[MPlayer-dev-eng] [PATCH] HTTP streaming over YouTube.com

[Benjamin Zores]

On Tue, 15 Aug 2006 01:35:24 -0500
Jeff Clagg <snacky at ikaruga.co.uk> wrote:

> On Tue, Aug 15, 2006 at 12:23:37AM +0200, Florian Mickler wrote:
> > On Mon, 14 Aug 2006 20:03:54 +0200
> > Jonas Jermann <jjermann at gmx.net> wrote:
> > 
> > > On Mon, Aug 14, 2006 at 07:46:47PM +0200, Diego Biurrun wrote:
> > > > On Mon, Aug 14, 2006 at 07:45:05PM +0200, Jonas Jermann wrote:
> > > > > 
> > > > > What about adding this (and similar unapplied) patch(es)
> > > > > somehwere on the mplayer website or in a seperate repository,
> > > > > such that interested users can apply and use it (them)?
> > 
> > shouldn't that be an perl-script (or smth else) which gets the url and
> > then calls mplayer...
> > 
> > the web changes so fast and often that you are better of with a 
> > (flexible) script...
> 
> I agree.
> 
> A youtube downloader utility in the TOOLS/ directory sounds like a great
> idea.

http://freshmeat.net/projects/youtube-dl/
That's where i took the idea from.

However you then need access to some system's tools (say Python and at least keyboard or
remote access) and can't be automatically played on embedded systems.
It's however far less ugly, I conceed you that point.

Ben

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