Firefox Plug-in Flash Help for Winded Old Junkers [Outdated]
Newly Discovered Video Assistance for Winded Old Junkers
Hi all,
I've received a reply from the developer about future support for SeaMonkey. His response sounded positive; he said that he'll look into the possibility of including support for SeaMonkey whilst making some planned code revisions in his next release of FlashVideoReplacer
For those who are interested, I am attaching our exchange of e-mail. If I get any more news from the developer, I will update this thread.
Monsie
I've received a reply from the developer about future support for SeaMonkey. His response sounded positive; he said that he'll look into the possibility of including support for SeaMonkey whilst making some planned code revisions in his next release of FlashVideoReplacer
For those who are interested, I am attaching our exchange of e-mail. If I get any more news from the developer, I will update this thread.
Monsie
X-Mozilla-Status: 0001 X-Mozilla-Status2: 00800000 X-Mozilla-Keys: Message-ID: <4FB1D2E2.1050701@hotmail.ca> Date: Mon, 14 May 2012 20:52:02 -0700 From: Xxxxxx Xxxxxx User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux i686; rv:9.0.1) Gecko/20120127 Firefox/9.0.1 SeaMonkey/2.6.1 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Yyyy Yyyyyyy Subject: Re: FlashVideoReplacer References:
Thanks very much for your quick reply.
This is great news... I appreciate that you will look into possibly providing support for SeaMonkey. I will share this with the Puppy Linux community.
Xxxx Xxxxxx
Yyyy Yyyyyyy wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Thank you for your interest. I am planning to do major code changes for the next version FVR and I could include support for SeaMonkey. I will look into it.
>
> Cheers
>
> Caio
> http://webgapps.org
>
>
>
> On Sun, May 13, 2012, at 12:44 AM, Xxxxx Xxxxxxx wrote:
>> Hello lovinglinux,
>>
>> Your Firefox add-on is a current topic at Puppy Linux Discussion Forum. While many Puppy Linux users do run Firefox, the default browser in many versions of Puppy is SeaMonkey.
>>
>> Unfortunately, FlashVideoReplacer will not install in SeaMonkey 2.9.1 although it shares much code with Firefox and runs in compatibilty mode with Firefox by default. In fact, it is stated within the application.ini file of SeaMonkey that: "The Original Code is Mozilla Firefox".
>>
>> That said, would you be willing and able to resolve this current incompatibility in a future release of your add-on?
>>
>> Thanks for your consideration. In the event that you reply, I would like to share it with the Puppy Linux Discussion Forum.
>>
>> Sincerely,
>> Xxxxx Xxxxxxx
>> Kamloops, BC Canada
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if you're using gnome-mplayer as the default media player, and have a frugal install, it's a good idea to move the hidden /root/.cache/gnome-mplayer folder onto your harddrive and then symlink it back.
this stops the cache filling up your savefile.
this stops the cache filling up your savefile.
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Donebigpup wrote:Eathray,
Thanks for informing us about this plugin.
I would suggest changing the subject of this topic so that it identifies more clearly what it is.
Newly Discovered Video Assistance for Winded Old Junkers does not really describe, this is about a plugin for Firefox, that replaces Flash Player.
Eathray
It's still missing the critical information that it is for playing Flash videos.Eathray wrote:Donebigpup wrote:Eathray,
Thanks for informing us about this plugin.
I would suggest changing the subject of this topic so that it identifies more clearly what it is.
Newly Discovered Video Assistance for Winded Old Junkers does not really describe, this is about a plugin for Firefox, that replaces Flash Player.
Eathray
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I have tried
I have tried to build both of these with no success. I have a seemingly proper build environment, as I build my own wifi driver from source, the ati/amd *.run file and virtualbox *.run files all built on my machine.
It isn't that I "hate" flash, and someone pointed out that 11.2 will get security updates; however, the long sited view is that we need something that works because 11.2 will fail to run on some sites at some point in the future.
It isn't that I "hate" flash, and someone pointed out that 11.2 will get security updates; however, the long sited view is that we need something that works because 11.2 will fail to run on some sites at some point in the future.
he seems to have removed it due to google changing the rules http://webgapps.org/add-ons/flashvideoreplacer/Dewbie wrote:The author has removed Flash video replacer from Mozilla's website.
However, there's still hope.
i have it installed and working well on my system, so if anyone knows what particular files i need to extract it from firefox and .pet it up. let me know
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But isn't it for Flash in general, not specifically Youtube?666philb wrote:he seems to have removed it due to google changing the rules http://webgapps.org/add-ons/flashvideoreplacer/
That's shocking if they've bullied him into withdrawing it.
There appear to be some alternatives that people might be interested in:
http://userscripts.org/scripts/show/87011
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefo ... t-youtube/
Firefox extensions are installed into your firefox profile, which has a unique name, so you won't really be able to make a .pet out of it. But you could just provide the .xpi, if it installed without being extracted, or if not you could conceivably reassemble it into an .xpi, or could just .zip it up and people could install it by manually extracting it into their profile.i have it installed and working well on my system, so if anyone knows what particular files i need to extract it from firefox and .pet it up. let me know
Possibility 1: The extension will just be one of the folders in your firefox profile's extension folder, which is normally somewhere like /root/.mozilla/firefox/wud7nhh6.default/extensions (where wud7nhh6 is a string unique to your profile). Note the files/folders with a . at the front are hidden by default, and if your filer is Rox you can show them by clicking the eye button. You will need to identify the right folder for the extension by looking at the contents of e.g. the install.js files (you can open these in a text editor, or I guess you could use Pfind to search for files containing the name of the plugin).
Possibility 2: The extension is an unextracted .xpi folder in your firefox profile's extension folder. Again, you might be able to identify which one by searching for files containing the name of the plugin.
If you're having trouble finding the right file/folder, let us know and maybe we can help some more.
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disciple wrote:
I've installed flashblock and user agent switcher .xpi files by dragging them to the browser and following the install prompts. If they're not compatible with a browser, they generally won't install.But you could just provide the .xpi, if it installed without being extracted, or if not you could conceivably reassemble it into an .xpi, or could just .zip it up and people could install it by manually extracting it into their profile.
Dewbie, I'm not sure what your point is. Some .xpis are just copied into the extensions folder when you install them, but others are extracted as a subfolder. In the latter case you would need to rebuild the .xpi if you didn't keep a copy. An .xpi is a zip, but I'm not sure if it has a checksum or some metadata or what...
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Unless it's just that they used to be extracted as a subfolder, and any that are still in a subfolder must have been installed years ago...Disciple wrote:but others are extracted as a subfolder.
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If you want to rebuild extensions, you can also try FEBE or Zippy Extension Packager.
(I haven't tried either, so I don't know how well they work. But they do claim to do the job.)
(I haven't tried either, so I don't know how well they work. But they do claim to do the job.)
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I have earlier created a pet of flvideoreplacer. I have extracted the metadata info and recreated the .xpi so that it installs to the /usr/lib/firefox/extensions/
Here is how you do it. Quote from Barry`s blog by Iguleder:
Here is how you do it. Quote from Barry`s blog by Iguleder:
It means that if you remove your /root/.mozilla content, the extension is not removed. Generic installation. It is nice trick for puppy builder...it gives possibility to push extensions preinstalled to the Firefox. I have flashblock, adblock and fireftp preinstalled this way.....Barry, I found a way to pre-install extensions for Firefox and Seamonkey without having to create a profile first!
It's really simple - I found out that xpi extensions are zip archives. Just unzip an extensions, open install.rdf and get its ID, which is a GUID.
In the case of TorButton, it's "{e0204bd5-9d31-402b-a99d-a6aa8ffebdca}".
Here's how to pre-install TorButton for all users, if so (assuming Firefox is located in /usr/local/apps/firefox):
install -m644 -D torbutton-current.xpi $INSTALL_DIR/usr/local/apps/firefox/extensions/\{e0204bd5-9d31-402b-a99d-a6aa8ffebdca\}.xpi
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Firefox Plug-in, Flash Help for Winded Old Junkers [Edit]
Hi all,
It took me awhile... but I found an alternate download site "cough, cough" where I was able to get FVR 2.1.14 I am not sure if this was the most recent version but if not, it's close. The download is an .xpi file, so one way to install it is to open Firefox in a small window, then drag the file from your download directory and drop it inside the browser window... you'll get a prompt asking if you want to install the add-on... etc --done.
The place where I found this item is "cough, cough" over here. I am saving this little gem because it allows me to install it in other distros also... and at this point I am not feeling too optimistic that the developer will be allowed to resume work with his projects... If need be, I can upload it as an attachment.
Monsie
It took me awhile... but I found an alternate download site "cough, cough" where I was able to get FVR 2.1.14 I am not sure if this was the most recent version but if not, it's close. The download is an .xpi file, so one way to install it is to open Firefox in a small window, then drag the file from your download directory and drop it inside the browser window... you'll get a prompt asking if you want to install the add-on... etc --done.
The place where I found this item is "cough, cough" over here. I am saving this little gem because it allows me to install it in other distros also... and at this point I am not feeling too optimistic that the developer will be allowed to resume work with his projects... If need be, I can upload it as an attachment.
Monsie
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I wrote:
Read the second part of his first paragraph.
Unlike .pets, .tarballs, etc., .xpis often don't extract / install when you click on them.
disciple wrote:I've installed flashblock and user agent switcher .xpi files by dragging them to the browser and following the install prompts. If they're not compatible with a browser, they generally won't install.
Same point Monsie made, five posts later.Dewbie, I'm not sure what your point is.
Read the second part of his first paragraph.
Unlike .pets, .tarballs, etc., .xpis often don't extract / install when you click on them.
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