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[666philb]

this is gtk-youtube-viewer



gtk-youtube-viewer allows you to search, play and download youtube videos direct from the desktop. no browser required.
this is excellent for those of us who can't stream flash full screen. Even a low quality video would be jerky for me in the browser. With this though, i can actually stream fullscreen hd from my desktop.
And people with slow internet connections can download the video to watch

this is quite a nifty app.... website here https://github.com/trizen/youtube-viewer

Note1: if the video doesn't play fullscreen, try installing your graphic drivers.

Note2: gtk-youtube-viewers default download location is /root/ , which will quickly fill up the savefile!!! Change this setting in the programs preferences.

Note3: keyboard shortcuts for playing videos herehttp://www.keyxl.com/aaa2fa5/302/MPlayer-keyboard-shortcuts.htm

Note4: if you have video/audio sync issues , look here http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?t=82895


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There are DIY build recipies for newer slacko, precise and tahrpup on pages 13&14 of the thread

download for lucid here http://uploadingit.com/file/pyam9l9aafolvzyw/gtk_youtube_viewer-3.0.2-lucid.pet 3mb
MD5 41b811c45be4691b5017c7edf47ad185

download for slacko 5.3 includes lxterminal here http://uploadingit.com/file/2qgdydgkxyud2tiw/gtk-youtube-viewer-3.0.2-slacko.pet 3.4mb
MD5 58ca8c907f4321563d074abf82dbba37

download for slacko 5.4 includes sakura term here http://uploadingit.com/file/ihos3fbroh6mtmdl/gtk_youtube_viewer-3.0.4_slacko5.4.pet 3mb
MD5 4ef22bf7539c6ac0e38a91202d5d2f40

a build recipe for slacko 6 & 7 can be found on this page http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?t=76835&start=180

download for wary includes lxterminal here http://uploadingit.com/file/fjd96htuv0vseohb/gtk_youtube_viewer-3.0.2-wary.pet 2.4mb
MD5 c375f28d65696ee7cd82e71fd8032262

download for precise includes lxterminal here http://uploadingit.com/file/t2jhxvvneeazcq2u/gtk_youtube_viewer-3.0.2_precise.pet 3.3mb
MD5 725a5b9cb4aa57d318e672dec921f0be

(dpup, akita and saluki have it in their ppm)


enjoy

666philb

[bignono1]

Thank you 666philb , very nice pet,running nice on 525.

[bigpup]

Lucid 528-004, full install.

Is there suppose to be a menu entry made when installed?
I can not find one.
During install, it said entry would be in menu-> Multimedia, but nothing there.

[666philb]

hi bigpup

yes there's supposed to be a menu entry in multimedia & internet (is for me)

maybe you need to drop to prompt and do.... fixmenus jwm

alternatively you can start it from a terminal with..... gtk-youtube-viewer

or drag and drop the .desktopfile in... /usr/share/applications to your desktop

[joagan]

Thank you for this

[666philb]

updated........ now working on slacko

[roadkill13]

Thank you for this.

[666philb]

updated... now working on wary, see first post

updated lucid version to 2.0.4 and fixed user login to youtube

[Dewbie]

Specs:
Compaq Deskpro PII / 350MHz / 320MB RAM

Installed and launched GTK Youtube viewer, in Wary 5.1.1.
Typed in window (with quotes): "Cozy Powell" "RIP my friend".
(Great video for testing; downloads quickly, even with dial-up.)
Then hit "Enter" key.

Right-clicked thumbnail.
Left-clicked "Download Youtube video."
(It saves to root.)
Clicked on mp4 file and...unbelievable!

Tried another video with a bit more overhead.
(Peanut Buddah by Chris Poland's OHM)
Audio is way ahead of video, which is somewhat slow-mo.
However, if viewed with conventional Flash/Youtube setup, it would be a slide show.
A 700+MHz processor would probably deliver consistently good results.

Thanks for posting...this is a keeper!

[session]

Before this I used videodownloadhelper, a Seamonkey extension; as comprehensive as that program was, it was somewhat clunky.

My problem (currently) is inadequate HW acceleration with flash, not internet speed; gtk-youtube-viewer makes it incredibly easy to browse youtube with mplayer without necessarily saving anything... great program.

[666philb]

[Dewbie]

666philb wrote:

[666philb]

hi dewbie

i'm not sure if you can set gtk-youtube-viewer to use vlc...

but to set vlc as the default player in wary, look in /usr/local/bin/defaultmediaplayer . open it as text and change the listed madia player to vlc

not sure which is the best vlc out of those 2, as i use lucid and the old vlc 1.0.6 (as it's the only one that sees my freeview usb)

[Dewbie]

666philb wrote:

[Gnuxo]

I love this.

Though for some reason when I play a video with mplayer, the window is tiny and even if I make it full screen, the terminal window goes full screen but the video playback remains the same tiny size.

Is this a problem with Slacko?