'save as' in gnome-mplayer

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Please add a 'save as' or 'save copy' item in gnome-mplayer, similar to the one 
in the context-menu of gecko-mediaplayer. Many times I use gnome-mplayer to 
"intercept" Flash videos streamed online (by using this script [1]). Sometimes 
I want to keep a (temporary) copy of these, and 'saving a copy' action could be 
handy. The only item already in gnome-mplayer that could help, 'copy location', 
is a bit awkward to use. 

[1] http://comments.gmane.org/gmane.comp.web.opera.linux/7764

Original issue reported on code.google.com by landroni...@gmail.com on 22 Jun 2011 at 3:09

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Original comment by kdeko...@gmail.com on 22 Jun 2011 at 12:52

• Added labels: Type-Enhancement
• Removed labels: Type-Defect

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Get SVN and then just add --controlid=1 to your gnome-mplayer command line. 
This will enable and activate the save menu, if you don't use SVN the menu item 
will not be sensitive.

Original comment by kdeko...@gmail.com on 22 Jun 2011 at 1:01

• Changed state: Fixed

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I've just built SVN 2141 and the c-menu mechanism seems broken, with or without 
--controlid=1. Right-clicking while playing or when paused does not bring up 
the c-menu. 

I still have several instances of older version of gnome-mplayer open. I have 
also not run it using a clean profile. Could any of these prove an issue? 

Original comment by landroni...@gmail.com on 22 Jun 2011 at 2:23

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The right click doesn't work? Seems fine here. What version of mplayer are you 
using?

Original comment by kdeko...@gmail.com on 22 Jun 2011 at 4:22

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The right click works as expected in the still-residing-in-memory 1.0.3. But it 
doesn't with latest SVN. 

I'm running 
liv@liv-laptop:~$ mplayer asdf
MPlayer SVN-r1.0~rc3+svn20090426-4.4.3 (C) 2000-2009 MPlayer Team

on Xubuntu 10.04 Lucid. I probably installed it from some PPA. Another PPA is 
providing another---more recent, it seems---version for download, namely 
svn33235. Should I try this one? 

Original comment by landroni...@gmail.com on 22 Jun 2011 at 5:55

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Yes I would definitely upgrade.. that is odd that the 1.0.4 right click would 
not work, but the 1.0.3 does.

Original comment by kdeko...@gmail.com on 22 Jun 2011 at 6:40

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Strangely (the way I see it) upgrading mplayer did solve the problem. Now 
c-menu is always accessible, and --controlid=1 activates the 'save' item. 
Thanks! 

Original comment by landroni...@gmail.com on 22 Jun 2011 at 7:49

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older mplayers grab the mouse events and it is possible that is what was 
occurring. The window handling has been changed alot from 1.0.3 to 1.0.4 so the 
combination of the old mplayer and the new window code could be the reason.

Original comment by kdeko...@gmail.com on 22 Jun 2011 at 7:54

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Another issue with 'Save' in SVN gecko-mp is that by default it no longer 
suggests the original name of the file. It now always proposes 
"gecko-mediaplayerajeoqo", which is unhelpful. 

Original comment by landroni...@gmail.com on 22 Jun 2011 at 11:23

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That is the name that gecko-mediaplayer passes to gnome-mplayer as that is the 
local cached filename. So that is all the gnome-mplayer knows the file as. Also 
this bug is now closed do not add on to it.

Original comment by kdeko...@gmail.com on 23 Jun 2011 at 12:45