New version of the Webvideo plugin is available at http://users.tkk.fi/~aajanki/vdr/webvideo/
The Webvideo plugin is a tool for browsing and downloading videos from popular video sharing websites, such as YouTube and Google video, using VDR menu interface or a command line client. With the help of xineliboutput plugin the videos can be played directly without downloading them first.
Changes:
2009-05-05: Version 0.1.4
- Updated Italian translation (thanks to Diego Pierotto) - Config file for webvi for defining player programs and the address of the daemon - Streaming now reverts back to lower quality video if high quality version is not available (like downloading already did before)
Video site modules: - Support for a new video site: Metacafe - Youtube: adapted parsing to comply with recent changes on Youtube. Download HD quality video when available. - YLE Areena: download high quality videos by default - Google Video: support for videos hosted on Metacafe. Made parsing a bit more robust.
Antti Ajanki wrote:
New version of the Webvideo plugin is available at http://users.tkk.fi/~aajanki/vdr/webvideo/
Hi Antti,
since it sounded such a nice plugin I decided to give it a try, but am still trying, because the installation it not what someone might call simple :) First of all, it installs the binaries under /usr/local/bin, but then it uses a hardcoded path of /usr/bin in several places. Secondly, it's incompatible with python 2.6, which I believe is the default version with recent distributions. Thirdly, it brings down the whole VDR if it cannot connect to the daemon. But, as I said, it sounded like a nice plugin so I am still working to get it running.
-Petri
On Tue, May 5, 2009 at 11:07 AM, Petri Helin phelin@googlemail.com wrote:
Antti Ajanki wrote:
New version of the Webvideo plugin is available at http://users.tkk.fi/~aajanki/vdr/webvideo/
Hi Antti,
since it sounded such a nice plugin I decided to give it a try, but am still trying, because the installation it not what someone might call simple :) First of all, it installs the binaries under /usr/local/bin, but then it uses a hardcoded path of /usr/bin in several places. Secondly, it's incompatible with python 2.6, which I believe is the default version with recent distributions. Thirdly, it brings down the whole VDR if it cannot connect to the daemon. But, as I said, it sounded like a nice plugin so I am still working to get it running.
I actually had the homepage for this open in a browser to remind me to try it but based on your results, I'll wait until those problems are fixed.
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Antti Ajanki -
Petri Helin -
VDR User