The re is also the Firefox Openwith addon, created initially to open links in different web browsers, can do just that, by adding in its Preferences vlc and smtube instead of/beside browsers. (The later no better than the one for arte-tv I fear.)īut I think that a more elegant method is using add-ons/extensions to open the external players directly from the internet browser's interface or context menu, like the aforementioned Flashgot addon. and supplementary plugins, including a BBC iPlayer. There is also an arte-tv plugin for Totem that is not working at the moment. You can open youtube videos in Totem, at lower quality it seems than in the previous options, but they load faster and are perfect for listening music from youtube.
Some plugins are available for Totem player, among which a youtube browser similar to that of SMPlayer. It looks like VLC is able to start videos of this kind from more websites, while smplayer is limited to youtube. One can create a link/desktop launcher to it, It starts the separate application, SMPlayer Youtube Browser, to search for videos.
limited to youtube (unless used with the solution above: have not tested that yet) VLC should start playing the video stream Right-click the button, Available formats, and left-click the video. playing the video in Firefox, a Flashgot button should appear (add that to the toolbar or the status bar).FlashGot options, FlashGot tab, choose VLC.add VLC to Flashgot list: FlashGot options, General tab, Add, give a name 'VLC', - then go to the VLC executable and select it.
#WHAT IS EXTERNAL PLAYER DOWNLOAD#
Then type the corresponding number(s) of the videos you want to be played.Ī cross-platform solution that is not limited to youtube is to use the well-known Firefox addon FlashGot, which is meant to send video streams to different download managers, but make it to send the URL stream to VLC (or mpv, which I prefer lately): When running the program, a terminal window opens, saying: => Search for YouTube videos (:h for help) So, a desktop file with this content may be useful: Įxec=bash -c 'youtube-viewer -video-player=mpv' To make it use mpv instead, run youtube-viewer -video-player=mpv. sudo add-apt-repository ppa:nilarimogard/webupd8īy default it uses mplayer. It runs in terminal and uses mplayer or mpv to play the youtube video. (The meta issue of doing this was discussed and answered ( here and here).Ī specialized application to see Youtube videos in an external player is Youtube Viewer ( youtube-viewer). The Interactive Transcript allows the viewer to read along the transcript as well as to skip over to specific sections in the transcript and the designated time in the video.As this question looks useful to me, I have created it in order to provide an answer. The Video Platform’s Media Player includes an Interactive Transcript that provides the viewer with a follow-along viewing experience.
Download Notes: Allows Users to download all the notes that they took while watching the media.View Shortcuts: Displays the list of all available hotkeys to control the Media Player.Resources: Additional resources that are attached by the Content Creators.Comments: Displays all the posted comments from other Users while watching the media.Notes: Allows Users to write down personal notes while watching the media.Captions: System-generated auto-captions.Slides: System-generated slides that let Users know when a new PowerPoint slide starts.Index: System-generated index that allows Users to quickly jump between sections of the media.Below is the list of all available tools for Users on the Sidebar Menu.While watching the media, click the Sidebar icon to open up the Sidebar Menu.