mozplugger (was Re: gcjwebplugin: Update)

Sun Feb 27 16:49:38 MST 2005

The problem with mozplugger is that there exists no way to make it pretend
to be QuickTime and Windows Media Player the way mplayerplug-in does. This
means that it cannot be used to view websites that auto-detect which
plugins you have and adjust content accordingly, such as
http://movies.yahoo.com. The mplayerplug-in docs say mozplugger must be
uninstalled when using it.

On Sun, 27 Feb 2005 19:23:46 +0000, Cian Duffy wrote:

>> mozplugger ships with YDL.
> 
> Good. I'm writing this from my Sony so I've not got YDL with me, let
> alone able to check whats installed...
>  
>> VLC-0.8.1 builds just fine with a few ancillary packages installed from
>> freshrpms.net [thanks,  Mattahias]. I'll know in a bit if it actually
>> works.
> 
> True, got it installed and working here. Just not configured into
> mozplugger, if it can be that is
> 
>> 
>> > - I'm not 100% sure of this, but I think I remember either xine
>> > or mplayer being able to load in QuickTime binary codecs from OSX -
>> > and both of these are supported by mozplugger
>> 
>> I believe it's Xine.
> 
> Can't find any documentation either way... which is a bit odd as I'm
> sure I remember it being mentioned heavily on another mailing list in
> the past.
>  
>> >
>> > The newest SWFDec - it doesn't compile out of the box for me and I'm
>> > not hugely interested ATM, but will take a look at it again soon if
>> > no-one else does. This brings a lot more functionality to the swfdec
>> > Mozilla plugin - All of Flash 6 minus ActionScript.
>> 
>> I built version 0.3.2, which built without incident. I experience has
>> been that it works "sometimes".  Is there a later version?
> 
> No, not yet. It doesn't support ActionScript, hence the 'sometimes'.
> It didn't build from the raw sourceball for me - did you use an srpm?
>  
>> >
>> > OpenOffice 2.0 and its browser plugin - Word, Excel, PowerPoint and
>> > OO.o's formats in a very nice looking Firefox plugin. This would be a
>> > pretty massive undertaking however, as I've been told that Java is
>> > ever more needed in getting OO.o to run, and its database engine is
>> > written in Java.
>> 
>> Don't know...  I do not [yet] have OpenOffice 2.0 installed.
> 
> I'll give this a go tomorrow afternoon... and probably into Thursday,
> considering how massive it is.
>> >
>> > PDF plugin? - There has to be a Mozilla plugin for one of the xpdf
>> > based PDF viewers. However I don't know of any...
>> 
>> Hmmm... Isn't this a mozplugger configuration issue???
> 
> Probably - never played with mozplugger much.
> 
> Cian
>> -Joseph
>> 
>> =============================================================================
>> >
>> > Cian
>> >
>> >
>> > On Sun, 27 Feb 2005 10:47:16 -0500, Joseph E. Sacco, Ph.D.
>> > <joseph_sacco at comcast.net> wrote:
>> > > It might be a good idea to begin compiling a list of useful/desirable
>> > > open source plugins that can be made to run on a linux PPC.
>> > >
>> > > -Joseph
>> > > ======================================================================
>> > >
>> > > On Sun, 2005-02-27 at 10:09, Cian Duffy wrote:
>> > > > But we have Flash 5-ish compatibility with swfdec and WMV up to 8 if
>> > > > someone built the vlc-mozilla plugin...
>> > > >
>> > > > Open plugins wise, without using Windows binary plugins, my x86 Linux
>> > > > machine has all but the latest Quicktime, all but the latest WMV, most
>> > > > Flash,  and Word/Excel/Powerpoint document plugins in Firefox.
>> > > > RealPlayer is done using their own plugin - its almost opensource and
>> > > > does support PPC...
>> > > >
>> > > > Cian
>> > > >
>> > > >
>> > > > On Sun, 27 Feb 2005 06:50:54 -0800, Olaf Olson
>> > > > <oolson at hadleyconnection.com> wrote:
>> > > > > Wow, Herr Doctor!
>> > > > >
>> > > > > There are no "No"s in the list. That looks to be a really good thing,
>> > > > > unless, of course, you're an under-educated person like me, who wonders
>> > > > > if there is a longer list than that presented by the "About Plugins"
>> > > > > list. This looks like I can go to most of my favorite websites and
>> > > > > access everything that java provides (unless there's a javascript that
>> > > > > starts FLASH or WMV).
>> > > > >
>> > > > > That's pretty cool. Thanks for the report!
>> > > > >
>> > > > > Olaf
>> > > > >
>> > > > > Joseph E. Sacco, Ph.D. wrote:
>> > > > >
>> > > > > >Previews of coming attractions...
>> > > > > >
>> > > > > >gcjwebplugin is a plugin for Mozilla and other web browsers for the
>> > > > > >execution of Java™ applets. It uses the JVM provided by GCJ.
>> > > > > >
>> > > > > >The currently available CVS version of gcjwebplugin  [0.3.2.cvs]
>> > > > > >
>> > > > > >       http://www.nongnu.org/gcjwebplugin/index.html
>> > > > > >
>> > > > > >now passes all of its tests when built under YDL-4 using gcc-3.4.3.
>> > > > > >
>> > > > > >
>> > > > > >So what does this plugin support?
>> > > > > >
>> > > > > >>From "About Plugins":
>> > > > > >
>> > > > > >GCJ web browser plug-in 0.3.2.cvs
>> > > > > >
>> > > > > >        File name: libgcjwebplugin.so
>> > > > > >        The GCJ web browser plug-in executes Java applets in Mozilla and
>> > > > > >        other web browsers.
>> > > > > >
>> > > > > >    MIME Type
>> > > > > >   Description
>> > > > > >     Suffixes
>> > > > > >     Enabled
>> > > > > >application/x-java-vm
>> > > > > >GCJ
>> > > > > >class,jar
>> > > > > >Yes
>> > > > > >application/x-java-applet
>> > > > > >GCJ
>> > > > > >class,jar
>> > > > > >Yes
>> > > > > >application/x-java-applet;version=1.1
>> > > > > >GCJ
>> > > > > >class,jar
>> > > > > >Yes
>> > > > > >application/x-java-applet;version=1.1.1
>> > > > > >GCJ
>> > > > > >class,jar
>> > > > > >Yes
>> > > > > >application/x-java-applet;version=1.1.2
>> > > > > >GCJ
>> > > > > >class,jar
>> > > > > >Yes
>> > > > > >application/x-java-applet;version=1.1.3
>> > > > > >GCJ
>> > > > > >class,jar
>> > > > > >Yes
>> > > > > >application/x-java-applet;version=1.2
>> > > > > >GCJ
>> > > > > >class,jar
>> > > > > >Yes
>> > > > > >application/x-java-applet;version=1.2.1
>> > > > > >GCJ
>> > > > > >class,jar
>> > > > > >Yes
>> > > > > >application/x-java-applet;version=1.2.2
>> > > > > >GCJ
>> > > > > >class,jar
>> > > > > >Yes
>> > > > > >application/x-java-applet;version=1.3
>> > > > > >GCJ
>> > > > > >class,jar
>> > > > > >Yes
>> > > > > >application/x-java-applet;version=1.3.1
>> > > > > >GCJ
>> > > > > >class,jar
>> > > > > >Yes
>> > > > > >application/x-java-applet;version=1.4
>> > > > > >GCJ
>> > > > > >class,jar
>> > > > > >Yes
>> > > > > >application/x-java-applet;version=1.4.1
>> > > > > >GCJ
>> > > > > >class,jar
>> > > > > >Yes
>> > > > > >application/x-java-applet;version=1.4.2
>> > > > > >GCJ
>> > > > > >class,jar
>> > > > > >Yes
>> > > > > >application/x-java-applet;jpi-version=1.4.2_01
>> > > > > >GCJ
>> > > > > >class,jar
>> > > > > >Yes
>> > > > > >application/x-java-bean
>> > > > > >GCJ
>> > > > > >class,jar
>> > > > > >Yes
>> > > > > >application/x-java-bean;version=1.1
>> > > > > >GCJ
>> > > > > >class,jar
>> > > > > >Yes
>> > > > > >application/x-java-bean;version=1.1.1
>> > > > > >GCJ
>> > > > > >class,jar
>> > > > > >Yes
>> > > > > >application/x-java-bean;version=1.1.2
>> > > > > >GCJ
>> > > > > >class,jar
>> > > > > >Yes
>> > > > > >application/x-java-bean;version=1.1.3
>> > > > > >GCJ
>> > > > > >class,jar
>> > > > > >Yes
>> > > > > >application/x-java-bean;version=1.2
>> > > > > >GCJ
>> > > > > >class,jar
>> > > > > >Yes
>> > > > > >application/x-java-bean;version=1.2.1
>> > > > > >GCJ
>> > > > > >class,jar
>> > > > > >Yes
>> > > > > >application/x-java-bean;version=1.2.2
>> > > > > >GCJ
>> > > > > >class,jar
>> > > > > >Yes
>> > > > > >application/x-java-bean;version=1.3
>> > > > > >GCJ
>> > > > > >class,jar
>> > > > > >Yes
>> > > > > >application/x-java-bean;version=1.3.1
>> > > > > >GCJ
>> > > > > >class,jar
>> > > > > >Yes
>> > > > > >application/x-java-bean;version=1.4
>> > > > > >GCJ
>> > > > > >class,jar
>> > > > > >Yes
>> > > > > >application/x-java-bean;version=1.4.1
>> > > > > >GCJ
>> > > > > >class,jar
>> > > > > >Yes
>> > > > > >application/x-java-bean;version=1.4.2
>> > > > > >GCJ
>> > > > > >class,jar
>> > > > > >Yes
>> > > > > >application/x-java-bean;jpi-version=1.4.2_01
>> > > > > >GCJ
>> > > > > >class,jar
>> > > > > >Yes
>> > > > > >
>> > > > > >-Joseph
>> > > > > >
>> > > > > >
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