Script Summary: Watch videos from video sharing web sites without Flash Player. You can view the videos with a classic video plugin or with HTML5's video player. A download option is also available.
Version: 2012.05.19
About:
This script replaces Adobe's Flash Player with a classic HTML Object element or with the new HTML5 Video element and the video as the source. The video is played by a browser video plugin of your choice or HTML5's video player.License:
-> This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License.
Site: http://isebaro.com/viewtube/?ln=en
Contact: http://isebaro.com/contact/?ln=en&sb=viewtube
Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PIVWyLFNGsU
Screenshot:
Sites:
» YouTube
» Dailymotion
» MetaCafe
» Vimeo
» Break
» FunnyOrDie
» BlipTV
» Veoh
» VeeHD
» Mevio
» 5min
» Videojug
» Facebook Videos
» IMDBVideos
» Discovery Videos
» National Geographic Videos
Limits & Issues:
-> If the script doesn't load, refresh the video page.
-> If a related video is open in the same page by replacing the current video, the script doesn't work. Try to refresh the page or open related videos in new tabs/windows.
-> On some sites there are videos embedded from an external source/site (Dailymotion, IMDB, Veoh). The script doesn't work for these videos.
Videos:
Definitions:Very Low Definition: 2XX
Low Definition: 2XX, 3XX
Standard Definition: 4XX, 5XX
High Definition: 720
Full High Definition: 1080
Containers, Codecs & Mimetypes:
FLV: H263 Video + MP3 Audio, video/flv
FLV: H264 Video + AAC Audio, video/flv
MP4: H264 Video + AAC Audio, video/mp4
MOV: H264 Video + AAC Audio, video/mov
M4V: H264 Video + AAC Audio, video/m4v
WebM: VP8 Video + Vorbis Audio, video/webm
Limits & Issues:
-> For some sites the video definition is no always correct.
-> For some sites the video container is no always correct.
Browsers:
Firefox:(or based on: IceWeasel, IceCat, TenFourFox etc)
-> with Greasemonkey add-on: https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/748/
Chromium:
(or based on: Chrome, Iron etc)
-> no add-on needed, just click the install button above
Safari:
-> for versions < 5.1 with GreaseKit add-on: http://safariaddons.com/en-US/safari/addon/43
-> for all versions (?) with NinjaKit add-on: http://d.hatena.ne.jp/os0x/20100612/1276330696
-> as bookmarklet with Geekmonkey add-on: http://surber.us/2006/04/14/geekmonkey/
Opera:
-> no add-on needed, just place the script in the JavaScript files directory
Konqueror:
-> with KHTML-Userscript extension: http://kde-apps.org/content/show.php?content=14...
Epiphany:
-> using the Greasemonkey extension from Epiphany extensions
Midori:
-> using “User Addons” extension
Plugins:
Linux:MPlayerPlug-In: http://mplayerplug-in.sourceforge.net
Gecko-MediaPlayer: http://code.google.com/p/gecko-mediaplayer
Totem: http://projects.gnome.org/totem
VLC: http://videolan.org/vlc
Kaffeine: http://kaffeine.kde.org
Dragon Player: http://kde.org/applications/multimedia/dragonpl...
KMPlayer: http://kmplayer.kde.org
Windows:
Windows Media Player: http://www.interoperabilitybridges.com/windows-...
QuickTime: http://apple.com/quicktime
Mac:
QuickTime: http://apple.com/quicktime
Limits & Issues:
-> Not all plugins are able to play all videos from all sites.
-> For KDE video plugins to work in other browsers use KPartsPlugin: http://www.unix-ag.uni-kl.de/~fischer/kpartsplu...
Options:
Plugin:-> You can choose from: Auto, MPEG, MP4, WMP, WMP2, QT, HTML5
-> Auto: let the browser choose the video plugin associated with the type of the video you're watching
-> MPEG|MP4: all videos are played with the video plugin associated with these file types
-> WMP|WMP2: all videos are played with Windows Media Player video plugin (Windows only)
-> QT: all videos are played with QuickTime video plugin (Windows and Mac)
-> HTML5: all videos are played with HTML5 video plugin
Autoplay:
-> Click 'Autoplay' button to turn autoplay on/off. If it's on, the video starts to play when the video page is loaded or when a new video format is selected. If it's off, a video thumbnail and a 'Play' button are shown.
Definition:
-> Click this button to change the default video definition. If it's 'HD', the highest video hefinition is selected and played. If it's 'SD', the standard video definition is selected and played. If it's 'LD', the lowest video definition is selected and played. The order of video containers is: MP4, WebM, FLV, MOV, M4V.
Container:
-> Click this button to change the default video container. Options are 'MP4', 'WebM' and 'Any'. If it's 'Any' the order of video containers is: MP4, WebM, FLV, MOV, M4V.
Changelog:
#2012.05.19
Script:
-> Adds support for VeeHD, MP4/H264 and AVI/DivX at various definitions.
#2012.04.27
Script:
-> Direct download for YouTube, video url link for the others.
Vimeo:
-> Fixed for the new layout.
-> Available videos: HD (720p) MP4, LD (360p) MP4, VLD (270p) MP4.
Break:
-> Don't run the script on Break Pictures.
Blip.TV
-> Don't run the script on non video pages.
-> Resizes video window.
#2012.04.13
Break:
-> Adds support for game trailers, movie trailers, sport videos, sony-dvds and more.
-> Uses the same window size for all videos.
#2012.04.08
5min:
-> Fixes urls for some videos.
#2012.04.06
YouTube:
-> A new attempt to block/remove HTML5 videos.
#2012.04.04
YouTube:
-> Removes HTML5 videos while loading without checking for video player type, Flash or HTML5.
Facebook:
-> Fixed for Timeline, video URL has changed.
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