date....
here and updated version...given the you tube url it downloads the flv and plays it with a media player...flash player not needed....something to chew on

mike

[technosaurus]

@mikeb vlc --> gxine (in the posted code) for default puppy?

@all - This might be a perfect addition to FirePup

[mikeb]

Just a serving suggestion.....a dialog could be added.....vlc can be gmplayer/gxine etc.

By the way it seems that if &fmt=18 is added to the url then the original video is downloaded.

mike
edit
hmm...seems like www.youtube.com rejects curl but uk.youtube.com works

I used dfa=`echo $dfa | sed 's/www/uk/'` where dfa = address to work round this.

[mikeb]

Ok..still with the topic i hope...

I made a simple script to test loading/playing vids from youtube .
Also does straight downloads too....plus the 'you tube(s)' button tries to download the original movie...usually mp4 format ....there is the option to play the download with default player.

Now combining this with a browser rather than copying and pasting links would be neat step.

have fun

mike

not happy with sleep being used to buffer the start but works for test.

Edit :- Ok seems you tube have added an ad into the url string so here's an updated version. By the way I am using the uk url rather than us as www returns nothing wuth curl (?!!)

[E2001]

I'm not trying to to rain on anyone's parade, but...

If you use firefox as your browser, there are many plugins that allow you to download embedded media. I use one called: Video DownloadHelper. It can extract pretty much anything. Not automatic, tho.

Sorry if I missed the point.

[stifiling]

does this still work? was able to get it to go before, now it's not on 4.1.3

[swiatmar]

Hi!!

I don't really know why, but it doesn't work on my computer. I have installed this pet and somehow nothing is happening. I am running puppy 4.2
regards
mar