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Watch YouTube Clips Inside GNOME's Built-In Movie Player
Posted by Kevin Purdy at 4:00 AM on April 6, 2008
The Tombuntu blog points out something many GNOME-based Linux users may not have known—the newest version of Totem (available in the Hardy Heron beta), the default multimedia player, can search and play YouTube videos directly through the video sharing site's API. Simply head to Edit->Plugins->Configure plugins, then check the "YouTube" plugin. Want some of the higher-res goodies web viewers are getting? Go ahead and grab a H264 plugin and activate it the same way. From my experience, search runs a little slower, but I haven't seen the occasional syncing/freezing problems once in Totem that I often spot at the Flash-based player.
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ffm
Posted 9:33 AM 6/4/08
Uh, I can't see said plugins in the default ubuntu install. Am I forgetting to install something?
See screenshot: [img80.imageshack.us]
ffm
Voyagerfan5761
Posted 3:21 PM 6/4/08
It can also be useful to download YouTube videos using [youtubeloader.com] and play them with VLC (or anything else that can play FLV files). I, too, have freezing problems with my Flash player (thought it was just me; phew!) and that worked. The process is a bit cumbersome if it's just a little short clip you'll only watch once, though. For longer videos, it does help.
Voyagerfan5761
lokalhost
Posted 4:06 PM 6/4/08
@ffm Just did an apt-get install in Kubuntu and got Totem 2.20.0, just short of 2.22 which seems to be the version to get.
lokalhost
Kevin Purdy
Posted 9:50 PM 6/4/08
@ffm: Updated the post to include relevant point -- I'm running the Hardy Heron beta, and, yes, my Totem is 2.22, which comes pre-loaded in most versions of the latest GNOME desktop.
Kevin Purdy
imnotquitejack
Posted 12:48 AM 8/4/08
Rose Polenzani! I know it's slightly off topic, but that IS a great cover of The Book of Love:
+ Watch video
imnotquitejack