From: Bill F. <bil...@mi...> - 2003-01-30 21:29:36
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Hi Miguel, On 30 Jan 2003, Miguel Freitas wrote: > i think that xine-plugin (mozilla plugin) is slowly getting into shape. > currently, most stuff to support playing of embedded media is there, > although in some basic form. Sounds cool! I'll have to try it out soon. > just some comments on current state: > > - playing of asx and ram files should work now and Mike will help me on > quicktime demuxer to extract that stupid akamai url's hidden into mov > files. :) > > - i'm not aware of any freeze/crash problems with the plugin itself, but > i noticed some issues with some mms streams. fortunately Thibaut may > help here. :) > > future plans include supporting javascript commands (play, stop, etc) > like real player. maybe also a menu on right button click? How about an option for us PPC users who can't directly play for example newer QuickTime movie trailers (arrrggghh !@*&#*%^) to at least be able to save it to local disk (at least it would navigate the akamai urls for us). > one thing i would like to ask is about the name of the package. i've > hacked a "xine-plugin.rpm" but that name doesn't sound much descriptive > imho. > > what about: > > xine-mozilla-plugin? > xine-netscape-plugin? > xine-browser-plugin? > (fill your suggestion here)? I like the first, or possibly xine-web-plugin. -Bill |