[GTALUG] Ubuntu need Adobe Flash?

[Tom Low-Shang]

On Fri, Dec 19, 2014 at 01:42:01PM -0500, Blaise Alleyne wrote:
> On 19/12/14 01:12 PM, Sergio Durigan Junior wrote:
> > On Friday, December 19 2014, Chris Aitken wrote:
> > 
> >> I can't play videos on the Internet. I get an error that ...
> >>
> >> "Firefox has prevented the outdated plugin "Adobe Flash" from running
> >> on youtube.com."
> > 
> > [First post, hey guys!]
> > 
> > Hi Chris,
> > 
> > Maybe you know that already, but it is also possible to use youtube-dl,
> > a Free Software program, to download the video you want from the
> > website.  Despite its name, it works with many other websites, not only
> > youtube.  And of course, after you start using it and notice that you do
> > not need a program that disrespects your freedom anymore, you can
> > uninstall flash from your system :-).
> > 
> > Cheers,
> > 
> 
> You definitely don't need Adobe's proprietary Flash to watch videos on YouTube
> anymore. I ditched Flash on my laptops years ago.
> 
> A few better options for YouTube videos:
> 
> - I second youtube-dl! It's awesome, highly recommend it. I guess an added
> benefit is less tracking than viewing on youtube.com in your browser.
> 


livestreamer is another general purpose option. Also, mpv can use 
libquvi to stream directly from YouTube, so I expect other media players 
can do the same.


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Tom Low-Shang