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Hi Folks,

On Sat, 20 Feb 2010 19:52:22 +0000 (UTC)
baslinux AT lists.ibiblio.org wrote:

> >
> >> 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.
> 
> Does the one David Moberg compiled?

   No.

> Is there a flash player for DOS?

   No.


> >  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).
> 
> Where is there a DOS mplayer?

   On my website and on Glenn McCorkle's website.

       http://www.ausreg.com/dos_ports/index.htm
       http://www.glennmcc.org/download/mik/

Regards,
        Ron

-- 
Ron Clarke 
AUSREG Consultancy      http://www.ausreg.com
Tadpole Tunes           http://www.tadpoletunes.com
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