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Hi Sindi,

On Fri, 19 Feb 2010 00:07:39 +0000 (UTC), baslinux AT lists.ibiblio.org wrote:

>>  Now, YouTube is perfectly possible by using work-arounds, in BL too.
>> I even use YouTube, and other flash sites, in DOS !  (Arachne + NEmedia)

> How much CPU speed and RAM would BL need to view a downloaded
> flash video with mplayer?  Maybe after converting formats.

  I guess it depends also on your video card. But in BL you need to have
enough grunt to run MPlayer. And you need to have an MPlayer that can
handle .flv files.

> I have watched DVDs at 500MHz with 128MB RAM.  -hardframedrop.

  I can play most videos (except high definition with > 1200 pixels wide)
on my 600 MHz AMD K6 with 256 MB RAM in BL.

  In DOS, same machine but with only 64 MB RAM available, same thing.

> Flash at 400MHz dropped 29/30 of all frames - a bit excessive.

  I don't use Flash AT ALL on ANY OS I run. But I can usually get the
actual media files, except those that are hidden inside an .swf file.

  For Youtube, I take the URL to a Youtube retriever and download the
.flv or .mp4 file from there.
e.g.     http://kej.tw/flvretriever/
or:      http://downthisvideo.com/

  For other so-called "Flash" websites, I use Arachne and NEmedia (DOS) to
extract the URL of the .flv files which I can then download directly.
Some I can even stream with MPlayer (both DOS and BL).

Regards,
        Ron

Ron Clarke
AUSREG Consultancy      http://www.ausreg.com
Tadpole Tunes           http://www.tadpoletunes.com
-- This mail was written by a user of the Arachne Browser -
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DOS: For IQs higher than 95, 98 or 2000.