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Hi,

I'm looking for an application or media player that allows me to type a URL of a video and play it externally outside of the browser. Why? Because when I view Youtube and similar site videos on my n900 via the browser, it's often sluggish. I am aware of a Youtube app for the n900 but I request an application that allows entry of URLs from other websites too.

Any ideas? I tried KMplayer, entered a URL, clicked the tick button and watched it buffering but nothing happens after...

Thanks
 
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Try KMplayer, but use mplayer as your player (Select Player -> mplayer).

make sure you have mplayer installed.
 
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for youtube u can get mediabox and download the youtube plugin. works perfectly for me idk about other websites tho.
but if theres a video on the internet, its most likely on youtube too
 
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Originally Posted by flipalong View Post
for youtube u can get mediabox and download the youtube plugin. works perfectly for me idk about other websites tho.
but if theres a video on the internet, its most likely on youtube too
Hi, I wish to view some videos that are not on Youtube.

Originally Posted by m0da View Post
Try KMplayer, but use mplayer as your player (Select Player -> mplayer).

make sure you have mplayer installed.
KMPlayer and MPlayer is installed. I have set the player in KMPlayer to Mplayer but it does not help... I see no video. The same thing happens with SMPlayer...

Last edited by gohan2091; 2010-12-09 at 02:04.
 
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VLC could possibly help...
But if kmplayer doesn't work, I guess neither will vlc.

Greetz,

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Originally Posted by J4ZZ View Post
VLC could possibly help...
But if kmplayer doesn't work, I guess neither will vlc.

Greetz,

..::J4ZZ::..
I do not see VLC listed in app manager, do you have a link?
 
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#7
The OP is on about redtube vids hahahaha
 
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try in terminal,

mplayer (your url) enter and look what it says
 

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Originally Posted by Ali View Post
try in terminal,

mplayer (your url) enter and look what it says
Gets to 15% then says end of file so looks like a dummy URL. I am using WM Recorder (Demo) to caputure the real URLs which now works fine in KMPlayer. WM Recorder is not free software though so can anyone recommend a free URL capture program?

Last edited by gohan2091; 2010-12-10 at 04:38.
 
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Originally Posted by gohan2091 View Post
Gets to 15% then says end of file so looks like a dummy URL. I am using WM Recorder (Demo) to caputure the real URLs which now works fine in KMPlayer. WM Recorder is not free software though so can anyone recommend a free URL capture program?
RTMPDump is the best, if not the easiest to use. It's CLI only, and is available in the repos, so you can record the streams on the N900.

EDIT: I should add that the youtube-dl script works for sites other than YouTube (and does infact make use of RTMPDump), and is easier to use. It doesn't work for all sites, though, so it's less flexible.

EDIT2: Maybe one day I will add support for some pR0n sites in cuteTube.
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