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I found a rvideo library but manual very small and I'm learning ruby one day. I need play a video in window. How have me done it? There is possibility cause the video player from a ruby code? or have any other way done my task?

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Are you trying to play a video in a web browser,OS defualt video player, or within your own ruby GUI app –  Egryan Jan 9 '13 at 15:08
Target OS android(jruby, rubuto). Now I'm doing in a ruby in a debian. system( "dragon /home/knowill/work/r/input.mp4" ) trying gem install hornetseye-frame but get error ERROR: Failed to build gem native extension. –  volkov Jan 9 '13 at 15:18
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Ok, first thing I would do is install RVM and follow the instructions which should tell you what other packages you need to install, the error you received is cause you don't have the build-essential installed. per rvm you need to install

rvm requirements ...



After RVM is installed with the packages you need, go ahead and install the flavors or Ruby you need.

Unfortunately Rubuto isn't a subsitute for learning the andriod API, the revelevent API that you need is here http://developer.android.com/guide/topics/media/mediaplayer.html you will just need to make the right API calls and references in your Rubuto/JRUBY project

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