Please, test new port: helixplugin
Mikhail Teterin
mi+kde at aldan.algebra.com
Sun Oct 22 20:49:28 UTC 2006
Hello!
Real's plugin does little else but launches the "realplayer" executable and
communicates with it via stdin/out.
Thus it is perfectly possible for the plugin to be compiled natively, and use
the Linux "realplay" executable -- with the natively built browser(s).
My little port
http://aldan.algebra.com/~mi/helixplugin.shar.bz2
does just that. It even seems to work, although I encountered some problems
with cbsnews.com (the first clip loads and runs, but the subsequent don't).
Would anyone, please, test it out on their favourite web-site(s)? I'd
appreciate any feedback. Thanks!
-mi
P.S. Adobe's Acrobat plugin works in the same manner -- the small plugin
invokes the acroread executable "embedded" in the browser's window.
Unfortunately, unlike Real, Adobe does not (yet?) offer the source code of
the plugin part...
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