Re: [gNewSense-users] YouTube

[Matthew Flaschen]

Sorry, I should have been more clear.  The wiki link isn't broken, but
the link to the actual script (http://www.ecadre.co.uk/files/ytplay) is.
 Does anyone have the file?

Matthew Flaschen

Dale wrote:
> 02-12-06 There is now version 0.1-1 of this script. It has been
> updated with some security features to prevent the possibility of a
> local attack using symlinks. If you installed version 0.1 then it is
> recommended that you update to this new script version.
> 
> Installation.
> 
> There's not really much installation needed.
> 
> First, you need to make sure that you have the ffmeg and ffmpeg2theora
> packages installed:
> 
>        sudo apt-get install ffmpeg ffmpeg2theora
> 
> Then all you need to do is to copy the file "ytplay" onto your
> computer and make it executable.
> 
> Personally, I copied the file into my /usr/local/bin directory, so
> that it can be invoked from any directory. Use the command:
> 
>        sudo cp ytplay /usr/local/bin
> 
> then make it executable:
> 
>        sudo chmod 755 /usr/local/bin/ytplay
> 
> Now you can use the ytplay command where ever you are in Terminal.
> Usage.
> 
> It is very simple to use this script.
> 
> To play a Youtube video, go to the page where the video is on
> Youtube.com and copy it's URL.
> 
>        ytplay http://www.youtube.com/watch?code_from_youtube
> 
> To replay a video that you have just played, use:
> 
>        ytplay replay
> 
> to save the Youtube video to your desktop, use the following
> 
>        ytplay http://www.youtube.com/watch?code_from_youtube -o
> file_type file_name
> 
> File type is either flv or theora. File name is what you would like to
> call the downloaded file. You do not need to add the .flv or .ogg
> extentions as these will be added automatically.
> 
> Unfortunately, the Youtube web pages may change their format at any
> time meaning that this script will have to be adapted.
> 
> Download ytplay: http://www.ecadre.co.uk/files/ytplay
> 
> 
> 
> On 2/23/07, Matthew Flaschen <address@hidden> wrote:
>> Does anyone have the ytplay script referred to by
>> http://wiki.gnewsense.org/Main/PlayingYoutubeVideosOnGNewSense .  The
>> link is now broken.
>>
>> Alternatively, instructions would also be helpful.
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Matthew Flaschen
>>
>>
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