Gecko Media Player

Description:

Gecko Media Player is a browser plugin that uses GNOME MPlayer to play media in a browser. It should work with all browsers on Unix-ish systems(Linux, BSD, Solaris) and use the NS4 API (Mozilla, Firefox, Opera, etc.).

Author

Kevin DeKorte kdekorte AT gmail DOT com

Changes

0.6.0	Feb 13, 2008 Support for xulrunner on Fedora 9 Updated support for starting media based on bitrate
0.5.4	Jan 17, 2008 Fix .h generation problem Add support for tv:// type devices Change "Windows Media Player Plugin" to "Windows Media Player Plug-in"
0.5.3	Dec 12, 2007 Updated translation Crasher fixes GUI Updates
0.5.2	Nov 02, 2007 Requires GNOME MPlayer 0.5.2 Add French translation Add javascript src attribute Fix for BBC radio to work Turn off forcing of streaming for flash media More work on realplayer emulation
0.5.1	Oct 4, 2007 Requires GNOME MPlayer 0.5.1 Implement several WMP controls methods Tell the player what URL we are getting the data from via SetURL Cleanup K/s display to show only tenths, also make sure we use floating point math A K/s info while caching for non-streaming data New dbus callback "ReloadPlugins" tells browser to reload its plugin settings Allow configuration of plugins by setting from gconf In send_signal_when_ready change the sleep to a smaller value and then only try 100 times before dropping out Implement PlayPause JS method Remove custom dbus dispatcher for Opera, doesn't seem to be needed Make sure dbus dispatcher is stopped Use private dbus connection
0.5.0	Aug 29, 2007 Requires GNOME MPlayer 0.5.0 If mimetype is video/x-flv then mark the media as streaming Version sync with gnome-mplayer Handle more javascript methods, that allow setting callbacks on events Make qtsrc locations work, makes some apple sites work Add configure option --disable-caching, which never uses local storage for the media cache If cache size from gnome-mplayer is 0, set media to streaming Fix several bugs in dbus event processor Add the ability to set the onClick callback via a javascript method
0.0.7	Jul 18, 2007 Requires GNOME MPlayer 0.4.7 Implemented several javascript event callbacks When playing background audio on a website, don't show the player Support for QML Media files, makes the Transformers Trailer work at Yahoo
0.0.6	May 20, 2007 Requires GNOME MPlayer 0.4.6 Improved ASX handling Better compatibility with some site when using Opera
0.0.5	Not Released
0.0.4	Mar 21, 2007 Requires GNOME MPlayer 0.4.4 Fix looping problem and initialization Mark cancelled player as not ready Marked cancelled items as not opened Fix problem with request_*_value methods using wrong dest Handle Cancel signal from player Change request calls to use unique (based on controlid) object names Remove unnecessary glib flushes Trap several instance = NULL cases Fix problem where window is destroyed immediately Fix NULL pointer problem in several places Put xpt files in place that browser can find them Bump version Make Apple HD trailers cache properly When sending command, check for control id on item and then use instance Handle "filename" embed tag Implement GetLoop, SetLoop and loop embed tag methods Implement GetMIMEType JS Method Fix problem when starting an hrefid and over cache
0.0.3	Mar 12, 2007 Requires GNOME MPlayer 0.4.3 Fix up install issues Switch to using controlid when using GNOME MPlayer allows control of hidden windows Fix infinite loop problem when hidden=true Fix problem where streaming media not started when hidden Fix problem with non-streaming media not playing when hidden Use cache setting from GNOME MPlayer so now play amount cached > cache_size * 1024 Set cache percent value Start playing when cache percent is > 20% and amount cached is > 2000K Fixed a bug when the player is not launched and open is called, plugin would spin forever Add javascript methods ShowControls Fullscreen Seek FF/FastForward Rew/Rewind/FastReverse GetVolume GetFullScreen GetShowControls SetVolume GetTime GetDuration GetPercent Fix firefox-xpcom not being included with firefox 2.0.0.2
0.0.2	Feb 22, 2007 Requires GNOME MPlayer 0.4.2 Passed Linspire media tests Implement qt reference file parseing, makes non-HD Apple trailers work Make Apple HD Trailer work (caching still a problem) Make HREF links work, when coming back to same player
0.0.1	Initial Release Requires GNOME MPlayer 0.4.1 Limitations Apple HD and non-HD is broken in many areas Some playlists do not work HREF links do not work Known working Linspire test page Plugger test page Various other sites including dr.dk and wptv.wp.pl

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Screen Shots

(Development)Screen shot of GNOME MPlayer being embedded in a browser and not
(Development)Screen shot of GNOME MPlayer being embedded in Opera

NEW - Anonymous SVN Access

The latest code can now be found in the google code SVN repository.
Please go HERE for info on how to get the latest source

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