Easy way to playback YouTube and some other sites using quvi
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I just noticed quvi supports playing back YouTube in WebM format and some other sites via MPlayer. All one needs to do is install quvi (compilation instructions for versions newer than those in the Trisquel repositories can be found here: http://quvi.sourceforge.net/doc/other/howto-compile-linux.html), MPlayer and add to the MPlayer config file (in .mplayer/config) something like this:
quvi-format=default
cache-min=30
cache=8192
(I selected default since otherwise it opens highest quality video, e.g. 1080P).
A list of supported sites can be found by running the command
quvi --support
I tested YouTube, videobash, liveleak, theonion and flix.tapuz (Hebrew site) and they work. Some Dailymotion videos work also (but others do not).
Then simply playback video using
mplayer URL
or (for better quality)
mplayer --quvi-format=best URL
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Funny Or Die also works.
Nice. All Youtube and VideoBash videos are playing on my machine with Abrowser+Greasemonkey+Linterna Mágica http://linterna-magica.nongnu.org/#download , which it allows you to play *all* Youtube videos with the embedded Totem plugin. 1080p videos work wonderfully.
BTW, all videos from TheOnion can be played with the HTML5 media plugin.
I prefer UnPlug (Firefox extension) and ViewTube (Greasemonkey script) myself. I know UnPlug works perfectly for YouTube and Dailymotion and some others, while I know that ViewTube works on YouTube, Dailymotion, and Blip.tv. UnPlug normally downloads videos, but you can also "open" them in most cases, which will cause Abrowser's regular HTML5 player to be used to stream the video.
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You can also use quvi directly with any player of your choosing, e.g. to use SMPlayer:
quvi --exec "smplayer %u" "URL"
You can also play a playlist file this way (a text file with a new URL on each line):
quvi --exec "smplayer %u" playlist
For this to work you need to setup SMPlayer so it closes when it finishes playing video (just select "Close when finished playback" in general settings). If you want to use it in a media center it is also best to select "Start videos in fullscreen" under video settings.
To save player and quality settings in quvi just edit .quvirc file:
nano ~/.quvirc
And paste something like this:
exec = "smplayer %u"
format = default
(If you want 1080P also replace default by best.)
Then simply run
quvi playlist
or
quvi URL
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