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dhdurgee · 04-09-2020, 01:09 PM

I thought of one more thing to check out besides VoiceView. I "bought" a free audible book on Amazon and downloaded it onto my pw4 to play. Using htop via ssh while playing it showed it to be using /usr/bin/playermgr in addition to those I had already identified. Inspecting this executable shows many references to gstreamer.

I am not familiar with gstreamer, but I imagine someone who is could inspect this execuable and sniff out how the audible book is being played via bluetooth. I don't see a reference to using mplayer with gstreamer, but I imagine there are players able to do so.

Any guidance appreciated.

Dave

04-09-2020, 01:09 PM	#24
dhdurgee Guru Posts: 910 Karma: 3000002 Join Date: Jun 2010 Device: K3W, PW4	I thought of one more thing to check out besides VoiceView. I "bought" a free audible book on Amazon and downloaded it onto my pw4 to play. Using htop via ssh while playing it showed it to be using /usr/bin/playermgr in addition to those I had already identified. Inspecting this executable shows many references to gstreamer. I am not familiar with gstreamer, but I imagine someone who is could inspect this execuable and sniff out how the audible book is being played via bluetooth. I don't see a reference to using mplayer with gstreamer, but I imagine there are players able to do so. Any guidance appreciated. Dave