All of us remember the Safari Download Plugin from the 1.1.4 firmware. This plugin allowed you to download supported files directly to your iPhone or iPod Touch from the internet. These files could then be taken off, or manipulated in other ways. Well, the improved Safari Download Plugin 2.0 has appeared in Cydia today, along with a BossPrefs toggle.
This plugin can be very useful in some situations. On 1.1.4, there was an application called AVPlayer that allowed music or videos to be played directly from MobileFinder. So you could download music using the plugin, and then play it in MobileFinder using AVPlayer. The 2.0 firmware doesn’t have anything like AVPlayer yet, but it’s possible we could see something like it. Also, if a new beta application is developed while you’re on the road, and developer only has it available for download via it’s googlecode page, or other site, you could download the .zip using the plugin, unzip it using the unzip command in MobileTerminal, transfer it to the /Applications directory using the new MobileFinder, and set correct permissions using Terminal. There are many other uses, those are just some. Also, downloaded files are saved in /var/mobile/Library/Downloads. Here are some screenshots:
Also, there is a BossPrefs toggle available for download, although I see little use for it. Before, it was useful because the only options the plugin gave when it came across a downloadable file was to either download it, or change the filename, then download it. It gave no option to play the media file instead of downloading it, and that’s where the BossPrefs toggle came in handy. Now, it gives you an option of downloading it or playing it, so I don’t really see why it’s needed. But it’s still good to have.
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COOL works great
Is there a good file viewer you can use on Iphone 2.0 to view things you download via Seeqpod
Let us know
Thanks everyone
Well, there’s MobileFinder in the App Store. You can tweak that to view your whole filesystem. It’s only $1.99. My previous post explains how to do that, so you can refer to it. But MobileFinder in the App Store is pretty good. It can copy and paste, zip files, and do lots more. I just checked, and it can play mp3s. So that would be your best bet.
how do you tweak mobilefinder to be awesome again? omg i wanna know
because i dont see instructions to view the whole filesystem
Refer to my previous post here:
http://iphonefreakz.com/2008/08/15/app-store-mobilefinder/
It’s at the bottom of the post, after the screenshots.
Where do I get this safari plug in I just got a Iphone 3g and I want to be able to download zip files from websites and attachements from emails I already have mobile finder, please help.
vlc4iphone is much powerful than AvPlayer!
It’s currently beta (made by ZodttD -> http://zodttd.com/)
Public release should be available soon.
I tried VLC but I cant get it to see Moble, Library, downloads directory so it cant see the music I just donwloaded
Does anyone know how the links must be formed for this to work? just a link like domain.com/file.mp3 works fine, but domain.com/?getfile&file=1465 doesn’t (and not domain.com/?getfile&file=1465&ext=.mp3 either).
Suggestions?
I wish something like avplayer comes soon could be really helpful