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 Posted: Fri Aug 26, 2005 10:03 am Post subject: HOWTO: swfdec as a Firefox-plugin |
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Hello,
this guide describes the necessary steps to run swfdec-0.3.5 as a Firefox plugin to play Macromedia Flash files. Please note, that the plugin can't handle SWF-Documents containing action-scripts! This has to be implemented in swfdec first.
1) Install dependencies
The plugin needs gstreamer installed. So if you haven't emerged it, run
| Code: | | # emerge gstreamer gst-plugins |
Note: You may set the gstreamer use flag in /etc/make.conf so other applications use this lib as well.
2) Getting a firefox-config
To build he plugin, information about some paths of Firefox are needed. They are determined using a special script called firefox-config, which unfortunately is not installed by emerge by default. At the end of this guide you find my firefox-config. However - if you want to make this script on your own, start installing Firefox (even if you already have installed it!). When you see lines starting with "gmake[1]: Entering directory" (meaning when configure finished), you can stop emerge with STRG+C:
| Code: | # emerge mozilla-firefox
[i]lots of info-messages[/i]
gmake[1]: Entering directory `...
[STRG+C] |
Then you can build the script using the following commands:
| Code: | # cd /var/tmp/portage/mozilla-firefox-[your Firefox version]/work/mozilla/build/unix/
unix # make |
You should have a file named firefox-config in this directory. If it's not executable, use chmod. Copy it to /usr/bin afterwards:
| Code: | unix # chmod 0755 firefox-config
unix # cp -i firefox-config /usr/bin |
Unfortunately, the paths in firefox-config are wrong by now, so you have to correct them. Luckily, only the paths returned by "firefox-info --cflags" are used and need to be changed:
line 63 and 64: change
| Code: | if test "/usr/include/firefox-1.0.6" != /usr/include ; then
includes="-I/usr/include/firefox-1.0.6" |
to
| Code: | if test "/usr/lib/mozilla-firefox/include" != /usr/include ; then
includes="-I/usr/lib/mozilla-firefox/include" |
line 106: change
| Code: | | nspr_cflags="-I/usr/include/firefox-1.0.6/nspr" |
to
| Code: | | nspr_cflags="-I/usr/lib/mozilla-firefox/include/nspr" |
line 108: change
| Code: | | component_includes="$component_includes -I/usr/include/firefox-1.0.6/$n" |
to
| Code: | | component_includes="$component_includes -I/usr/lib/mozilla-firefox/include/$n" |
The changes here work for me - you may have to alter the pathnames to reflect your setup. If the pathnames noted here don't exist on your box, searching for the file "npapi.h" should give you a hint.
When finished, you can remove "/var/tmp/portage/mozilla-firefox-your Firefox version" to save some disk space.
3) Preparing swfdec
I used version 0.3.5 of swfdec for this guide. It may work with older versions - but I haven't checked this so far. To use this version, you may have to add the line "media-libs/swfdec ~ppc" to your /etc/portage/package.keywords.
Install all necessary libraries for swfdec:
| Code: | | # emerge --onlydeps swfdec |
Now the fun part begins  Emerge swfdec and terminate it after the configure step - as you have done in step 2:
| Code: | # emerge swfdec
[i]lots of info-messages[/i]
config.status: executing depfiles commands
make all-recursive
make[1]: Entering directory`...
[STRG+C] |
To have the plugin installed in the correct path, you need to edit the templates for the Makefile:
| Code: | | # cd /var/tmp/portage/swfdec-0.3.5/work/swfdec-0.3.5/plugin |
Change "mozilla/plugins" to "mozilla-firefox/plugins" in Makefile.am line 2, and Makefile.in line 238.
4) Configuring, Compiling and Installing swfdec
You need to modify the configure step. Since configure already completed one time, the original call can be found in config.log:
| Code: | # cd /var/tmp/portage/swfdec-0.3.5/work/swfdec-0.3.5
swfdec-0.3.5 # grep "\./configure" config.log
$ ./configure --prefix=/usr --host=powerpc-unknown-linux-gnu --mandir=/usr/share/man --infodir=/usr/share/info --datadir=/usr/share --sysconfdir=/etc --localstatedir=/var/lib --build=powerpc-unknown-linux-gnu --with-x --enable-pixbuf-loader |
Your call of configure may look different, depending on your setup. All you have to do now, is re-running configure with the above command followed by "--enable-mozilla-plugin MOZILLA_CONFIG=/usr/bin/firefox-config". So in my case, I would type:
| Code: | | # ./configure --prefix=/usr --host=powerpc-unknown-linux-gnu --mandir=/usr/share/man --infodir=/usr/share/info --datadir=/usr/share --sysconfdir=/etc --localstatedir=/var/lib --build=powerpc-unknown-linux-gnu --with-x --enable-pixbuf-loader --enable-mozilla-plugin MOZILLA_CONFIG=/usr/bin/firefox-config |
Simply run make afterwards and trick portage to believe, it had compiled swfdec. A call to ebuild finishes the installation and you are done:
| Code: | swfdec-0.3.5 # make
[i]lots of compile-messages[/i]
swfdec-0.3.5 # touch ../../.compiled
swfdec-0.3.5 # ebuild /usr/portage/media-libs/swfdec/swfdec-0.3.5.ebuild merge |
(Re-)Opening firefox and typing "about:plugins" into the adress-bar should give you the installed plugin.
When finished, you can remove "/var/tmp/portage/swfdec-0.3.5" to save some disk space.
5) Configuring gstreamer
Although the plugin is installed, you may can't view any flash-document. This may be caused by a misconfiguration of gstreamer. I had no default audiosink, which prevented the plugin from working. After calling
| Code: | $ gconftool-2 --type string --set /system/gstreamer/0.8/default/audiosink esdsink
$ gconftool-2 --type string --set /system/gstreamer/default/audiosink esdsink |
it went fine. You may use osssink, alsasink or any other depending on your sound-system.
Appendix A) My firefox-config
| Code: | #!/bin/sh
prefix=/usr
exec_prefix=/usr
exec_prefix_set=no
usage()
{
cat <<EOF
Usage: $0 [OPTIONS] [LIBRARIES]
Options:
[--prefix[=DIR]]
[--exec-prefix[=DIR]]
[--version]
[--defines]
[--libs] [libraries]
[--cflags] [components]
[--idlflags]
Components:
*
Libraries:
xpcom
nspr
js
jsj
gfx
EOF
exit $1
}
if test $# -eq 0; then
usage 1 1>&2
fi
while test $# -gt 0; do
case "$1" in
-*=*) optarg=`echo "$1" | sed 's/[-_a-zA-Z0-9]*=//'` ;;
*) optarg= ;;
esac
case $1 in
--prefix=*)
prefix=$optarg
if test $exec_prefix_set = no ; then
exec_prefix=$optarg
fi
;;
--prefix)
echo_prefix=yes
;;
--exec-prefix=*)
exec_prefix=$optarg
exec_prefix_set=yes
;;
--exec-prefix)
echo_exec_prefix=yes
;;
--version)
echo 1.0.6
exit 0
;;
--cflags)
if test "/usr/lib/mozilla-firefox/include" != /usr/include ; then
includes="-I/usr/lib/mozilla-firefox/include"
fi
echo_cflags=yes
;;
--defines)
echo_defines=yes
;;
--libs)
echo_libs=yes
;;
--idlflags)
echo_idlflags=yes
;;
xpcom|js|nspr|gfx|jsj)
echo_components="$echo_components $1"
echo_libraries="$echo_libraries $1"
;;
xpconnect)
echo_components="$echo_components $1"
;;
"")
usage 1 1>&2
;;
*)
echo_components="$echo_components $1"
;;
esac
shift
done
if test "$echo_prefix" = "yes"; then
echo $prefix
fi
if test "$echo_exec_prefix" = "yes"; then
echo $exec_prefix
fi
if test "$echo_defines" = "yes"; then
echo -DMOZILLA_VERSION=\"1.7.10\" -DD_INO=d_ino -DSTDC_HEADERS=1 -DHAVE_ST_BLKSIZE=1 -DHAVE_SIGINFO_T=1 -DHAVE_INT16_T=1 -DHAVE_INT32_T=1 -DHAVE_INT64_T=1 -DHAVE_UINT=1 -DHAVE_UNAME_DOMAINNAME_FIELD=1 -DHAVE_VISIBILITY_ATTRIBUTE=1 -DHAVE_DIRENT_H=1 -DHAVE_GETOPT_H=1 -DHAVE_SYS_BITYPES_H=1 -DHAVE_MEMORY_H=1 -DHAVE_UNISTD_H=1 -DHAVE_GNU_LIBC_VERSION_H=1 -DHAVE_NL_TYPES_H=1 -DHAVE_MALLOC_H=1 -DHAVE_X11_XKBLIB_H=1 -DHAVE_SYS_STATVFS_H=1 -DHAVE_SYS_STATFS_H=1 -DHAVE_SYS_CDEFS_H=1 -DHAVE_LIBM=1 -DHAVE_LIBDL=1 -DFUNCPROTO=15 -DHAVE_XSHM=1 -D_REENTRANT=1 -DHAVE_RANDOM=1 -DHAVE_STRERROR=1 -DHAVE_LCHOWN=1 -DHAVE_FCHMOD=1 -DHAVE_SNPRINTF=1 -DHAVE_MEMMOVE=1 -DHAVE_RINT=1 -DHAVE_FLOCKFILE=1 -DHAVE_LOCALTIME_R=1 -DHAVE_STRTOK_R=1 -DHAVE_RES_NINIT=1 -DHAVE_GNU_GET_LIBC_VERSION=1 -DHAVE_LANGINFO_CODESET=1 -DVA_COPY=va_copy -DHAVE_VA_COPY=1 -DHAVE_VA_LIST_AS_ARRAY=1 -DHAVE_I18N_LC_MESSAGES=1 -DMOZ_DEFAULT_TOOLKIT=\"gtk2\" -DMOZ_WIDGET_GTK2=1 -DMOZ_ENABLE_XREMOTE=1 -DMOZ_X11=1 -DMOZ_DISTRIBUTION_ID_UNQUOTED=org.mozilla -DMOZ_DISTRIBUTION_ID=\"org.mozilla\" -DMOZ_PHOENIX=1 -DMOZ_XUL_APP=1 -DMOZ_APP_NAME=\"firefox\" -DMOZ_ENABLE_XFT=1 -DMOZ_ENABLE_COREXFONTS=1 -DMOZ_EXTRA_X11CONVERTERS=1 -DOJI=1 -DIBMBIDI=1 -DMOZ_VIEW_SOURCE=1 -DACCESSIBILITY=1 -DMOZ_XPINSTALL=1 -DMOZ_JSLOADER=1 -DMOZ_MATHML=1 -DMOZ_SVG=1 -DMOZ_SVG_RENDERER_CAIRO=1 -DMOZ_LOGGING=1 -DMOZ_ENABLE_OLD_ABI_COMPAT_WRAPPERS=1 -DHAVE___CXA_DEMANGLE=1 -DMOZ_DEFAULT_MOZILLA_FIVE_HOME=\"/usr/lib/mozilla-firefox\" -DMOZ_USER_DIR=\".mozilla\" -DMOZ_XUL=1 -DMOZ_PROFILELOCKING=1 -DMOZ_DLL_SUFFIX=\".so\" -DXP_UNIX=1 -DUNIX_ASYNC_DNS=1 -DJS_THREADSAFE=1 -DNS_PRINT_PREVIEW=1 -DNS_PRINTING=1 -DMOZ_ACCESSIBILITY_ATK=1 -DMOZILLA_LOCALE_VERSION=\"1.7\" -DMOZILLA_REGION_VERSION=\"1.7\" -DMOZILLA_SKIN_VERSION=\"1.5\"
fi
if test "$echo_cflags" = "yes"; then
nspr_cflags="-I/usr/lib/mozilla-firefox/include/nspr"
for n in $echo_components; do
component_includes="$component_includes -I/usr/lib/mozilla-firefox/include/$n"
done
echo $component_includes $includes $nspr_cflags
fi
if test "$echo_idlflags" = "yes"; then
echo "-I%{idldir}"
fi
_nspr_libs="-L/usr/lib/firefox-1.0.6 -lplds4 -lplc4 -lnspr4 -lpthread -ldl"
_xpcom_libs="-lxpcom $_nspr_libs"
_js_libs="-ljs"
if test "$echo_libs" = "yes"; then
for l in $echo_libraries; do
case "$l" in
gfx)
libs="$libs -lgkgfx $_xpcom_libs"
;;
xpcom)
libs="$libs $_xpcom_libs"
;;
nspr)
libs="$libs $_nspr_libs"
;;
js)
libs="$libs $_js_libs"
;;
jsj)
libs="$libs -ljsj $_js_libs $_xpcom_libs"
;;
esac
done
echo -L/usr/lib/firefox-1.0.6 $libs
fi |
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Maril
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| Posted: Fri Sep 02, 2005 12:01 am Post subject: |
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Awesome!!
But way too complicated for a fix that cant even handle actionscripts...all of my creations are heavy in the actionscript department, and I'm a flash noob.
Thanks, it is what I was looking for though. |
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Massimo B.
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Where are the changes in your HOWTO for using swfdec with Konqueror? I just emerged swfdec, gstreamer, gst-plugins and gst-plugin-sfwdec.
Or should I reemerge kde again with the gstreamer useflag?
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