Play the flash video loading in your browser using a movie player

play_flash.rb

#!/usr/bin/env ruby
# Play the flash video loading in your browser using a movie player

PLAYER = 'mplayer -zoom'  # your favorite player

def get_flash_file_path
    pat = %r(^.*?(\d+).*?(\d+).*$)
    `lsof /tmp | grep Flash` =~ pat
    pid, fd = $~[1], $~[2]
    "/proc/#{pid}/fd/#{fd}"
end

def main
    flash_file_path = get_flash_file_path
    `#{PLAYER} #{flash_file_path}`
end

main