Puppy Linux Discussion Forum

Sylvander · Posted: Mon 03 Aug 2009, 05:51 Post subject:

1. " The warning in boxpup like previous? The "&" problem in menu entry again?"
Erm, I think it appeared yet again, and I fixed it again.
I've done this so many times now it has become routine to fix, and I cannot remember exactly when.

2. See my edits in brown to my previous post.
I guess I'll just wait and see how things progress with time.

trio · Posted: Mon 03 Aug 2009, 05:59 Post subject:

Sylvander,

Again, I really don't think it's a problem with pstreamvid, it's ok when using gxine, it's a problem with mplayer i guess, I experienced it too.

Thanks

trio · Posted: Mon 03 Aug 2009, 05:59 Post subject:

Sylvander,

Again, I really don't think it's a problem with pstreamvid, it's ok when using gxine, it's a problem with mplayer i guess, I experienced it too.

Thanks

Sylvander · Posted: Mon 03 Aug 2009, 06:34 Post subject:

1. I uninstalled MU's Mplayer and reinstalled the 4 Mplayer packages included in the BoxPup->Puppy Package Manager, then rebooted.

2. The warning of the missing DLL was no longer displayed, but the display windows were once again off the top-left of screen, and at close of Pstreamvid CPU usage jumps to 100% and freezes BoxPup.

3. After I used "Ctrl+Alt+backspace", and interesting warning was displayed above the command prompt [from the previous drop to the command prompt?], as follows:
cat: /usr/local/bin/defaultmediaplayer: No such file or directory.

trio · Posted: Mon 03 Aug 2009, 06:48 Post subject:

Sylvander,

You should address those problems to MU and I don't know who's responsible for the one in official repo

Anyway, I play around with mplayer, after a few changing channels, it ate the RAM almost until zero! .. So the computer froze, I wait a while, then the RAM started to lower .. until the computer is operational again

Sylvander · Posted: Mon 03 Aug 2009, 09:59 Post subject:

1. Fixed the problem in red in my last post by copying a handy binary file from...
/usr/local/bin
Into a different handy folder [/00].
Renaming the file to:
defaultmediaplayer
Deleting the existing code content.
And inserting the new code [from MU in another thread about Pcd, which normally uses gxine] as follows:
#!/bin/bash
exec gxine "$@"
Then changing the code to:
#!/bin/bash
exec mplayer "$@"
And copying that back to:
/usr/local/bin

2. the only problem remaining is the video window being off-screen to the top left.
Anyone know how to fix that?

rjbrewer · Joined: 22 Jan 2008 Posts: 4350 Location: merriam, kansas

Trio;

I noticed the ram use did go up to 300/503 on a few channels;
it's usually around 60/503. Cpu use remains very low.

When it gives a warning about 'missing codec'; IGNORE it.
A little patience goes a long way.

For certain channels it may be necessary to have mms:streams
enabled in seamonkey or firefox. I don't know about opera.

Here is how I enable mms. Where it says Kaffeine, substitute
the word gxine, mplayer, gmplayer......whatever the default name
of your player is.

1.) Open Firefox, type "about:config" (no quotes) in the address window, and click enter.
(2.) Right click on the window and choose <New>, then <String> from the pop-up menu that appears.
(3.) In the first pop-up box, enter: "network.protocol-handler.app.mms" (no quotes)
(4.) In the next pop-up box enter the path to Kaffeine (e.g. "/usr/bin/kaffeine").
(5.) Now, click in the main window again but choose <New> <Boolean>
(6.) In the first pop-up box, enter: "network.protocol-handler.external.mms"
(7.) In the second pop-up select <True>.

If a channel isn't removed when you click to remove it , go to
usr>local>pstreamvid>channels and delete the channel.

rjbrewer · Joined: 22 Jan 2008 Posts: 4350 Location: merriam, kansas

Is it possible to get http streams, and how would I do it?

rjbrewer · Joined: 22 Jan 2008 Posts: 4350 Location: merriam, kansas

About ram:

Every time the channel is changed, the ram use accumulates.
Seems to eventually reach a point where it falls back down.
Closing and restarting pstreamvid.....starts with low ram again.
Would be nice if ram refreshed with each channel change;
if this is possible.
Some streams are poor quality or very slow to load; gives the
appearance of having froze. I just kill them and go on.
Big Pond sports from Australia is quite jerky.

trio · Posted: Tue 04 Aug 2009, 02:26 Post subject:

rjbrewer,

1. I have no idea how to extract streams from http://

2. I will look around for a solution for RAM problem in mplayer ... such as flushing the ram maybe, ..will ask my friend "google"

trio · Posted: Tue 04 Aug 2009, 02:39 Post subject:

I think I got it:

/usr/local/pstreamvid/functions (line 24)

trio · Posted: Tue 04 Aug 2009, 03:30 Post subject:

Updated to v 1.2-2:

- change channel without clicking "off" (not opening another window)
- quit button also turns off video

Laughing

I enjoy in perfecting this, so comments are welcome...keep it coming

rjbrewer · Joined: 22 Jan 2008 Posts: 4350 Location: merriam, kansas

Still the same problem with ram; both ram and cpu rise to
maximum even after pstream is shut down.

The off button never seemed to do anything.

Don't think it's my mplayer....this doesn't happen at all
in pup-tv.

trio · Posted: Tue 04 Aug 2009, 03:55 Post subject:

Sylvander · Posted: Tue 04 Aug 2009, 04:06 Post subject:

I uninstalled the previous Pstreamvid version, and rebooted.
Then installed the latest Pstreamvid version and rebooted.

Now:
The latest version 1.2-2 is behaving the same as the previous version I was using in the following respect:
When I quit the program [with no Mplayer video windows running], CPU usage jumps to very high % usage [almost 100%], and RAM usage also goes to almost 100%.

I'm forced to use "Ctrl+Alt+backspace", then xwin command.