[Olpc-open] direct play youtube with mplayer

[Benjamin M. Schwartz]

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Yuan Chao wrote:
> As the Gnash on XO is w/o necessary codec compiled in and Adobe flash
> performance is poor on XO, would it be a good solution to watch
> YouTube with an external media player?

I think that is a great idea.  In fact, it is exactly what Apple did with
the iPhone, which has a direct YouTube browser.  In our case, a "YouTube
Activity" would be a great solution.  For similar approaches on Linux, see

http://tecnocode.co.uk/2007/10/12/totem-youtube-plugin/
http://tombuntu.com/index.php/2008/04/04/play-youtube-videos-from-the-totem-movie-player/
http://www.soccio.it/michelinux/2008/03/29/h264-youtube-video-in-totem/en/

There are a number of interesting hurdles to jump, like whether to require
the user to install proprietary codecs themselves or ship them in the
activity bundle, but either way I think it is a good idea.

- --Ben
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