On 08/06/2013 06:19 PM, Nikos Chantziaras wrote: > On 06/08/13 17:37, Paul Hartman wrote: >> On Tue, Aug 6, 2013 at 9:32 AM, Michael Orlitzky >> <mich...@orlitzky.com> wrote: >>> On 08/06/2013 10:24 AM, Paul Hartman wrote: >>>> On Tue, Aug 6, 2013 at 9:20 AM, Tanstaafl >>>> <tansta...@libertytrek.org> wrote: >>>>> On 2013-08-06 10:12 AM, Paul Hartman >>>>> <paul.hartman+gen...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>> For youtube you can enable HTML5 mode and avoid flash entirely for >>>>>> many videos (but not all). [...] >>>>> >>>>> Interesting... if you do enable HTML5 mode, and still have Flash >>>>> installed, >>>>> what happens? Is HTML5 'preferred'? >>>> >>>> Yes, some older unpopular videos that were uploaded before HTML5 >>>> support was added might not support it, but otherwise most videos seem >>>> to play using HTML5 instead of Flash once you've opted-in. >>> >>> You're better off using media-video/get_flash_videos-9999 to download >>> these anyway. [...] >>> >> net-misc/youtube-dl is another one that supports many sites and is >> updated in portage quite often (to keep up with changes to the >> websites). > > I usually just drag&drop or copy&paste the video URL into SMPlayer, > which them streams the video immediately, resulting in playback of > YouTube videos inside a proper media player. > > >
You can even use net-misc/youtube-viewer for that, either in console or gui (gtk useflag). And even more like net-misc/youtube-dl.
