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Software News : New ClipDown v2.2 released - Improved YouTube support with most recent MPlayer!

Posted by ktadd on 2009/8/11 2:25:46 (2375 reads) News by the same author

Version 2.2 now works with latest MPlayer so YouTube videos work flawlessly. Also has enhanced
support for directly playing Amazon mp3 music site music clips. Additional video sites were added to the
auto mode and you can now start with download mode as the default via a Tooltype.
(See below for additional changes and details.)

A small OS4 utility which uses 'wget' to download webpages and files pointed to by HTTP: and FTP: protocal URL's that reside in the clipboard. Additionally it can play/view or save direct link graphics, audio, video and postscript (PDF etc.) files as well as files on sites such as YouTube and Myspace. Playback and viewing requires "AmiGS", "Multiview" and optionally "getvideo" and "Mplayer (read docs about version required)".

History:
Version 2.2 (released)
Modified to run most commands asyncronously.
Allows multiple downloads while viewing and playing files with delete files disabled.
Using latest version of getvideo and MPlayer, YouTube streaming works!
Prevents hangs with new Mplayer not exiting properly.
Added "Save then Play" with getvideo selection to Download menu.
Added FILE_DOWNLOAD tooltype to start in FIle Download mode instead of Auto.
Changed gadget hint so it's much smaller, less annoying.
Modified Amazon mp3 site support to directly play song clips clips.
(Just copy play.arrow URL to clipboard and click action button in Auto mode.)
Added experimental .m3u playlist support in Auto mode. (CAUTION: Can't abort!)
Added Help menu for easy access to supported video sites and file types.
Modified 'Auto Select Action' so it now plays video for all the following sites:
blip.tv
www.funnyordie.com
www.gametrailers.com
www.guba.com
www.last.fm
www.megavideo.com
vids.myspace.com
www.scivee.tv
www.tubevube.com
www.youtube.com

Version 2.1 (released)
Added support for downlaoding and auto viewing of PDF files via AmiGS.
Fixed a bug where download to specified directory didn't work on first download.
Set FTP protocal to always download files.
Added support for downloading then auto viewing PDF files via AmiGS.
Added support for downloading then auto viewing files with MultiView.
Added menu selection to not delete files after viewing with AmiGS or Multiview.
Added '-k" option and "KEEP_VIEWED" tooltype to set default for above.

Version 2.0 (not released)
Added "Play with GetVideo" support for video websites such as YouTube.
Added "Save with GetVideo" support for video websites such as YouTube.
Added "Play Direct Link" support to play audio/video fiels via MPlayer.
Added file extention checking for Play Direct mode.
Added an auto action mode to automatically select action based on URL or filename.
Added support initial for playing Amazon mp3 30 second music file clips.
Added support for naming downloaded Amazon mp3 music files.

See CliipDown.guide for more details.

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ktadd	Published: 2009/8/11 8:39 Updated: 2009/8/11 8:39
Quite a regular Joined: 12/06/2006 From: California, Unitied States Comments: 739	Re: New ClipDown v2.2 released - Improved YouTube support... ClipDown v2.3 has just been uploaded to OS4Depot with the following changes: Version 2.3 (released) Fixed bug where saving with getvideo would fail if save path had spaces Added "Ask Save Location" menu item which can be toggled on/off. Sorry for the frequent changes. I think I'm done for now unless a critical bug is discovered.

ktadd	Published: 2009/8/11 19:07 Updated: 2009/8/11 19:07
Quite a regular Joined: 12/06/2006 From: California, Unitied States Comments: 739	Re: New ClipDown v2.2 released - Improved YouTube support... For people having trouble getting all the programs setup to run ClipDown, here are some simplified instructions: The simplest way is to: Put 'wget' into your 'C:' directory. Put getvideo.rexx into your 'C:' director or 'S:Arexx' directory Put 'MPlayer in the 'C:' directory. Set ClipDown's VPLAYER tooltype like this: VPLAYER="C:MPlayer" ==================================================================== If you don't like everything in the "C:" directory then do this: Install wget where ever you like. Put getvideo.rexx into S:Arexx. Install MPlayer where ever you like. Modify the folloing setting in getvideo.cfg to point to the paths for MPlayer and wget then put it in SYS:Prefs/Env-Archive: Don't forget to uncomment the lines by removing the ';'. ;# here as examples the default settings save_http = 'Volume:[path]/wget -c -O "%d" "%s"' save_mms = 'Volume:[path]/mplayer >nil: -dumpfile "%d" -dumpstream "%S" -quiet' play_file = 'Volume:[path]//mplayer >nil: >nil: "%d" -quiet' play_stream = 'Volume:[path]/mplayer >nil: >nil: "%S" -quiet' Modify the following ClipDown ToolTypes: CMD_PATH="Volume:[path]/wget" VPLAYER="Volume:[path]/MPlayer"

ktadd	Published: 2009/8/14 10:09 Updated: 2009/8/14 10:10
Quite a regular Joined: 12/06/2006 From: California, Unitied States Comments: 739	Re: New ClipDown v2.2 released - Improved YouTube support... Some of you may have noticed that YouTube isn't working anymore with getvideo as YouTube changed the address scheme a bit. Juergen Lucas has already updated getvideo to version 0.21 which fixes YouTube again! Get it at aminet HERE! Thanks Juergen!