Thanks for the info folks. I did briefly try Mark, but I think I will have to do more configuration, as it doesn’t seem to work so far. I will persevere and report back.
Cheers Steve > On 14 Oct 2017, at 03:41, Marc Lavallée <m...@hacklava.net> wrote: > > > Maybe I was a bit too enthusiastic; the Firefox extension I > mentionned should work just fine (no need to code a new one). It has > preferences to configure the player and its options; so the player > could be the script that Jörn explained. > > I also found a more sophisticated solution for Linux and Chrome > (that should also work on OSX) > https://github.com/agiz/youtube-mpv > A contextual menu is added, to play the current youtube page or youtube > links. This is the solution I will adopt because its javascript > extension is simpler and the its server backend is in python. > > -- > Marc > > > On Fri, 13 Oct 2017 14:22:21 -0400 > Marc Lavallée <m...@hacklava.net> wrote: > >> A better Firefox(and Chrome) extension should be made to detect >> ambisonics content, with editable options like you suggest. I'd be >> much easier (and useful for professionals) than trying to embed a >> decoder in the browser. That looks like a fun week-end project. :) — >> Marc >> >>> On Oct 13, 2017, at 1:59 PM, Jörn Nettingsmeier >>> <netti...@stackingdwarves.net> wrote: >>> >>> On 10/13/2017 02:54 PM, Marc Lavallée wrote: >>>> More about this solution. >>>> The MPV player (http://mpv.io/) have a youtube-dl backend that >>>> allows to play youtube videos directly. So first install it, and >>>> test it with a youtube URL. Then install the Firefox extension and >>>> try it. The source code of the extension is available: >>>> https://github.com/antoniy/mpv-youtube-dl-binding.git >>>> It could be modified to detect ambisonics content and rewire the >>>> audio output of MPV to use an ambisonics decoder. >>> >>> mpv can use jack as output. The command line would look something >>> like this: >>> >>> mpv --ao jack --jack_port=ardour.YoutubeIn.* <filename> >>> >>> The "ardour..." thing is a regular expression to match the jack >>> ports, the dot is any single character, dot-asterisk means >>> arbitrarily many characters. Note you may not directly be able to >>> use ambdec, because the channel ordering might get mixed up, so I >>> suggest running ardour or whatever jack-capable DAW you like and >>> hook that up to your decoder. >>> >>> If you cannot configure this in whatever Firefox magic you use, >>> here's a trick: >>> * find the mpv binary and (as root) rename it to mpv.bin or >>> something >>> * where the mpv file used to be (and is now mpv.bin), create a file >>> "mpv" that contains the following: >>> >>> #!/bin/bash >>> mpv --ao jack --jack_port=ardour.YoutubeIn.* $* >>> >>> >>> That's all, now your script (with the jack magic gets called >>> instead, and the $* makes sure it gets handed all parameters >>> originally used. Check out, maybe mpv also has a config file where >>> you can set JACK as default, that would be even simpler. >>> >>> All of the above should work in Linux and OS X, not sure how to do >>> it in windows (but I'm sure it can be done). >>> >>> >>> All best, >>> >>> >>> Jörn >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Jörn Nettingsmeier >>> De Rijpgracht 8, 1055VR Amsterdam, Nederland >>> Tel. +49 177 7937487 >>> >>> Meister für Veranstaltungstechnik (Bühne/Studio), Tonmeister VDT >>> http://stackingdwarves.net >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Sursound mailing list >>> Sursound@music.vt.edu >>> https://mail.music.vt.edu/mailman/listinfo/sursound - unsubscribe >>> here, edit account or options, view archives and so on. >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Sursound mailing list >> Sursound@music.vt.edu >> https://mail.music.vt.edu/mailman/listinfo/sursound - unsubscribe >> here, edit account or options, view archives and so on. > > _______________________________________________ > Sursound mailing list > Sursound@music.vt.edu > https://mail.music.vt.edu/mailman/listinfo/sursound - unsubscribe here, edit > account or options, view archives and so on. _______________________________________________ Sursound mailing list Sursound@music.vt.edu https://mail.music.vt.edu/mailman/listinfo/sursound - unsubscribe here, edit account or options, view archives and so on.
