Date: Wed, 14 Jul 2010 20:06:14 +0300 From: Odhiambo Washington <odhiambo@gmail.com> To: Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, paul <paul_@freemail.hu> Subject: Re: FreeBSD vs YouTube Message-ID: <AANLkTilLgKYIIgpvR-CfyfMRP1x-faUzt7e_E4dwA-hP@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <20100714190142.da43214e.freebsd@edvax.de> References: <freemail.20100714182602.26042.1@xmldata14.freemail.hu> <20100714190142.da43214e.freebsd@edvax.de>
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On Wed, Jul 14, 2010 at 8:01 PM, Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de> wrote: > On Wed, 14 Jul 2010 18:26:02 +0200 (CEST), paul <paul_@freemail.hu> wrote= : > > Hy > > I'm pretty new to this mailing list, and FreeBSD, in the last > > 2 weeks i was trying to use FreeBSD as alternative to Windows, > > but i can't make the flash videos work on most of the popular > > flash video sites. > > Oh... "Flash" video, the purpose of "Windows"... :-) > > > > > I've tried to pkg_add, compile from source, swfdec-plugin, > > gnash on FreeBSD 7.3 and 8.1 ... but nothing worked, > > Have a look here: > > http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en/books/handbook/desktop-browsers.html > > See 6.2.3 - "Firefox and Macromedia=C2=AE Flash=E2=84=A2 Plugin". I had s= uch > a setup working on FreeBSD 7, but due to the fact that the web > is much more annoying with "Flash", I wiped it off the disk very > soon. But this setting should work. > > There are other ideas, such as using wine and a "Windows" based > browser and plugin. > > > > > i can use mplayer to play movies so this shouldn't be a problem, > > You can use mplayer together with the program youtube-dl. It will > download "Flash" video in swf format (or avi if -a is given). > > > > > when i use swfdec, there are some unhandled event (usually > > unhandled event 19) and sometimes can't write to a > > $HOME/.config/filename file, > > I never was lucky using swfdec... > > > > > and with gnash i see an error occurred, please try again later > > message on the site. > > I don't think gnash is sufficiently developed. > > > > > I've tried googling but most of the articles i found seemed outdated. > > So finally i came here with the question: Is it possible to watch > > youtube on a FreeBSD system ? And if it is, someone would be so kind > > to guide me to a FAQ / Article / wiki / or tell me how to do it ? > > As I said, if it's just youtube, use youtube-dl and mplayer. It > works *perfectly*. > > > Is this the same way the Linux users have it?:-) --=20 Best regards, Odhiambo WASHINGTON, Nairobi,KE +254733744121/+254722743223 _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ "If you have nothing good to say about someone, just shut up!." -- Lucky Dube
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