Script Summary: Watch YouTube videos with embedded totem, mplayer or vlcplayer.
THIS SCRIPT IS NO LONGER MAINTAINED
For an alternative script I suggest:
Youtube without Flash Auto
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YouTotem allows you to watch YouTube videos with totem, mplayer or vlc. This script is for Linux users.
The requirements are:
totem + totem-mozillaor:
mplayer + mplayerplug-in (a.k.a. mozilla-mplayer)or:
vlc + mozilla-plugin-vlc
For totem, you may also need to install some extra codecs.
If you are running a recent Ubuntu distro then you already have totem and totem-mozilla installed, and if you are missing some codecs just right-click in the video window and select "Open with Movie Player", totem player will launch and guide you through the installation of the missing codecs.
If you have more than one of these plugins installed, and you want to force the browser to use a specific plugin then you have to modify the mimetype variable at the beginning of the script.
Many videos on YouTube are available in different formats. By default YouTotem is set to request the high quality MP4 version. If the MP4 version of the video is not available or if you are having bandwidth problems, you can change the requested version with the Firefox Menu: Tools → Greasemonkey → User Script Commands.
If you have got the Adobe flashplugin installed it's best to also install the Adblock Plus add-on for Firefox and add the following filter:
http://*youtube.*/*.swf*
For turning embedded YouTube videos into clickable images check out my YouTubeImageLink script.
