On 16 November 2010 04:25, pavithran <pavithra...@gmail.com> wrote: > On 15 November 2010 14:07, Visakh <gokulda...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Incidentally, I was looking at the same software today. The reason >> was WebM (VP8 + Theora + Matroska). There is news that Youtube has >> already transcoded 80% of its video collection to WebM format ( >> http://www.osnews.com/story/24021/WebM_Update_80_of_Daily_YouTube_Videos_Now_in_WebM >> ). But most linux distros ship with chrome and firefox versions that >> don't support WebM yet. I was wondering if the native youtube client >> has webM support yet. Any ideas? > > Well I am not sure what codecs my Debian has :D . Just kidding . I > have debian squeeze with only main and contrib enabled. I then > installed gnome desktop and I have got a media player which kind of > plays everything :D > > On the youtube issue . When I go to a youtube video it asks me to > install flash player which I kept on ignoring . Today my friend gave a > link to a youtube video which he prepared on Mint customisation . So > I went to youtube > Help > search for "html5" it gave a link which I > clicked which enabled HTML5 by default and yes I was able to play my > friends video :)
Which browser are you using? When I visited http://www.youtube.com/html5, it says I need firefox version 4. -- Manilal K M : മണിലാല് കെ എം. http://libregeek.blogspot.com -- "Freedom is the only law". "Freedom Unplugged" http://www.ilug-tvm.org You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "ilug-tvm" group. To control your subscription visit http://groups.google.co.in/group/ilug-tvm/subscribe To post to this group, send email to ilug-tvm@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to ilug-tvm-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For details visit the google group page: http://groups.google.com/group/ilug-tvm?hl=en
