[was = Warning! A Linux Commercial] Flash Sucks

[eric c]

John Abreau:
> I've found that mplayer plays youtube videos just fine. And there's a
> simple download script on freshmeat.net called "youtube-dl" to
> download the .flv video files.

Oh wow that's neat.  I didn't know mplayer could play flv.  Thanks.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flv

I just used a firefox addon to get the flv. 
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/3006

Matt Shields:
> For those who don't get that, you must not have seen this
> http://www.badgerbadgerbadger.com/

It's swf.  Here's one mplayer liked better.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GOxR7rTYuSI
Madness.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Badger_badger

Kristian Hermansen:
> Everyone should note the difference between Adobe Flash Video (flv) and 
> Adobe Flash Animation (swf)....

Good point.

- Eric C.


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