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Benjamin M. A'Lee wrote: > On Wed, Aug 05, 2009 at 10:26:34AM +0100, tom wrote: > >> Benjamin M. A'Lee wrote: >> >>> On Wed, Aug 05, 2009 at 10:06:31AM +0100, tom wrote: >>> >>> >>>> http://xkcd.com/ for today is spot on! >>>> Tom te tom te tom >>>> >>>> >>> Yeah, who *does* use full-screen Flash? >>> >>> >>> >> I must confess I don't use it on Linux boxes - even my 64bit machine it >> goes gaga. >> However on the missuses 1.2Ghz W2k laptop I have watched full screen >> Flash courtesy of the bbc and new scientist. >> > > On the rare occasion I want to watch a video, I use get_iplayer or > youtube-dl, then watch it in mplayer which is a much nicer UI (keyboard > controls, for a start). On the rare occasion I’ve watched a Flash video > fullscreen, I don’t remember having any problems. > > On the other hand, 4096 processor cores would be pretty awesome. > > I find the trouble with get_iplayer is I download the whole thing. With Iplayer I watch a couple of minutes before realising its not worth the effort or then setting get_iplayer running and not having time to watch it... Tom te tom te tom -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html