streaming the video to firefox

sumeet inani · 04-24-2010, 01:12 AM

I am using ubuntu 8.04 with GNOME. I copied a video from cache folder of firefox.It is actually video from youtube.
I was wondering can I stream it to firefox to watch it once again instead of running it in media player ?
If I try to drag that file into firefox it brings up window

Code:

You have chosen to open
abc.flv
which is a:flash video
from:/data
What should firefox do with this file
open with movie player(default)
save file

klytu · 04-24-2010, 01:45 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by sumeet inani

I am using ubuntu 8.04 with GNOME. I copied a video from cache folder of firefox.It is actually video from youtube.
I was wondering can I stream it to firefox to watch it once again instead of running it in media player ?
If I try to drag that file into firefox it brings up window

Code:

You have chosen to open
abc.flv
which is a:flash video
from:/data
What should firefox do with this file
open with movie player(default)
save file

Looks like you need to install Adobe Flash:

1. Add Canonical's Archive. Go to the menu System>Administration>Software Sources. Click the "Third Party Software" tab, and click +Add. Copy and paste the following:

Code:

deb http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu hardy partner

Then click +Add Source.

Do the same for this one:

Code:

deb-src http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu hardy partner

Then close Software Sources.

2. Install Adobe Flash. Open a terminal console (from the menu Applications>Accessories>Terminal). Copy, paste and run this:

Code:

sudo aptitude remove flashplugin-nonfree

(just a pre-caution to remove a conflicting flash version - if nothing is removed, that's OK) Then copy, paste and run this:

Code:

sudo aptitude install adobe-flashplugin

If a blue screen pops up in your terminal asking you to acknowledge installing flash, tab to <OK> and acknowledge.

3. Close and re-open Firefox and you should be good to go. Post back if you have any difficulty.

Hope this helps.

fbsduser · 04-24-2010, 02:11 AM

Did you try associating .flv with firefox (/usr/bin/firefox)?

sumeet inani · 04-24-2010, 05:26 AM

to klytu
#apt-get install adobe-flashplugin
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
adobe-flashplugin is already the newest version.
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.

to fbsd user
I have tried to open it with firefox but the same dialog appears.
Actually when we watch a video on internet it is streamed to our browser.How can i make firefox take data stream from the file.

smoker · 04-24-2010, 06:42 AM

Firefox does not play the file, the flash plugin plays the file. You need to use the flash plugin to view the file in firefox.

For flv files you need an flv player, there are several on the internet, go download one.
You will still have to make a page to view it in firefox though.

To make a basic web page with the flash movie embedded in it.
For swf files you can use this code, change the filenames where necessary (and the size)

Code:

<html>
<body bgcolor=#000000>
<center>
<object classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" width="360" height="284">
  <param name="MOVIE" value="movie.swf">
  <param name="QUALITY" value="HIGH">
  <param name="BGCOLOR" value="#000000">
     <embed src="movie.swf"
            quality="high"
            type="application/x-shockwave-flash"
            bgcolor="#000000"
            width="360" height="284">
</object></center>
</body>
</html>

Open the page in firefox. The movie file should be in the same directory as the html page.

sumeet inani · 04-24-2010, 07:05 AM

to smoker
If I open that video from webpage on youtube it works.I tried the code with my abd.flv but It didn't work.What should be code for flv file.
As you have seen before plugins are integrated in my firefox.
I just have to write web page for that flv file.

smoker · 04-24-2010, 07:08 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by sumeet inani

to smoker
If I open that video from webpage on youtube it works.I tried the code with my abd.flv but It didn't work.What should be code for flv file.
As you have seen before plugins are integrated in my firefox.
I just have to write web page for that flv file.

For flv files you need an flv player, there are several on the internet, go download one.
You will still have to make a page to view it in firefox though. Try right clicking the youtube page and viewing the source. You will see the code they use. But you still need an flv player.

If all you want to do is view the movie, use mplayer or vlc.

sumeet inani · 04-24-2010, 07:32 AM

I want to say that
let us assume my file is hulchul.flv with widthxheight=640x290
I found out that
I have to insert following code in body of html

Code:

<p align='center'><iframe src='http://ismedia.exeter.ac.uk/playerfiles/flvplayer.php?flvmovieurl=hulchul.flv&moviewidth=640&movieheight=314&volume=100&autoplay=true&titlelinkcolour=%23000080&title=hulchul&bgcolor=%23FFFFFF' width='660' height='400' align='middle' scrolling='no' frameborder='0'></iframe></p>

It works only the point is it refers to internet page (of php).I want to do it local without internet.

klytu · 04-24-2010, 08:01 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by sumeet inani

I want to say that
let us assume my file is hulchul.flv with widthxheight=640x290
I found out that
I have to insert following code in body of html

Code:

<p align='center'><iframe src='http://ismedia.exeter.ac.uk/playerfiles/flvplayer.php?flvmovieurl=hulchul.flv&moviewidth=640&movieheight=314&volume=100&autoplay=true&titlelinkcolour=%23000080&title=hulchul&bgcolor=%23FFFFFF' width='660' height='400' align='middle' scrolling='no' frameborder='0'></iframe></p>

It works only the point is it refers to internet page (of php).I want to do it local without internet.

Sorry about my previous post; I misunderstood your question. Try modifying your above code to something like this:

Code:

<html>
<p align='center'><embed src='file:///home/inani/hulchul.flv' width='660' height='400' align='middle' scrolling='no' frameborder='0'></p>
</html>

Replacing "/home/inani/hulchul.flv" in the above with the actual path to your video. I just tried this for a local .flv video and firefox opened and played it within its own window.

sumeet inani · 04-27-2010, 11:17 PM

to klytu
I tried as you told but actually in this case totem(default media player in GNOME ubuntu) played the file & it had no decoder for h264 & aac encoding so got stream error.Actually my totem,mplayer & ffplay(from medibuntu) is not latest.

I thought I have watched the video in firefox so it can play it just I have to stream that flv.

Success at last
I downloaded http://www.walkernews.net/mediaplayer.swf
keep abc.html,abc.jpg,abc.flv & mediaplayer.swf in same folder.

Code:

<html>
<head> stream local flv to browser without internet</head>
<body>
<object classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0" width="480" height="360"><param name="flashvars" value="abc.flv&image=abc.jpg" /><param name="movie" value="mediaplayer.swf" /><embed src="abc.swf" width="480" height="360" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" flashvars="file=abc.flv&image=abc.jpg"
 /></object>
</body>
</html>

sumeet inani · 04-27-2010, 11:37 PM

Question
How can I get option to play fullscreen by tweaking above code.