Watching YouTube videos without Flash.

bat999

It's now possible to watch live streaming YouTube videos using VLC media player instead of watching them in a browser.
:cool:

This only works with the latest version of VLC.
That's version [STRIKE]v1.0.0.[/STRIKE] [STRIKE]v1.1.0.[/STRIKE] v1.1.1. From here:-http://www.videolan.org/


There's information and a demo video here:-http://lifehacker.com/5577212/play-youtube-videos-directly-in-vlc-media-player

NiVZ

You can also avoid using Flash player by opting in to their trial of HTML 5 pages if you have a compatible browser.

Have a look here:

http://www.youtube.com/html5

NiVZ

bat999

Yes NIVZ, that will be an advantage with Firefox 4.

Aiadi

You can also use portable flash plugin with portable firefox without installing it on your PC.

Stompa

bat999 wrote: »

That's version v1.0.0. From here:-http://www.videolan.org/

I think you mean v1.1.0.

bat999

Update 22/7/10

VLC doesn't seem to work any more for viewing the streaming videos.:o
I think that maybe YouTube have re-jigged their system.:cool:

DownloadHelper addon for FireFox isn't working either with YouTube.:(
But the flash files still appear in the tmp folder.:)

bat999

bat999 wrote: »

...I think that maybe YouTube have re-jigged their system.:cool:

DownloadHelper addon for FireFox isn't working either with YouTube.:(

This seems to be fixed now that DownloadHelper has been updated to v4.8.
:cool: