On Sun 03 Apr 2016 at 18:53:26 (+0300), Adam Wilson wrote: > On Sat, 2 Apr 2016 21:45:15 +0200 > Jörg-Volker Peetz <jvpe...@web.de> wrote: > > second, with the command-line program youtube-dl (package of the same name) > > movies can be downloaded from youtube and played by a movie-player, e.g., > > vlc. > > You do not need to do this. YouTube works without Flash.
I *always* do this. Why pay for the bandwidth twice, thrice,... That's the one benefit of flash refraining from playing immediately the link is clicked on. This is one reasong why I asked (in another thread) what is happening behind the scenes when you play the "same" movie in HTML5. Is there a file involved? Cheers, David.
