hd video with abrowser

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cmhobbs
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Iscritto: 06/24/2013

I was recently introduced to viki.com and noticed that in some (non-free) browsers, it provided an option for HD viewing. When I use Abrowser, it forces 360p and sometimes the subtitles are off. It looks like they're using Flow Player.

Is there a way (using Libre software, of course) to get the HD option and have the subtitles keep up? It looks like an HTML5 player.

Thanks!

jxself
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Iscritto: 09/13/2010

"It looks like an HTML5 player."

Being an HTML5 player, sadly, doesn't mean much anymore these days... :(

My research indicates that proprietary software is downloaded into your computer and then run in the browser when the videos are loaded and played. When I block this, the videos do not play. Hence, it appears that this proprietary software is necessary in order to watch anything at all, at any resolution.

EDIT: Update, it appears that the current version of youtube-dl can be used to grab videos from this site, once you give it the URL for the page containing the movie. That at least seems to avoid the issue I mentioned but the downloaded videos are still 360p. There doesn't seem to be a way to watch them in HD and still be using only free software in the process.