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jfv

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« on: August 07, 2006, 09:02:12 pm »
I'd like to abe able to watch youtube videos on the Zaurus, but haven't found a satisfactory way. Here is what I found out so far. (C860 Sharp ROM in case the sig is too far down).

Of course, it does no good to go directly to youtube in either Netfront or Opera, it complains of lack of plugin. Giving the URL to kino2 doesn't work either. I've tried going to keepvid.com which allows you to download youtube videos but it doesn't work in Netfront while in Opera it appears to work but always times out.

On the bright side, if I use keepvid.com or some similar means to download a video on a desktop computer (it's a flash video) I can transfer it to the Zaurus and it will play just fine with mplayer or kino2 (once you add .flv to the list of acceptable files). I've tried ssh -X to a desktop to download the video there and transfer to the Zaurus but there were some bandwidth issues which prevented it from working.

Any ideas?

Felipe
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« Reply #1 on: August 08, 2006, 12:38:17 am »
Look here:
http://slzaurus.seesaa.net/article/20765614.html

Enjoy!  

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I'd like to abe able to watch youtube videos on the Zaurus, but haven't found a satisfactory way. Here is what I found out so far. (C860 Sharp ROM in case the sig is too far down).

Of course, it does no good to go directly to youtube in either Netfront or Opera, it complains of lack of plugin. Giving the URL to kino2 doesn't work either. I've tried going to keepvid.com which allows you to download youtube videos but it doesn't work in Netfront while in Opera it appears to work but always times out.

On the bright side, if I use keepvid.com or some similar means to download a video on a desktop computer (it's a flash video) I can transfer it to the Zaurus and it will play just fine with mplayer or kino2 (once you add .flv to the list of acceptable files). I've tried ssh -X to a desktop to download the video there and transfer to the Zaurus but there were some bandwidth issues which prevented it from working.

Any ideas?

Felipe
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jfv

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« Reply #2 on: August 08, 2006, 06:59:42 am »
It works! Thanks.

Felipe
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