A cllumsy flash solution for netbooks?

[cloyd]

I've hated watching youtube videos on my netbook. Flash works, but it works my poor little processor to death and really heats the machine up. For short videos, it is ok, but for long ones, I don't like watching the climbing temperature. Previously, I've started the video in youtube, paused it, let it completely download, then copied the temporary file to another folder and watched it on vlc when I wanted to. But, I'd like to watch some of the shorter ones without waiting for the complete download.

It occurred to me to simply place a short cut to the tmp folder in the top panel. (had to sudo nautilus to do that). Then when the video starts in youtube, pause it, click on the shortcut,click on the flash file and open the file in vlc. Flash uses 90-98 percent of my processor. When I uses vlc like this, my processor runs at about 75 percent . . . even while still downloading the file. Is there another way? Can I somehow get Mozilla and youtube to use vlc instead of flash? Is there any real reason I should not do this?

[Chronon]

You could use Chromium (or rekonq or possibly other Webkit based browsers) and opt in to the HTML5 Beta.

[kevin11951]

There is an addon for firefox that will play youtube and vimeo videos in totem, or whatever you have installed...

edit: I am pretty sure this is it: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/161869/

[juancarlospaco]

I use HTML5 on youtube, full screen, 2% cpu

[Ric_NYC]

Try this:

Youtube HTML5

http://www.youtube.com/html5


Select "Join the HTML5 trial".

Play a video on Youtube to test it.

[lovinglinux]

There is an addon for firefox that will play youtube and vimeo videos in totem, or whatever you have installed...

edit: I am pretty sure this is it: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/161869/

Yes, it is. Since version 2.0 it can also play the videos with a standalone player and automatically select the html5 version if available. See the list of supported plugins and players at http://www.webgapps.org/addons/flashvideoreplacer

I hope you like it.

Also try my Flash-Aid (https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/161939/) extension for improving flash performance.

[zer010]

Yes, it is. Since version 2.0 it can also play the videos with a standalone player and automatically select the html5 version if available. See the list of supported plugins and players at http://www.webgapps.org/addons/flashvideoreplacer

I hope you like it.

Also try my Flash-Aid (https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/161939/) extension for improving flash performance.
+1 for Flash-Aid
Still can't thank you enough for that little gem!

[lovinglinux]

+1 for Flash-Aid
Still can't thank you enough for that little gem!

:guitar:

[cloyd]

Thanks. I'm going to try some of these. As I said, this works, but it is clumsy. It is 7 am here, and I have a full day . . . I'll try some of this this evening when I get home.

[alaukikyo]

Try Minitube (apt://minitube).