streaming video

[Chuck Robey]

usleepless at gmail.com wrote:
> Sir,
> 
> On Dec 12, 2007 10:39 PM, Chuck Robey <chuckr at chuckr.org> wrote:
>> usleepless at gmail.com wrote:
>>> Chuck,
>>>
>>> On Dec 12, 2007 9:22 PM, Chuck Robey <chuckr at chuckr.org> wrote:
>>>> Danny Pansters wrote:
>>>>> On Monday 10 December 2007 23:33:32 Chuck Robey wrote:
>>>>>> I can't figure out how to get streaming video (as exemplified by the
>>>>>> links on this page: http://countdown.ksc.nasa.gov/elv/public/ ) to
>>>>>> display.  I have buiolt a host of dvd ports, they all seemm to show
>>>>>> dvd's fine, but I can't figure out how to get one of the links on that
>>>>>> page to kick off a program to show stuff.  This isn't flash.  Also, I do
>>>>>> get a popup asking me what to do with this contentm but no matter what
>>>>>> program I gove it (suck as xine, vlc, totem, gxine, or gxanim, others)
>>>>>> nothing displays beyond the program's startup (the one I ca;; just opens
>>>>>>   a window and grins stupidly at me).
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>>>>> rm = realmedia, you can play it with realplayer or with (k)mplayer/xine/... if
>>>>> you have enabled the real codecs for them (possibly also need the win32
>>>>> codecs, they also contain some of older the real codecs IIRC).
>>>>>
>>>>> e.g.
>>>>> cd /usr/ports/multimedia/linux-realplayer && make install clean
>>>>>
>>>>> or
>>>>> cd /usr/ports/multimedia/mplayer
>>>>> make config (and enable the real support)
>>>>> make install clean
>>>>>
>>>>> I'm not sure if maybe the java applets on that website intend to embed the
>>>>> video (if that is so, it works poorly I reckon ;-)
>>>>>
>>>> No, you misunderstood me, I have the tools, I just can't seem ever to
>>>> get them to work, when initiated from Seamonkey'spopup which asks me how
>>>> to handle it.  I know that setting the correct mime type would help (and
>>>> that info would be of use) but that's why I gave the sample video url,
>>>> so folks could tell me why I can't just kick off (for example) either
>>>> xine or maybe totem.  Nothing works -- I mean, the windows of the
>>>> executable I am calling open up, but no video appears, even if I wait a
>>>> while for download (and I have quite a lot of bandwidth).
>>>>
>>>> I don't need the toolnames, I need to figure out how to get them to work
>>>> with the browser.
>>> you need to install mplayer-plugin ( /usr/ports/www/mplayer-plugin ).
>>>
>>> nasa works for me ( firefox + mplayer-plugin )
>> Well, that's one way to do it, but AGAIN it isnt' answering my question.
>>   Look, when I get a pdf file, I tell it to kick off xpdf, not
>> "xpdf.plugin" and when the popup asks me how to handle it, I say to use
>> xpdf, and it works fine.  I want to get the equivalent behavior for
>> video.  The plugin info is nice, but not what I'm shooting for.  Can you
>> see what I'm going for here?
> 
> run the ".rm" links ( realmedia ) with "mplayer -playlist <filename>".
> 

I can't parse this.  When the popup in firfox asks me what application 
to handle this with, I can give it a name of thje application, but what 
do you mean aboout the filename.  Are you asking me to handcopy the url 
into the popup?

> try in a console first.
> 
> regards,
> 
> usleep