FireFox Dropping Support for VLC Plug-in

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Re: FireFox Dropping Support for VLC Plug-in

Postby SkipR » 05 Aug 2020 16:24

The main use cases for the plugin are RTSP (web cams), multicast (IPTV) and plain HTTP or FTP (non-HTML5 audio/video files).

Why would somebody use the browser plugin for YouTube, when they can just watch YouTube directly in the browser.
I am having issues with Firefox 52.9.0 ESR and VLC plugin wirh VLC 3.0.10 installed. I get messages like VLC plugin is not responding and/or browser stops responding. Anyone have some sites they use so I can test the plugin is working for my PC?

Now that VLC can output playback to Chromecast it has renewed my curiosity in using plugin.
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Re: FireFox Dropping Support for VLC Plug-in

Postby Rémi Denis-Courmont » 05 Aug 2020 16:55

The failure could very well be caused by a bug that is triggered by the specific page being viewed.

You can still find example HTML to embed the VLC plug-in, but then again, do keep in mind that this is no longer maintained or supported by anybody.
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Re: FireFox Dropping Support for VLC Plug-in

Postby grey_rat » 17 Aug 2020 19:18

Youtube can be viewed with VLC plugin. You must install an extension ViewTube https://addons.mozilla.org/ru/firefox/addon/viewtube/
In the extension settings, change the settings
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Re: FireFox Dropping Support for VLC Plug-in

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