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On 06/08/13 17:37, Paul Hartman wrote: |
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> On Tue, Aug 6, 2013 at 9:32 AM, Michael Orlitzky <michael@××××××××.com> wrote: |
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>> On 08/06/2013 10:24 AM, Paul Hartman wrote: |
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>>> On Tue, Aug 6, 2013 at 9:20 AM, Tanstaafl <tanstaafl@×××××××××××.org> wrote: |
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>>>> On 2013-08-06 10:12 AM, Paul Hartman <paul.hartman+gentoo@×××××.com> wrote: |
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>>>>> |
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>>>>> For youtube you can enable HTML5 mode and avoid flash entirely for |
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>>>>> many videos (but not all). [...] |
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>>>> |
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>>>> Interesting... if you do enable HTML5 mode, and still have Flash installed, |
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>>>> what happens? Is HTML5 'preferred'? |
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>>> |
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>>> Yes, some older unpopular videos that were uploaded before HTML5 |
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>>> support was added might not support it, but otherwise most videos seem |
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>>> to play using HTML5 instead of Flash once you've opted-in. |
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>> |
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>> You're better off using media-video/get_flash_videos-9999 to download |
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>> these anyway. [...] |
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>> |
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> net-misc/youtube-dl is another one that supports many sites and is |
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> updated in portage quite often (to keep up with changes to the |
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> websites). |
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I usually just drag&drop or copy&paste the video URL into SMPlayer, |
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which them streams the video immediately, resulting in playback of |
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YouTube videos inside a proper media player. |
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