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Youtube with Ubuntu?

Posted: Sat Oct 01, 2016 3:24 am
by kilaueabart
I've noticed that I can't view youtube videos on MATE 16.04.1. I had the idea that maybe I had heard that was a general problem, but when I googled to find out, I found no mention of problems.

To the apparent contrary, I found something Christian had written on ubuntuforums.com way back on May 11:
YouTube HD videos work with ViewTube in fullscreen!!!!!! (High Definition MP4 VLC HD MP4)
Is it then a problem with my own install? (This is the first thing I have found that Odyssey does better than Firefox on my X1000.)

Re: Youtube with Ubuntu?

Posted: Sat Oct 01, 2016 5:16 am
by xeno74
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YouTube videos in HD with ViewTube

Installation instructions for ubuntu MATE 16.04.1 PowerPC
  1. Install VLC and the VLC browser plugin with the following command:

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    sudo apt-get install browser-plugin-vlc
  2. Start Firefox and install the add-on Greasemonkey
  3. Restart Firefox
  4. After that, add the ViewTube script to Greasemonkey
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Re: Youtube with Ubuntu?

Posted: Thu Sep 13, 2018 10:20 am
by xeno74
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YouTube videos in HD with ViewTube

New installation instructions for ubuntu MATE 16.04.5 PowerPC
  1. Install VLC and the VLC browser plugin with the following command:

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    sudo apt-get install browser-plugin-vlc
  2. Start Firefox and install the add-on Greasemonkey version 3.11
  3. Restart Firefox
  4. After that, add the ViewTube script to Greasemonkey version 3.11
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Re: Youtube with Ubuntu?

Posted: Thu Sep 13, 2018 8:53 pm
by xenic
xeno74 wrote: YouTube videos in HD with ViewTube
I installed browser-plugin-vlc and GreaseMonkey but ViewTube says it needs at least Firefox v48. My Firefox is v47 so I don't know if it's safe to try to install ViewTube. Did you install it with Firefox v47?

Re: Youtube with Ubuntu?

Posted: Fri Sep 14, 2018 7:57 am
by xeno74
xenic wrote: I installed browser-plugin-vlc and GreaseMonkey but ViewTube says it needs at least Firefox v48. My Firefox is v47 so I don't know if it's safe to try to install ViewTube. Did you install it with Firefox v47?
Yes, I installed it with Firefox 47 without any problems. I didn’t see this ViewTube message. I will update it today to the latest version.

Downloads: addons.mozilla.org

Re: Youtube with Ubuntu?

Posted: Fri Sep 14, 2018 9:04 am
by xeno74
I updated ViewTube to the latest version today. (see screenshot)

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@xenic
Could you please post a screenshot of the ViewTube message?

Thanks

Re: Youtube with Ubuntu?

Posted: Fri Sep 14, 2018 3:34 pm
by xenic
xeno74 wrote:Could you please post a screenshot of the ViewTube message?
Maybe my statement was misleading. The message wasn't 'IN' ViewTube; The message is on a WEB page I found by searching scripts from Greasemonkey. However, the message is also on the WEB page link you provided. Below each version on that page is the text "Works with Firefox for Android 48.0 and later, Firefox 48.0 and later".

Re: Youtube with Ubuntu?

Posted: Sat Sep 15, 2018 7:04 am
by xeno74
Good to know. I can confirm, that it works with the Firefox 47. Thank you for the hint.