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On 08/06/2013 06:19 PM, Nikos Chantziaras wrote: |
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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 |
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>> <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 |
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>>>> <tanstaafl@×××××××××××.org> wrote: |
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>>>>> On 2013-08-06 10:12 AM, Paul Hartman |
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>>>>> <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 |
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>>>>> 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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You can even use net-misc/youtube-viewer for that, either in console or |
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gui (gtk useflag). |
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And even more like net-misc/youtube-dl. |
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