Hello,
I have recently installed Ubuntu 14.04.1 LTS on my laptop, when trying to watch video's on youtube the highest quality I can set is 360p, on windows it's 1080P?
Hello,
I have recently installed Ubuntu 14.04.1 LTS on my laptop, when trying to watch video's on youtube the highest quality I can set is 360p, on windows it's 1080P?
Hi R playing youtube through a browser is a very frustrating experience on U
but it becomes really easy if you copy URL you open VLC >> CTRL+V >> enter
then 1080p is fine
Takes 15 seconds to do that and it feels like your own private movie
even better copy a list of URLs in a txt editor call it anything
drag in in VLC your own TV
Last edited by shantiq; September 5th, 2014 at 06:15 PM.
Linux is Latin for off-the-beaten-track
what I like MOST about our Ubuntu ... The Community ie 50 brains are better than one
Playing with Slackware too now ...
ShanArt
shantiq -
just curious, what version of vlc are you using? I've found that 2.2+ & 3.0+ have issues with http/https for h.264. (.mp4/.mov), while 2.1.X is fine (except for vevo which I use smtube > mpv for
Ex. picking something at random right now from yt main page
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YoB8t0B4jx4
edit:
Also this FF extensions works ok for most of yt, vevo & some "Official" music vids excepted - see screen (with vlc < 2.2/3.0
Last edited by mc4man; September 5th, 2014 at 07:27 PM.
Thank you both for the replies
I could watch the sample YouTube video link that mc4man provided at the best quality (1080) available. The browser I used is Firefox, fully updated. My laptop doesn't have a GPU; it's from 2009 with integrated graphics.
When I click on the cog wheel and select the highest quality, the wheel rotates for a while and then I see "HD" as shown in the image.
I don't normally watch HD on my laptop. Things get a bit hot.
Last edited by andrew.46; September 6th, 2014 at 07:59 AM.
You think that's air you're breathing now?
hi guys well Mutant Spider Giant Dog plays a treat here in 2.1.5 Rincewind and thank you for the cinematic experience
But VLC can be temperamental; plays different things at different times on different versions of U : let us coin a phrase and call it "a moody blitch"
oh yes mc and mpv of course all you need isfast and great and forgot smtube that is great too to bypass Ubuntu Browsersmpv url
Last edited by shantiq; September 6th, 2014 at 09:13 AM.
Linux is Latin for off-the-beaten-track
what I like MOST about our Ubuntu ... The Community ie 50 brains are better than one
Playing with Slackware too now ...
ShanArt
Last edited by mc4man; September 9th, 2014 at 02:34 AM.
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