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Idea #10787: Give the option to watch FLV (flash videos) in VLC

Written by komputes the 6 Jul 08 at 14:38. Related project: Flash plugin (macromedia). Status: New
Rationale
Currently, Adobe has given us a bloated semi-working flash plugin without releasing the source code for it. The result is a slowdown in firefox and stutters in the video (for higher end computers, perhaps only on fullscreen).

My current setup: I currently have REMOVED the flashplugin-nonfree and I use Video DownloadHelper to download the flv file and then I open it in VLC. This works great for me.

The Benefits:
1)Full screen resolution (No big status bar)
2)No stutter
3)No slowdown in firefox.

So here is what I propose, there are two ways of implementing this idea:

1) Find a way to make VLC a flash player embedded into Firefox (mozilla-plugin-vlc)

2) Open Youtube website -> Automatically starts downloading to ~/Videos -> Opens in VLC.
User has a choice of how long the videos should be kept.

What does everyone think?

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Solution #1: Auto-generated solution of idea #10787
Written by komputes the 6 Jul 08 at 14:38.
Ubuntu Brainstorm was updated in January 2009. Since the idea #10787 was submitted before this update, its rationale and solution are not separated. Please vote accordingly, and if you have the necessary rights, please separate the rationale from the solution. Thanks!
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Solution #2: Integrate a Youtube-Plugin into VLC
Written by maXime the 22 Mar 09 at 14:57.
To make VLC better, just integrate a Plugin like the Youtube-Plugin for Totem.
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Solution #3: Create a Plugin System for VLC
Written by Aragilar the 21 Jul 09 at 08:26.
As far as I can see, there is no plugin system for VLC like Totem has (which provides Youtube, and I also notice, Jamendo). Therefore, by creating a plugin system, VLC can gain new features.

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Anurag_Panda wrote on the 6 Jul 08 at 19:29
Though this is a good idea, it would be difficult to implement.

jpka wrote on the 6 Jul 08 at 19:34
+1
Also please do that VLCplayer installed by default

Vadim P. wrote on the 6 Jul 08 at 21:05
I don't see this being popular for daily usage, because it simply adds more steps to accomplish the same thing.

gsiliceo wrote on the 7 Jul 08 at 01:00
FLASH PLAYER 10 will be out in a few months just wait

tenplus1 wrote on the 7 Jul 08 at 10:05
VLC can already play flv files by right-clicking and open-with VLC Player...

but, if you mean play youtube movies directly from VLC, here's an option:

Go here: http://www.downflv.com/ and paste your youtube address and the site will give you a direct link to the flv movie itself...

Open VLC and from the menu Open Network Connection, tick HTTP/HTTPS/FTP/MMS and paste the link you just received and VLC will stream and play your movie full screen :)

karatchov wrote on the 7 Jul 08 at 18:00
komputes you miss understand flash-player

vlc is not a flash player !

and not every flash file on the net is an flv reader !

to this is gonna be useless, and even if it works it will be limited to youtube

I understand you complains about flash plugin, but the best solution would be to implement correctly an open-source flash plugin

komputes (Brainstorm moderator) wrote on the 8 Jul 08 at 01:11
Vadim, This is definitely not be the default for Ubuntu, this would be a modification.

gsiliceo, I've heard Flash 10 will be a great improvement but it does not automatically download .flv files which is something I would like this idea/product to do.

tenplus1, Yes, I know VLC can play flv, I use Video DownloadHelper extention for Firefox as I said. I don't have to copy-paste, look into it:

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/3006

I really don't care what does the FLV back end ripping as long as it can automate saving it to a folder and opening it in VLC fullscreen.

karatchov, this only applies to FLV videos on sites that are specified (whitelist) and does not apply to regular swf flash content.

Auzy wrote on the 8 Jul 08 at 02:33
I save FLV files from youtube and use them on my car PC. So big +1.

Winamp provides this functionality, and any properly designed program in windows can take advantage of it.


FreeEagle76 wrote on the 24 Aug 08 at 19:18
very good idea ,,,, i give you +1
I wish that ubuntu can implement it .
Thanks for the idea


komputes (Brainstorm moderator) wrote on the 25 Jun 09 at 19:58
Is anyone able to improve on the following greasemonkey script. It would be nice if this could be a standalone extension that could play youtube in VLC.

http://netsharc.wordpress.com/2007/03/31/youtube-via-vlc/

Also note that you can chose a youtube location, paste the URL into VLC and play it directly. It rips the page looking for the flv and then plays it. There must be a simple way to get this done.

komputes (Brainstorm moderator) wrote on the 8 Mar 11 at 20:57
FlashVideoReplacer - Replace embedded flash videos and display them with a different plugin or standalone player, download or automatically redirect to WebM player when available.

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-us/firefox/addon/flashvideoreplacer/


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