Gnash 0.8.7 and youtube.

[roshi]

I am currently using Gnash 0.8.7 - I have been able to view 2 videos on youtube. This is much better than before (0). The configure requires many libraries which aren't difficult to install - just time consuming.

Anyone else have any luck?

--roshi

[ppietro]

I am currently using Gnash 0.8.7 - I have been able to view 2 videos on youtube. This is much better than before (0). The configure requires many libraries which aren't difficult to install - just time consuming.

Anyone else have any luck?

--roshi

The trick is the YouTube player behind the scenes. YouTube uses a number of different players - sometimes they're based on ActionScript (which should work with Gnash) and sometimes they're not.

The Gnash wiki has the best explanation:

http://wiki.gnashdev.org/ExternalFlashM ... ideo_sites

Working streaming sites

* http://youtube.com

The AS2 player and embedded players work, newer AVM2 player doesn't.

Cheers
Paul

[roshi]

I'll still be using bazaar to keep up with the newest trunk. If anyone wants to install Gnash 0.8.7 -

http://www.gnu.org/software/gnash/

or if you have Bazaar installed, use the following from a terminal.

bzr branch http://bzr.savannah.gnu.org/r/gnash/trunk

(i don't really care much for youtube) and you can quote me on that.

--roshi

[ppietro]

I'll still be using bazaar to keep up with the newest trunk. If anyone wants to install Gnash 0.8.7 -

http://www.gnu.org/software/gnash/

or if you have Bazaar installed, use the following from a terminal.

bzr branch http://bzr.savannah.gnu.org/r/gnash/trunk

(i don't really care much for youtube) and you can quote me on that.

--roshi

We've been building it for quite awhile. The PS3 seems to require custom build switches. Here's the results of my 0.8.7 build:
viewtopic.php?f=5&t=7143&start=0

and some other historical posts:

viewtopic.php?f=19&t=6853&start=0
and
viewtopic.php?f=19&t=5641#p30402

Cheers,
Paul

[roshi]

OK. I have gnash 0.8.7 (02/2010) with firefox 3.0.14 on my Apple G5 Dual 2.0 Ghz with 2 GB of memory.

I have found that I can view most (more than even last week) youtube videos if I do one little thing before clicking on the link :

Ready??

Ready?

Wait for it!


I clear all private data (Tools / Clear Private Data). My settings are all checked (Edit / Preferences / Privacy / Private Data / Settings).

I have checked this several times with and without clearing the private data. I clear the data and it plays. Without clearing the data the same video will not play.

This marks a vast improvement over prior builds [that i have used without success]. I did notice that my processors are pushed towards 80-99% each while playing video. [ I have shared this with GNU project / Gnash ].

Anyone else have similar results? Let me know.