[SATLUG] Configuring a browser for streaming video

[Jonathan Hull]

Another option if you would rather play it in mplayer natively is the
"launchy" extension. It adds an extra menu to the right click menu that
allows opening of links in various with various extrenal programs (in effect
passing the URL to the program rather than downloading the file). With
multimedia programs this in effect will stream the file.

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/81

It's for Firefox, but it may work in Seamonkey/Mozilla as well. Also, it
doesn't have any default programs on Linux so you have to give it a custom
launchy.xml file with the programs you want to use. Here is mine:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<configurations xmlns="http://launchy.mozdev.org/configurations">
  <application>
    <label>Mplayer</label>
    <type>3</type>
    <command>/usr/bin/mplayer</command>
  </application>
  <application>
    <label>GMplayer</label>
    <type>3</type>
    <command>/usr/bin/gmplayer</command>
  </application>
  <application>
    <label>Mplayer</label>
    <type>3</type>
    <command>/usr/bin/mplayer</command>
  </application>
  <application>
    <label>XMMS</label>
    <type>3</type>
    <command>/usr/bin/xmms</command>
  </application>
  <application>
    <label>BMP</label>
    <type>3</type>
    <command>/usr/bin/beep-media-player</command>
  </application>
  <application>
    <label>Mplayer</label>
    <type>3</type>
    <command>/usr/bin/mplayer</command>
  </application>
  <application>
    <label>Totem</label>
    <type>3</type>
    <command>/usr/bin/totem</command>
  </application>
  <application>
    <label>VLC</label>
    <type>3</type>
    <command>/usr/bin/vlc</command>
  </application>
  <application>
    <label>Gxine</label>
    <type>3</type>
    <command>/usr/bin/gxine</command>
  </application>
</configurations>

Just save it as launchy.xml in your chrome directory and restart the
browser. Then rightclick on the link to the file you want to open, select
Launchy, then select the program you want to open it with.

Maybe not quite what you wanted, but it's another option.

--Jonathan Hull

On 4/4/07, Jeremy Mann <jeremymann at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Bruce, there is a web plugin for MPlayer, you can get it here:
>
> http://mplayerplug-in.sourceforge.net/
>
> On 4/4/07, Bruce Dubbs <bruce.dubbs at gmail.com> wrote:
> > I have some .avi files out on a web site I manage that I want to play
> > properly from my browser.  When I do:
> >
> > mplayer http://myurl...
> >
> > Everything works as expected.
> >
> > When I set up my browser (seamonkey, formerly known as mozilla), it
> > insists on downloading the entire file before launching mplayer.  For
> > these files, it takes a few minutes to do the download and I'd like to
> > get it to start playing without that delay.
> >
> > Does anyone know how to set up a browser for streaming?
> >
> >   -- Bruce
> >
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