Launch Yahoo Music Videos Script

[alancooney]

Hi, I have found the script that will suposedly let you watch music videos from www.launch.yahoo.com , but I have no idea where I have to enter it to make it work. Do I put it in a text editor, and if so what extension do I give it. Please also check the script below 2 see if it will work:

#!/bin/bash

if [ $# -eq 0 ]; then
echo "Usage&#58; launch.sh <videoid> &#40;<bandwidth>&#41; &#40;<protocol>&#41; <mplayer-options>"
echo " videoid = Lauch Video ID"
echo " bandwidth = 56,128,300 &#40;default 300&#41;"
echo " protocol = mms,http &#40;default mms&#41;"
echo " mplayer options can be passed via command line"
echo "Example&#58;"
echo " MMS&#58;"
echo " launch.sh 1112809 300 mms"
echo " HTTP&#58;"
echo " launch.sh 1112809 300 http"
echo " HTTP with mplayer options&#58;"
echo " launch.sh 1112809 300 http -verbose 0 -cache 500"
exit 0
fi

videoid=$1
shift

if &#91; $1 -eq $1 &#93; && &#91; $1 != 0 &#93;; then
bandwidth=$1
shift
else
# 56 or 128 or 300
bandwidth=300
fi

file1=$&#40;wget "http&#58;//launchtoday.launch.yahoo.com/player/medialog.asp?vid=$videoid&cid=1&pid=4&csid=396500550&p1=&p2=&p3=2&bw=$bandwidth&mf=1&origin=35&pguid=AA388C059C7849D99CCFBC72B6F51E37&uid=42&sk=bad551cd352143eb2da02&z=ms.asx" -q -O -&#41;

if &#91; $1 == "http" &#93;; then
file2=$&#40;wget "$file1" -q -O - | sed 's/mms&#58;/http&#58;/g'&#41;
shift
else
file2=$&#40;wget "$file1" -q -O -&#41;
fi

mplayer -cache 500 $file2 $@

I am a complete newb as u hav probably guessed so dnt expect any scripting experience. Thanks in advance, Alan

[Santa's little helper]

Yes , you put it in a text editor and you save it.It doesn't matter what extension you give it or if you give it any extension at all.Just give it a name which will remind you what it does.

The quickest way to see if it works is to actually run it.

[alancooney]

Thanks, I ran it but it didnt open the music video, instead it gave me this message:

Usage&#58; launch.sh <videoid> &#40;<bandwidth>&#41; &#40;<protocol>&#41; <mplayer-options>
 videoid = Lauch Video ID
 bandwidth = 56,128,300 &#40;default 300&#41;
 protocol = mms,http &#40;default mms&#41;
 mplayer options can be passed via command line
Example&#58;
 MMS&#58;
 launch.sh 1112809 300 mms
 HTTP&#58;
 launch.sh 1112809 300 http
 HTTP with mplayer options&#58;
 launch.sh 1112809 300 http -verbose 0 -cache 500

Any suggestions on what I could do to make it work, thanks, Alan

[Santa's little helper]

Can you type exactly what you typed to run it ?

[fitzrik]

I don't understand why yahoo are being so pigheaded about restricting their video access.

Anyway this script worked fine for me.

save script eg. as launch.sh
go to directory where you saved it and make it executable

chmod 0755 launch.sh

and then run it with appropriate video id(this you can get by hovering over the link in yahoo)

./launch.sh 17974865

Happy viewing!!

[tmkt]

http://blog.statway.com/2005/03/29/greasemonkey-scripts

[strix]

I've got a script on my website that might help if you're not able to get the videos to play at the launch site in your browser, launch ad remover at:

http://www.strix.org.uk/misc/launch.yahoo/

Good Luck

[Muser]

Much better:

http://www.pooyak.com/p/pklaunch/

Get GreaseMonkey first then this.

[Lengths]

Was very interested by this conversation because i often have to boot in to windoze mode for vids (i often just leave my computer running music videos as i dont have a TV) .

I have installed greesmonkey and have the little monkey sign at the bottom of my screen, but when i try to run the video it stills ays you need netscape 4x (or what ever it is) ...

Have i done something wrong?