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damjan

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Registered: 2006-05-30

Posts: 462

Remote YouTube player

I'm running KDE on my desktop computer which is connected to a big screen and a nice amplifier with speakers.
My desktop is my home "server" too, running 24h/7, with owncloud, transmission-daemon and mpd.
mpd is great for music and I control it from both my laptop (I use cantata now) and my Android phone (mpdroid).

Now I want to send youtube links from my laptop and phone, and play them on the desktop. Is there some software like that?
My desktop is auto-logged-in to my account though, and auto-locked. Maybe I could run a plasma widget on the screensaver that does this?

drcouzelis

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From: Connecticut, USA

Registered: 2009-11-09

Posts: 4,092

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Re: Remote YouTube player

Wow, I don't understand your setup at ALL. O_o Will the fact that "mpv" can play YouTube videos help?

Example:

mpv http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TKthRw4KjEg

damjan

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Registered: 2006-05-30

Posts: 462

Re: Remote YouTube player

Wow, I don't understand your setup at ALL. O_o

Really? I must suck at explaining. Have you used mpd ever? I want the same thing for videos, but still beeing able to use the PC for normal work. ie. the PC can't be dedicated to only run XBMC for example.

Will the fact that "mpv" can play YouTube videos help?
Example:

mpv http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TKthRw4KjEg

smtube can do it too. But that requires too many manual steps. I was hoping for a service that does it all.

Awebb

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Registered: 2010-05-06

Posts: 6,688

Re: Remote YouTube player

I use XBMC and one of the many remotes for android. XBMC is on by default and on the active workspace. It runs in a borderless window. If you have tearing problems with that setup, search the board for "SDL tearing".