VLC web plugin not working on Mountain Lion?

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Re: VLC web plugin not working on Mountain Lion?

Postby Jean-Baptiste Kempf » 21 Mar 2013 14:44

Yes, it ain't released yet, because of Firefox issues...
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Re: VLC web plugin not working on Mountain Lion?

Postby slikk66 » 21 Mar 2013 18:55

Hello Jean-Baptiste and others,

I work for a technology company in Los Angeles that specializes in security systems with remote viewing capabilities.

We are very much in need of a Mac alternative to Quicktime, for some reason our DVR systems RTSP feed is not very compatible with Quicktime, but VLC seems to do fine with it.

Our customers are requesting a Mac viewing option, and I have come to look at VLC web plugin.  I understand that the plugin is not fully mature for Mac OS X, especially x64.  But, we have a large interest in getting this working for our company.

I just spoke with our CTO and told him that there was mention of financing remote developers associated with the project to finish up the plugin.

We are serious about this offer and would like to talk further.  Please reply here on the forums, or via private message and I can give you further details on my contact information and the company.

Thanks,
-Dan

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Re: VLC web plugin not working on Mountain Lion?

Postby Jean-Baptiste Kempf » 22 Mar 2013 01:06

This can be interesting; indeed.
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Re: VLC web plugin not working on Mountain Lion?

Postby smaramaus » 30 Mar 2013 11:08

Hi,
I downloaded your provided plugins, copy it into library/internet plugins, then I open Safari and I try the web-interface with my dreambox 8000, and finally I get the video :D working well for me, I use Macbook pro midi 2010 OS X 10.8.3 in Wifi.
I've only a question, what does it mean the message I get wen i open the Web Interface.....windows output mode using CorAnimation?
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Re: VLC web plugin not working on Mountain Lion?

Postby Jean-Baptiste Kempf » 01 Apr 2013 19:58

This is a debug for us.
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Re: VLC web plugin not working on Mountain Lion?

Postby plind » 02 Apr 2013 23:05

Oh yes! I was looking for this upgrade for 64-bit OS X as well. When will this be publicly available? Is the current version based on 2.0.5 or 2.1.0?

Thanks, Pascal

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Re: VLC web plugin not working on Mountain Lion?

Postby Jean-Baptiste Kempf » 03 Apr 2013 12:50

2.0.5, IIRC.
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Re: VLC web plugin not working on Mountain Lion?

Postby easyw » 23 Apr 2013 18:18

Hi,
could you post a link for the 32 bit version for Chrome?
I'll be a tester :)

thank you
Maurice

PS can the 32 & 64 version work together (e.g. on Safari and Chrome on the same mac)?

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Re: VLC web plugin not working on Mountain Lion?

Postby Jean-Baptiste Kempf » 24 Apr 2013 02:07

I will do that tomorrow.
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Re: VLC web plugin not working on Mountain Lion?

Postby easyw » 26 Apr 2013 13:15

Hi,
have you had some time to do the 32 bit Chrome version?
can the 32 & 64 version work together (e.g. on Safari and Chrome on the same mac)?
thank you
Maurice

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Re: VLC web plugin not working on Mountain Lion?

Postby zigmob » 09 Jun 2013 15:25

Hi all,

Can anyone update me on the status of the VLC web plugin for Chrome on Mountain Lion 32 bit?

According to Synology I should use it together with their video station app, in order to play certain file formats. However, so far no luck installing the plugin for chrome on my macbook air 32 bit with mountain lion.

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Re: VLC web plugin not working on Mountain Lion?

Postby Happy » 29 Jun 2013 14:17

Is there some kind of howto on compiling the browser plugin?

I looked into the wiki and just found a deleted article called "Browser Plugin Spec".
http://wiki.videolan.org/Browser_Plugin_Spec

The plugin from http://people.videolan.org/~jb/tmp/maco ... plugin.zip works for me in Safari 5.1.9 (although a bit sluggish and in fullscreen there is a white block under the video ... so not really fullscreen). It shows the following before you start the video:
VLC Multimedia Plug-in
2.0.6 Twoflower
windowed output mode using CoreAnimation


It would be great to be able to use the plugin in Google Chrome.

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Re: VLC web plugin not working on Mountain Lion?

Postby fkuehne » 30 Jun 2013 16:37

For Chrome, you can give my recent build a try: http://cl.ly/0u0m1845290y

Note that this build doesn't include our branding (aka the gray "VLC multi-media plugin" blabla screen), but will show a black screen instead.

FYI: this build runs in Safari, too. It doesn't support Firefox though.
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Re: VLC web plugin not working on Mountain Lion?

Postby dariocdj » 24 Oct 2013 16:53

Hello all,

i've tried http://people.videolan.org/~jb/tmp/maco ... plugin.zip with os X 10.6 and doesn't work on nothing.
Nothing appear (no "missing plugin" or something similar, NOTHING)

Same thing for http://cl.ly/0u0m1845290y, tried unsuccessfully with chrome....
Here "no plugin" appear....

C'mon guys all the world want this plugin

Thanks
Dario

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Re: VLC web plugin not working on Mountain Lion?

Postby mcginnisea » 30 Jan 2014 19:17

Hi,

Is there any update to this? I am developing a streaming application and the only possible plugin seems to be VLC. I need to run it on a Chrome browser on Samsung tablets and on a Mac with Mavericks. Even if it isn't available and there is nothing I can do, a definitive answer would be great.

Thanks,
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Re: VLC web plugin not working on Mountain Lion?

Postby fkuehne » 03 Feb 2014 15:29

Hello, the plugin will be out very soon from now. I'm currently preparing a public beta. If you are interesting testing the current state, email me!

Regarding Chrome on Samsung tablets, this doesn't seem to be very feasible since this seems to imply that those tablets run Android. There are 0 web browsers available on Android supporting any kind of plugin.
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Re: VLC web plugin not working on Mountain Lion?

Postby sonicman » 09 Feb 2014 10:23

Could you send me the beta plugin?

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Re: VLC web plugin not working on Mountain Lion?

Postby fkuehne » 12 Feb 2014 16:24

PM me :)
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Re: VLC web plugin not working on Mountain Lion?

Postby Jean-Baptiste Kempf » 13 Feb 2014 11:53

Yes , we are updating a version for release soon.
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Re: VLC web plugin not working on Mountain Lion?

Postby lazrhawk » 21 Feb 2014 01:37

Hi,

habe das Plugin unter Chrome und Safari kurz getestet. Unter Chrome scheint es recht stabil zu sein (ich hatte einen Absturz - leider macht Chrome keine CrashDumps für die Plugins). Unter Safari ist es weniger stabil.

https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/251 ... mini.crash
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/251 ... mini.crash

Noch diese Beobachtungen:

1. Ich lade das Plugin im windowless Modus (wmode=transparent) in einem DIV-Container
2. Nachdem das Video geladen ist, ändere ich dynamisch per JS/CSS die Abmessungen des DIV-Containers - das Webplugin skaliert dann die Videogröße entsprechend hoch oder runter.
3. Wenn ich jetzt den Fullscreen Modus aktiviere, dann wird dieser in Chrome fehlerhaft dargestellt (Video nach unten verschoben, weißer horizontale Balken am oberen Rand) - vout alignment issue?

Ausserdem ist mir aufgefallen, dass die "ESC" Taste den Fullscreen Modus nicht beendet (Chrome).

Möglicherweise sind diese Probleme durch die letzten Commits auf Git schon behoben. Die Version auf Dropbox ist ja schon 4 Tage alt.

Ich würde mich freuen, wenn du mir den Link schickst, sobald eine neue Binary kompiliert wurde.

Grüße, Jan

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Re: VLC web plugin not working on Mountain Lion?

Postby fkuehne » 21 Feb 2014 10:57

Thanks for the feedback. I'll investigate your reports in the next couple of days. So far, no further changes on the git are related to the web plugins.
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Re: VLC web plugin not working on Mountain Lion?

Postby springy » 02 Apr 2014 21:49

Any update on this. I want to be able to stream some .avi to chromecast through the chrome tab and would love this to be working

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Re: VLC web plugin not working on Mountain Lion?

Postby lazrhawk » 08 Apr 2014 22:41

BUMP :wink:

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Re: VLC web plugin not working on Mountain Lion?

Postby fkuehne » 09 Apr 2014 16:10

bump what?
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Re: VLC web plugin not working on Mountain Lion?

Postby mbn92 » 09 Apr 2014 16:12

Following this thread, looking forward to an update :)


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