Mplayer plug-in 3.50

[Bundyo]

Fixed, packaged and ready to use. On the Apple trailers site watch the smallest trailers possible (320x152 i think), the standard ones also work.

Changes from upstream:

* Fixed random QT rewinds sent to Maemo mplayer.
* Menu is shown on double click.
* Removed some options (codec enabling, you can do it from the conf file) from the config window since they won't fit.
* Added some Maemo specific video out and audio out options. Removed unneeded.

Known problems:
Don't open movies with too high resolution. Or have killall mplayer handy. :)

The obligatory screenshot:
http://bundyo.org/maemo/mplayerplugin/mplayerplugin.png

The deb:
http://bundyo.org/maemo/mplayerplugin/mplayerplug-in_3.50-1_armel.deb

The needed lib (you already have it if you installed xkbd):
http://repository.maemo.org/pool/chinook/free/libx/libxpm/libxpm4_3.5.6-2osso1_armel.deb
Install the lib in red pill mode.

Here's the author's page with explanation for the config options:
http://mplayerplug-in.sourceforge.net/config.php
If anyone wants to donate - donate to him :)

[aleksandyr]

Allow me to be the first to say: holy crap.

Downloading!

[mooler]

invalid gzip magic? help me out. How do i get this extracted

[bunanson]

xterm
tar zxvf mplayerplug-in.tar.bz2
tar: invalid gzip magic

?

bad download? ls -l for the tarball is 1024077. Is it about right?


bun

[mooler]

xterm
tar zxvf mplayerplug-in.tar.bz2
tar: invalid gzip magic

?

bad download? ls -l for the tarball is 1024077. Is it about right?

I am getting that same error as well, and i am getting 1024077 as well

I did some googling and it seams that the error message occurs when the tarball is corrupt

[Bundyo]

Downladed it and extracted fine.

[mooler]

can you post the exact commands you use to extract and install?

[Yann Benigot]

For .tar.bz2, the command is "tar jxvf" and not "tar zxvf".

[Bundyo]

For the tar on n800, which doesn't support -j option - do it with two steps:

bunzip2 mplayerplug-in.tar.bz2

tar -xf mplayerplug-in.tar

[bunanson]

tar: invalid option -- j
?

bun

[bunanson]

-sh: bunzip2: not found
?


bun

[Bundyo]

apt-get install bzip2? :)

[mooler]

bunzip2 is not a recognized command. I tried installing gnutar but to no avail.

[mooler]

i installed bzip2 - nothing.

I dont understand. It may say that I am a "Senior Member" of this forum but I am still learning linux...so Im still a newb LOL

[bunanson]

apt-get: dependency missing...
install from gronmayer.com, still having problem. I got a bzip2.gz from some place. how do i install it? maybe tar zxvf first to get a .deb? TIA,

bun

[Bundyo]

which dependancy?

It should be in Maemo Extras...

http://repository.maemo.org/extras/pool/chinook/free/b/bzip2/bzip2_1.0.3-1_armel.deb

[mooler]

apt-get: dependency missing...

Make sure you have your Maemo Extras repository enabled.

[mooler]

Bundyo..did you extract this to your root filesystem or to a MMC?

Also did you do this as root?

[Bundyo]

@mooler: Look at the first post -

~ = /home/user/

[mooler]

ok i just extracted it with Universal Extractor for Windows. I ssh'd them to ./mozilla/plugins and the config file to ./mplayer.

[Bundyo]

okay, you should make the *.so files executable

something like chmod 0755 *.so in the folder.

[mooler]

done. is there a test link available

[Bundyo]

I tried with http://apple.com/trailers , but it should work with any non-flash embedded video.

[sashabe]

Installed fine (unzipped - thanks to Bundyo (http://www.internettablettalk.com/forums/showpost.php?p=152858&postcount=9), moved config to ~/.mplayer, all other files to ~/.mozilla/plugins/, then chmod 777 for all under root), but still no result - pages like this (http://www.apple.com/trailers/independent/thehammer/trailer/) show large block with an empty file icon and, if clicked, the message "file format not supported". Was something wrong in my actions?

[Bundyo]

No, it should work... I'll make a gz archive later, guess it will be easier.

[anders_gud]

I had to install libxpm4 to get them to load. Try starting microb from terminal (browser) and watch the output...
The plugins work great - are there any tweaks one can do in the config file?

[Bundyo]

In fact - yes :)

http://mplayerplug-in.sourceforge.net/config.php

[sashabe]

I had to install libxpm4 to get them to load. Try starting microb from terminal (browser) and watch the output...
The plugins work great - are there any tweaks one can do in the config file?

Thanks anders_gud, installing libpxm4 worked.)
Unfortunately, as Apple trailers site uses more and more h.264 now, mostly plugin hangs or renders some scratchy noise without picture. it's the issue of mplayer itself, i suppose.

[Bundyo]

Updated the first post with a tar.gz archive link.

[jaysin22]

Great job! It has some issues with Apple's trailer (could be mplayer limitation) but I was able to use the plugin to listen to some hockey on nhl.com.

[mooler]

i must be doing something wrong. I still cant get this thing to work. I extracted the tar.gz. I've chmod 0755-0777. I've moved the config file to /.mplayer. I have installed libxpm4


I rebooted and I now get the mplayer plugin.

[ddalex]

Any chance to see the source code ? I'm asking because I'd like to attempt a recompile for OS2007HE.

[anders_gud]

Hmm! Closing the mplayer window a second time crashes microb. Strange...

[Bundyo]

No problem, i changed only two files (and three rows :)

The bigger problem was to get it find its includes, at the end i was forced to copy them all in one folder.

I'll pack everything tonight and get it on mediafire.

IS this second time issue reproducible every time? Link to a movie?

[pauljohn32]

The plugin installed fine. Seems to be running, but all movies I try are 'jumpy', startt and stop. I mean things from here http://apple.com/trailers. Can you post some links to particular videos that are nice on your N800?

Pj

[bunanson]

Some divx test sites:

Diggnation:
http://revision3.com/diggnation/feed/xvid-small
TRS:
http://revision3.com/trs/feed/xvid-small
Systm:
http://revision3.com/systm/feed/xvid-small
Indigital:


www.veoh.com.


Stage6.com fold.


Has anybody able to "optimize" the config file to make the streaming better than the default? Bundyo, please?


bun

[Bundyo]

I built a deb and tried some configs in the morning, mostly with no luck. I succeded to normally play an apple trailer from their site, but the playback was choppy or without sound at best. I'll try to release it today with the best default settings. Also added some hardware buttons support and the config dialog on double click (shortened it a bit, since it doesn't fit in the window :)

[bunanson]

I got both audio and video in all the four sites i listed. Especially veoh.com, it is similar to stage6.com, one can select music video, internetTV (?, have not tried yet), youtube similar stuff. Cant seem to get any trailer working from the apple site. Although the mplayer worked alright in the above sites, they need some 'refinement'. Thanks Bundyo, another contribution to the community after the 770 Skype hack! Salute!

___________
2008Os/N810
bun

[Bundyo]

First post updated.

For who doesn't want to go there:
http://www.bundyo.org/maemo/mplayerplugin/mplayerplug-in_3.50-1_armel.deb

[Underscore]

Especially veoh.com, it is similar to stage6.com, one can select music video, internetTV (?, have not tried yet), youtube similar stuff.

Veoh is all in Flash, isn't it?

[Bundyo]

Any chance to see the source code ? I'm asking because I'd like to attempt a recompile for OS2007HE.

http://www.bundyo.org/maemo/mplayerplugin/mplayerplug-in_maemo_3.50.tar.bz2

If you can't compile it, you will need to rebuild nsIScriptableMplayerPlugin.h with the idl file and xpidl (which you can build from the sources of the latest mozilla trunk. Also as i said before - you will need to reorganise the includes so that the compiler can find them.

Otherwise it should compile and run fine.

If you want to build a deb, there's a debian directory in the archive, cd to it and run dpkg-deb -b mplayerplug-in/ mplayerplug-in_blabla_armel.deb
Of course, that's after you copy the built plugins in the structure located in the debian/mplayerplug-in dir.

[ArnimS]

This is certainly exciting. Thanks bundyo!

Can we make mplayer play back .flv flash video from youtube/google (from browser)?

[Bundyo]

Maybe... not sure how different sites handle Flash video playback and if that can be unified.

EDIT: Some other clarification - the rewinding problem was because of QT decoding errors - maybe Apple changed the codec soon, that the Maemo mplayer doesn't support very well. The plugin was rewinding one second for each error, which doesn't fix it and happens again after that.

[anders_gud]

Wmv playback seems slower than in the built in Mediaplayer, but divx looks great. (Does Nokia use ffmpeg or some proprietary libs for wmv?)
Quirks:
-When I disable the mplayer-wmp, microb won't open the other formats (qt, mpg or divx) in mplayerplug-in and insists on asking what to do with wmv...
-Random microb crashes (could be related to messing with plugins, plugin.reg? or having debug on in config...)
Great work though!

[sachin007]

Thanks anders_gud, installing libpxm4 worked.)
Unfortunately, as Apple trailers site uses more and more h.264 now, mostly plugin hangs or renders some scratchy noise without picture. it's the issue of mplayer itself, i suppose.

How did you guys get libpxm4? When i try to install the deb it says it needs the lib?

[Bundyo]

Native wmv9 support was introduced in mplayer lately (i think in the last year), and it works quirky even on a PC, in Maemo mplayer is worse. Nokia is using proprietary and licensed for particular devices codec in its Maemo media player, that's why they are faster.

It crashes from time to time for me too, but not too often. In fact mplayer crashes when summoned and since it is slave, brings down the browser as well.
I'll look up the other issue.

[Bundyo]

How did you guys get libpxm4? When i try to install the deb it says it needs the lib?

It is in the main repo:
http://repository.maemo.org/pool/chinook/free/libx/libxpm/

apt-get install libxpm4 should do it.

[sachin007]

It is in the main repo:
http://repository.maemo.org/pool/chinook/free/libx/libxpm/

apt-get install libxpm4 should do it.

Thanks. I tried apt-get install libxpm4 but it said package not found. Coming to the link you gave. ... there are many libxpm4 packages which specific one should i download?

thanks

[Bundyo]

The armel one :)
http://repository.maemo.org/pool/chinook/free/libx/libxpm/libxpm4_3.5.6-2osso1_armel.deb

[sachin007]

The armel one :)
http://repository.maemo.org/pool/chinook/free/libx/libxpm/libxpm4_3.5.6-2osso1_armel.deb

unable to install libxpm4. Incompatible application package!!

Hope im not bothering you much!

[Bundyo]

What OS are you under?

EDIT: That "incompatible package" message - is it in App Manager?

[sachin007]

iM using n800, os2008 51_3 and yeah it comes in app manager.

[Bundyo]

Then try with dpkg -i libxpm4... in XTerm.

Or maybe with redpill mode enabled.

[sachin007]

Then try with dpkg -i libxpm4... in XTerm.

Or maybe with redpill mode enabled.

yeah changed to red pill and did an install from file. thanks

[ddalex]

http://www.bundyo.org/maemo/mplayerplugin/mplayerplug-in_maemo_3.50.tar.bz2


Thanks, you've made my weekend :) I'll let you know about the progress.

[Bundyo]

Just to update that with the latest mplayer (26) QT movies play much better...

[sashabe]

That's amazing! Now most small-sized trailers on Apple's site are played smoothly, medium-sized are also watchable. Thanks!
Still it hangs sometimes, for ex. here (http://www.apple.com/trailers/paramount/startrek/). It seems crashes happen when there are quicktime-plugin specific buttons embedded on the page.
Is there a way to make widescreen videos maintain aspect ratio when played in window mode?

[e-motion]

Is there an easy way to install this for total linux ignorants like me ?

[sachin007]

Is there an easy way to install this for total linux ignorants like me ?

Save the deb file in the first post.

Go to application manager ---> Menu ---> Application catalog.

Select new -->

In the web address field delete the http:// and type matrix.

press cancel.

It asks which pill red or blue. Select red.

Then menu -->Application--->Install from file--> Select the saved deb.

That should work

[Bundyo]

Then do the same with the matrix and select the blue pill :) Or you can easily break your os...

[blackopz]

Thank you for this it's great. I'm using a nokia N810 and the only issue I have run into is when try to play a Windows meida stream. It seems to start playing then says 'Stopped'.
This the link I tryed http://www.newstalk1130.com/cc-common/streaming_new/index.html
Are there any conf. settings you can recommend? thanks again.

[Bundyo]

Sorry, i'm outside US and can't access this content.

Mplayer doesn't have good native support for WMV9 and i think none for encrypted, so i guess that's the problem. I can try to start the internal media player if such content is detected.

[blackopz]

Thanks for taking a look att this. I did find some sites with similar feeds where the plug-in works just fine. I still think is great. Thanks again.

Just a quick not that the feed that didn't work was for HD digital Radio Stream. thx

[Bundyo]

I see, then maybe mplayer doesn't support the codec.

[smackpotato]

Is anyone getting the streams at bloomberg.com to work or would they be encripted

[fizze]

Wow - I don't know how I could miss this!
Awesome.

Now the browser finally also knows how to treat audio/mpeg the proper way - and not opening it in the media player ;)

Thanks once more, Bundyo.

[dok_indo]

I followed the instructions earlier in the thread by installing the libxpm and the mplayer plugin using red pill. I now have the different components installed in the browser and can select them, but I still can't get the plugin to work.

When I go to apple.com/trailers and click on a movie, I get a white box with the mplayer logo saying "Getting playlist" . This hangs and nothing happens.

If I double click, bring up the mplayer plugin menu, then select Play, in the white box it briefly says playing ----.mov, but then it says "Stopped".

It seems like people are able to watch quicktime movies using this plugin, did I miss a step? Thanks

[eViL D:]

I'm guessing I missed something. When I watch a trailer at apple, 1/3 of the way through the stream, it stops, if I try to click play or rewind to try to get the stream back, it jacks up my IT. By that I mean, the portion that was playing the movie stays in the middle of my screen, becoming a magnifying glass of sorts. The only way, that I've figured to get rid of that is to power down the IT. Is it just me?

Also, is there a version of the plug-in that supports Mplayer rc1 .24? Some YouTube videos using Mplayer .25+ skip. Obviously, like anyone else, i'd like to have all functionality instead of some, but I can live with it.

Plus, using the plug-in i'm still not able to listen to my comcast VM (wav files). It just sits there "generating playlist". This however, drives me nuts. Sure there's other ways to retrieve the message, but getting it from my IT would be ideal.

[blade2002]

Then try with dpkg -i libxpm4... in XTerm.

Or maybe with redpill mode enabled.

Geuss i´m a real newbie, but can someone explain this in easy way. I am trying to get mlb.com audio( wich i am subscribed to), and need this (ibpxm4 library) for the mplayer plugin to work. I have been searching ,but i don´t really understand how to get the mplayer plugin and libpxm4 library both installed and working, to get the audio stream working :confused:
Any step by step help would be highly appreciated.
Or have i missed something ?

Thnx once again

[Bundyo]

Search for redpill mode, this question has been answered too many times.

[hvacengi]

Geuss i´m a real newbie, but can someone explain this in easy way. I am trying to get mlb.com audio( wich i am subscribed to), and need this (ibpxm4 library) for the mplayer plugin to work. I have been searching ,but i don´t really understand how to get the mplayer plugin and libpxm4 library both installed and working, to get the audio stream working :confused:
Any step by step help would be highly appreciated.
Or have i missed something ?

Thnx once again

I don't have that lib installed on my tablet, but I stream the gameday audio fine with this plugin. Well almost fine, it kills the battery, but that's to be expected. I did take a while to get it to actually work, so I supose I could have added something else in the meantime to make it work. What I ended up doing was disabling the built in media component, and then enabling all of the mplayer ones. If it isn't working, try closing the browser (maybe restarting the tablet) and then opening the browser back up and look at the component list. I had a couple of instances where they were no longer checked (at the time I guessed that they crashed and were disabled) but after re-enabling them I've had minimal issues.

[blade2002]

I don't have that lib installed on my tablet, but I stream the gameday audio fine with this plugin. Well almost fine, it kills the battery, but that's to be expected. I did take a while to get it to actually work, so I supose I could have added something else in the meantime to make it work. What I ended up doing was disabling the built in media component, and then enabling all of the mplayer ones. If it isn't working, try closing the browser (maybe restarting the tablet) and then opening the browser back up and look at the component list. I had a couple of instances where they were no longer checked (at the time I guessed that they crashed and were disabled) but after re-enabling them I've had minimal issues.

@hvacengi
Thanks to your instuctions i got mlb gameday audio working, till yesterday.
Now the mplayer plugin is hanging at "getting playlist"and nothing happens after that. Tried deinstalling/reinstalling but nothing helps.
Are you still getting gameday audio ?

Thnx in advance

[hvacengi]

Sorry, didn't see your question until today. I actually don't have it working right now, but I think it's a separate issue. I upgraded the browser to the SVN build from another thread, and I noticed last week that I wasn't getting games any more. I plan on flashing sometime this week and setting up a dual boot, so I'll look at it then and report back to you.

[blade2002]

@hvacengi
Thnx once again. I reflashed 2008OS but it still doesnt work :(
Hopefully you have more success.

Please let me know one way or the other.

:)

[mikkov]

Any chance of putting this into maemo-extras repo?

[bunanson]

@hvacengi
Thanks to your instuctions i got mlb gameday audio working, till yesterday....

Is mlb= major league baseball? If so, you can watch the video and hear the audio here, http://www.internettablettalk.com/forums/showthread.php?t=19044, just scroll down to alphabetically to find mlb.

enjoy,

bun

[hvacengi]

Is mlb= major league baseball? If so, you can watch the video and hear the audio here, http://www.internettablettalk.com/forums/showthread.php?t=19044, just scroll down to alphabetically to find mlb.

enjoy,

bun

It looks like your file only includes one station for MLB, so there would be no guarantee that our teams would be available. Also, and to many this is an unimportant detail, my understanding of MLB's licensing is that mlb.com is the one and only authorized internet broadcaster. And they almost certainly wouldn't authorize another site that doesn't authenticate users and required a subscription. Now, like I said, you (and others) might not care if it is or isn’t authorized, and this is just by understanding and not a thoroughly researched fact. But it should be noted that if MLB’s gameday audio still works, it is legal and costs only $15 for the entire season.

I'll report on what I find. In this thread or the other mlb thread I mentioned that it took a couple of weeks to get it to work, so maybe it was just a fluke regresion in their web page. I haven't studied it much on my PC to see if the media is served with flash or with silverlight, which also might contribute to the problem.

[hvacengi]

OK, after some research, it looks like we aren't the only linux users experiencing this issue. The trend I've seen reported mirrors my own: didn't work for spring training, then it started working, now it stoped. From what I've read, when it worked they stoped using silverlight to serve the media stream, and now they've started it back up. So I ported a version of mlbviewer instead. You can find the details in this thread (http://www.internettablettalk.com/forums/showthread.php?t=20740).

[blade2002]

@hvacengi
Thnx for the info that i´m not the only user not being able to listen to gameday audio anymore. Thought it was only me :)
I´ll need some time trying to work through your mlbviewer instuctions.
Basically i´m a windows user ;) but i´ll give it my best when i have some time the next few days. Really wanting mlb audio streaming working again :D
Anyway, thnx again for your help

[hvacengi]

No worries, I'm a native windows user myself, and when I had the webpage working was just happy to not have to make my own solution. I don't know if you're following the other thread much, but I've made a bunch of changes that should make mlbviewer easier to get started. And I'm revising the configuration dialog still to make it more intuitive. Let me know if you need any help getting started.

[blade2002]

No worries, I'm a native windows user myself, and when I had the webpage working was just happy to not have to make my own solution. I don't know if you're following the other thread much, but I've made a bunch of changes that should make mlbviewer easier to get started. And I'm revising the configuration dialog still to make it more intuitive. Let me know if you need any help getting started.

OK, thanx

Like I said before anything else than windows and i am pretty much lost. But i´m willing to learn. Yes I have seen your other thread and am following it. Btw where should i post my questions here or in the mlb viewer thread ?

My first problem ( as expected ) was that i can not install the "python-simplejson-0.0.1-1_all.deb" from the first page of your other thread. Downloaded on the n800, but cannot install :confused:
Tried using the red pill mode but still could not install. Geuss i´m missing something huh ? I have os2008 installed,and mplayer .27.

Anyway, If you could spare some of your time to explain this installation to some real inexperienced users would be highlly appreciated. I know this is a work in progress and i would definetly wait a while for easy install instructions :D
Maybe someone else that has mlb viewer working could help me out with instructions ( pretty simple i´m sure) on how to install the above mentioned .deb file :)

Once again Thnx

[zopzop]

Hello, I'm having problems with the mplayer plugin. I followed the instructions on the first post on this thread and everything seemed to go smoothly (no error messages or anything).

So I fire up the browser and go to the test sites mentioned in one of the links from the first post. The problem : the media files don't play. There's a message box where the file should be with the message "Mplayer Plugin. Getting Playlist......" Then nothing. Nothing plays and if i click on it nothing happens. A message comes up in the box "playing...." then "stopped" but nothing plays.

Any idea on what can be wrong?

Edited to make myself more clear.

[Bundyo]

Can be from the fact that mov files changed again (if you tried with Apple site) or because it was compiled for Chinook. :)

[qwerty12]

Works for me fine under Diablo :)

[sword]

Hey!

I tried installing this app, but I have some problems with it. I am not able to install libxpm4.

I first tried using App manager in red pill mode and install from file but I get an "Incompatible application package".

I then tried apt-get install libxpm4 in xterm, but I get a different error, saying:

"E:Could not get lock /var/lib/dpkg/lock - open (11 Resource temporarily unavailable)
E: Unable to lock administration directory (var/lib/dpkg/), is another process using it?"

Can anyone help, please :)?

Note that my linux knowledge is very limited.

[bunanson]

..."E:Could not get lock /var/lib/dpkg/lock - open (11 Resource temporarily unavailable)
E: Unable to lock administration directory (var/lib/dpkg/), is another process using it?"...

You have to close app manager first.

bun

[sword]

Thanks, works now!

[qwerty12]

ukki asked me to put this one in Extras, so I have done so. It's the latest 3.55 version with Bundyo's fixes and some little fixes done here. It's working in Tear as well as MicroB.

http://maemo.org/downloads/product/OS2008/mplayerplug-in

[Asterixnz]

Hi guys.

Please excuse me if I have asked anything that is obvious already. I have had my n800 for only 3 weeks and in that time have almost never left my seat looking up things on this invaluable site. These things can do so much thanks to this community. Anyway I have just installed mplayer plugin in its latest version. Straight from the application manager and it seemed to install fine. I thought it was not working as a site (just.in tv) stopped showing the video so uninstalled it but it left the plug-in entry in the component list so I reinstalled it and then everything worked. God that sounds clear as mud!

Anyway I just can't find an answer after hours of looking through here so may I ask......

Is it normal for the plugin to start getting a playlist or something (eg nasa tv) and then just stop? I am guessing the format is not compatible?

Also when I watch something that requires the plugin (I used apple trailers too after see it as a test site here) is it normal for it to play ok but also save a copy of the file to my sd card? That is what is happening. Oddly the mplayer plugin test site didn't play but just saved the file and then I could play it from there.

Finally........I notice on the plugin listing here under downloads it has a configurable screen? How do I bring that up? I am using the included browser.

Thanks to anyone who can help. I am learning but it takes time. Complete Linux noob.

[Bundyo]

Probably there are incompatible sites out there, unfortunately Apple is already one of them. It doesn't work even with the Dekstop version of mplayer plug-in, so no luck there :)

[Bratag]

Have grabbed the source for this - but before I make an attempt at compiling for fremantle - dont suppose anyone else has thought about porting this to the n900?

[Bundyo]

The main problem is that it is too old. It doesn't work with apple.com/trailers anymore for instance and most other sites use flash. I don't plan on updating it anyway.

[hstende]

Would it be another way to get microb to start mplayer or another player like vlc?

[hstende]

I installed mplayer plugin on n900 and it worked :)
Now I can play NRK nett-tv. I have to push the fullscreenbutton and the I get picture. The picture isn't fullscreen, but it works.

I had to remove .mplayer directory to get the sound to work because I got settings for n770 in there.

[Bec]

The main problem is that it is too old. It doesn't work with apple.com/trailers anymore for instance and most other sites use flash. I don't plan on updating it anyway.

Why not? :(
IMHO some script here and there will never make up for a decent plug in...
Isn't it possible to improve it any further? Or is it to much up to the original developers...

I've found some workarounds and I plan to test the plug in as well.

[Cane]

Kevin DeKorte is working on "mplayerplug-in for mozilla". Latest patch was only a week ago...

http://sourceforge.net/users/kdekorte
http://sourceforge.net/projects/mplayerplug-in/
http://kdekorte.googlepages.com/

[hstende]

The plugin is working for n900 and latest mplayer.
The configfiles in /home/user/.mplayer must be changed or removed for the plugin to work for n900. The settings installed is for n770.
For me noembed=1 worked best.

[Bec]

Have you found a way to launch it outside the web browser?
Is that what noembed does?

[hstende]

@bec noembed=1 in the mplayerplug-in.conf gives you a mplayer session where you can push 'f' to toggle fullscreen, 'm' to mute etc.

But I guess its something like this https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/446 you want ported to maemo.

[Bec]

I was just testing is on my pc as you mentioned it :D

I don't know how but it seems to work in microb as well :eek:

I taught it would need complex recompilation & stuff. Checking it out now in mozilla(pc)/microb. I'll report back later ;)

[Bernard]

could you tell me what you did to install the plugin on Maemo 5?

On my desktop linux install I use it all the time, and it would be very useful on my N900 also.
i am not very good at compiling from source, I usually just use the repositories.

[Bec]

Ok, tested a whole lot of plugins ad although they seem to install properly in microb there's no go.

MediaPlayerConnectivity 0.9.3 loads ok on the pc but it doesn't stream, on the N900 it doesn't load at all.
Some porting will be necessary after all I guess...


could you tell me what you did to install the plugin on Maemo 5?

On my desktop linux install I use it all the time, and it would be very useful on my N900 also.
i am not very good at compiling from source, I usually just use the repositories.
I simply went to the plug-in's address via the browser (google it up and it should show up on the mozilla website)

It installs but it doesn't work...
On the pc it does work but I can't launch any videos, can you? what sites? what options?

I also found something that I'd like to have in microb: http://www.downloadhelper.net/
It starts a download that I can easily open with mplayer; Unfortunately this installs & doesn't work as previously mentioned.
I wrote to the developers... maybe they'll consider it.