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==Description== |
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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. |
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Supported video sites: |
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* [http://video.google.com/ Google Video] (only videos hosted on YouTube, Google or Metacafe servers) |
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* [http://www.metacafe.com/ Metacafe] |
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* [http://svtplay.se/ SVT Play] |
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* [http://areena.yle.fi/ YLE Areena] |
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* [http://www.youtube.com/ YouTube] |
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===Handling=== |
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{| border=1 cellpadding=2 cellspacing=0 |
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|- bgcolor=#efdead |
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!Key |
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!Description |
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!bgcolor=#efefef| OK || Follow a link, or start downloading a media file |
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!bgcolor=#efefef| Red || Go back to the previous menu |
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!bgcolor=#efefef| Green || Go forward in browsing history |
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!bgcolor=#efefef| Yellow || Show download status screen. In status screen: Cancel the selected download |
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!bgcolor=#efefef| Blue || Play media object without downloading |
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!bgcolor=#efefef| Info || Show details of a media object |
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==Software requirements== |
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* [http://www.python.org/ Python] |
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* [http://curl.haxx.se/ libcurl] and [http://pycurl.sourceforge.net/ Python binding] |
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* [http://xmlsoft.org/ libxml and libxslt] |
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* a video player for viewing the downloaded videos or streaming videos without downloading, for example xineliboutput or mplayer plugin |
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Suggested: |
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* [https://launchpad.net/libmms libmms] 0.4 or later (for downloading mms URLs) |
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==Installation== |
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cd /put/your/path/here/VDR/PLUGINS/src |
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tar -xzf /put/your/path/here/vdr-webvideo-X.Y.Z.tgz |
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cd webvideo-X.Y.Z |
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make |
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make install |
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cd .. |
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ln -s webvideo-X.Y.Z/vdr-plugin webvideo |
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cd /put/your/path/here/VDR |
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make |
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make plugins |
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==Configuration== |
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===Parameter=== |
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{| border=1 cellpadding=2 cellspacing=0 |
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|- bgcolor=#efdead |
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!Parameter (short) |
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!Parameter (long) |
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!Description |
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| -d dir || --downloaddir=dir || Save downloaded files to dir. The default path is the VDR video directory. |
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| -s server || --server=server || Connect to server. Default is localhost. |
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| -p port || --port=port || Connect to port. Default is 2357. |
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| -c cmd || --daemoncmd=cmd || Command for starting webvid |
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==Links== |
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| [1] |
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| http://users.tkk.fi/~aajanki/vdr/webvideo |
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| Plugin homepage |
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Latest revision as of 20:27, 23 November 2010
Description
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.
Supported video sites:
- Google Video (only videos hosted on YouTube, Google or Metacafe servers)
- Metacafe
- SVT Play
- YLE Areena
- YouTube
Handling
Key | Description |
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OK | Follow a link, or start downloading a media file |
Red | Go back to the previous menu |
Green | Go forward in browsing history |
Yellow | Show download status screen. In status screen: Cancel the selected download |
Blue | Play media object without downloading |
Info | Show details of a media object |
Software requirements
- Python
- libcurl and Python binding
- libxml and libxslt
- a video player for viewing the downloaded videos or streaming videos without downloading, for example xineliboutput or mplayer plugin
Suggested:
- libmms 0.4 or later (for downloading mms URLs)
Installation
cd /put/your/path/here/VDR/PLUGINS/src tar -xzf /put/your/path/here/vdr-webvideo-X.Y.Z.tgz cd webvideo-X.Y.Z make make install cd .. ln -s webvideo-X.Y.Z/vdr-plugin webvideo cd /put/your/path/here/VDR make make plugins
Configuration
Parameter
Parameter (short) | Parameter (long) | Description |
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-d dir | --downloaddir=dir | Save downloaded files to dir. The default path is the VDR video directory. |
-s server | --server=server | Connect to server. Default is localhost. |
-p port | --port=port | Connect to port. Default is 2357. |
-c cmd | --daemoncmd=cmd | Command for starting webvid |
Links
[1] | http://users.tkk.fi/~aajanki/vdr/webvideo | Plugin homepage |