Comments on: Google Video Player For Linux http://movingparts.net/2006/06/16/google-video-player-for-linux/ kinda like batman, but with a wife and 3 kids Fri, 20 Apr 2012 14:31:47 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Hemmer http://movingparts.net/2006/06/16/google-video-player-for-linux/comment-page-1/#comment-5672 Hemmer Fri, 01 Dec 2006 14:35:55 +0000 http://movingparts.net/2006/06/16/google-video-player-for-linux/#comment-5672 Google video now lets you download the movie in .avi format so theres no need for this any more. Nice idea tho! :D Google video now lets you download the movie in .avi format so theres no need for this any more. Nice idea tho! :D

]]> By: Jason 'vanRijn' Kasper http://movingparts.net/2006/06/16/google-video-player-for-linux/comment-page-1/#comment-3483 Jason 'vanRijn' Kasper Sat, 26 Aug 2006 17:24:19 +0000 http://movingparts.net/2006/06/16/google-video-player-for-linux/#comment-3483 Heh. Yep, I get the idea. =:) Thanks Robert!! =:) Heh. Yep, I get the idea. =:)

Thanks Robert!! =:)

]]> By: Robert Grønning http://movingparts.net/2006/06/16/google-video-player-for-linux/comment-page-1/#comment-3482 Robert Grønning Sat, 26 Aug 2006 17:20:52 +0000 http://movingparts.net/2006/06/16/google-video-player-for-linux/#comment-3482 Well.. apparently I can't paste the whole updated script, I guess you understood what i meant. Well.. apparently I can’t paste the whole updated script, I guess you understood what i meant.

]]> By: Robert Grønning http://movingparts.net/2006/06/16/google-video-player-for-linux/comment-page-1/#comment-3481 Robert Grønning Sat, 26 Aug 2006 17:18:43 +0000 http://movingparts.net/2006/06/16/google-video-player-for-linux/#comment-3481 #!/bin/bash PLAYER=kaffeine INFILE=$* TMPFILE="./$(basename $0).tmp" echo "got->${INFILE} #!/bin/bash
PLAYER=kaffeine
INFILE=$*
TMPFILE=”./$(basename $0).tmp”
echo “got->${INFILE}

]]> By: Robert Grønning http://movingparts.net/2006/06/16/google-video-player-for-linux/comment-page-1/#comment-3480 Robert Grønning Sat, 26 Aug 2006 17:17:18 +0000 http://movingparts.net/2006/06/16/google-video-player-for-linux/#comment-3480 I had to modify your script to make it work, you used the character ” instead of " some places in your script, else it works splendid, here is the updated script: #!/bin/bash PLAYER=kaffeine INFILE=$* TMPFILE="./$(basename $0).tmp" echo "got->${INFILE} I had to modify your script to make it work, you used the character ” instead of ” some places in your script, else it works splendid, here is the updated script:

#!/bin/bash
PLAYER=kaffeine
INFILE=$*
TMPFILE=”./$(basename $0).tmp”
echo “got->${INFILE}

]]> By: Anjanesh Lekshminarayanan http://movingparts.net/2006/06/16/google-video-player-for-linux/comment-page-1/#comment-3273 Anjanesh Lekshminarayanan Sat, 19 Aug 2006 09:28:06 +0000 http://movingparts.net/2006/06/16/google-video-player-for-linux/#comment-3273 I opened the gvi in <a href="http://sourceforge.net/projects/guliverkli/" rel="nofollow">Media Player Classic</a> and it worked ! Its no Google-only video format. These seem to be divx files though. So any player on linux able to read divx should be able to play gvi files. <a href="http://www.kultiras.net/programs/Gvi2Avi.zip" rel="nofollow">Gvi2Avi</a> seems to convert them to avi in a simple manner. I opened the gvi in Media Player Classic and it worked ! Its no Google-only video format. These seem to be divx files though.

So any player on linux able to read divx should be able to play gvi files.

Gvi2Avi seems to convert them to avi in a simple manner.

]]> By: Jason 'vanRijn' Kasper http://movingparts.net/2006/06/16/google-video-player-for-linux/comment-page-1/#comment-3239 Jason 'vanRijn' Kasper Wed, 16 Aug 2006 11:40:39 +0000 http://movingparts.net/2006/06/16/google-video-player-for-linux/#comment-3239 Right. The problem I had is that I use Linux on the PowerPC platform (not Intel x86), and there is no Google Video Player for Linux PowerPC. That's why I wrote the little script above. No other video player can open the google video format file. Did you look at the script I wrote? Right. The problem I had is that I use Linux on the PowerPC platform (not Intel x86), and there is no Google Video Player for Linux PowerPC. That’s why I wrote the little script above. No other video player can open the google video format file.

Did you look at the script I wrote?

]]> By: Anjanesh Lekshminarayanan http://movingparts.net/2006/06/16/google-video-player-for-linux/comment-page-1/#comment-3238 Anjanesh Lekshminarayanan Wed, 16 Aug 2006 03:54:40 +0000 http://movingparts.net/2006/06/16/google-video-player-for-linux/#comment-3238 When I do a manual download from google videos, I get a tiny .gvp file that contains the url, duration and docid info. When open the gvp file, Google Video Player downloads the entire .gvi file to My Documents and I can later view this gvi file offline using Google Video Player. Actually, when you open the gvp file for the 1st time, it allocates space for the entier gvi file storing the info in the gvi itself. So if you delete the gvp file, you can still continue downloading the gvi, even part-download and download later. I thought this format is google's-only format, which is why I dont understand how any other video player can open this file. <a href="http://sourceforge.net/projects/guliverkli/" rel="nofollow">Media Player Classic</a> couldnt open it. When I do a manual download from google videos, I get a tiny .gvp file that contains the url, duration and docid info. When open the gvp file, Google Video Player downloads the entire .gvi file to My Documents and I can later view this gvi file offline using Google Video Player.

Actually, when you open the gvp file for the 1st time, it allocates space for the entier gvi file storing the info in the gvi itself. So if you delete the gvp file, you can still continue downloading the gvi, even part-download and download later.

I thought this format is google’s-only format, which is why I dont understand how any other video player can open this file. Media Player Classic couldnt open it.

]]> By: Jason 'vanRijn' Kasper http://movingparts.net/2006/06/16/google-video-player-for-linux/comment-page-1/#comment-3237 Jason 'vanRijn' Kasper Wed, 16 Aug 2006 02:50:04 +0000 http://movingparts.net/2006/06/16/google-video-player-for-linux/#comment-3237 Hey there. Um. Well, you'll need a Linux video player, like xine, kaffeine, mplayer, totem, etc. But I believe that gvi files are nothing more than text files which point to the real .avi/.mpg/.wmv/.etc files, which is why I needed this simplistic script. Hey there.

Um.

Well, you’ll need a Linux video player, like xine, kaffeine, mplayer, totem, etc. But I believe that gvi files are nothing more than text files which point to the real .avi/.mpg/.wmv/.etc files, which is why I needed this simplistic script.

]]> By: Anjanesh Lekshminarayanan http://movingparts.net/2006/06/16/google-video-player-for-linux/comment-page-1/#comment-3223 Anjanesh Lekshminarayanan Mon, 14 Aug 2006 03:14:32 +0000 http://movingparts.net/2006/06/16/google-video-player-for-linux/#comment-3223 Trying to view this in Linux, offline, not using a web-browser. In Windows its possible using Google Video Player, but what would I need in Linux to view gvi files ? Trying to view this in Linux, offline, not using a web-browser.

In Windows its possible using Google Video Player, but what would I need in Linux to view gvi files ?

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