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SummerisHERE 10-08-2015 08:44 AM
Run Firefox with a YouTube clip on 128 MB RAM Debian?
 
Hey,

I'm a Linux rookie so please explain things to me like I would be five. Please don't question why I want to watch a YouTube clip on a Debian server.

The server runs Debian 6 and I currently have root access in the terminal. That's all I got. No GUI just an idling server. What do I need in order to play a YouTube clip on the server?

pan64 10-08-2015 09:46 AM
do you have graphical frontend (gui) at all? If not you will need to install X and at least a player. Firefox is probably not required.

SummerisHERE 10-08-2015 10:01 AM
Quote:
Originally Posted by pan64 (Post 5431751)
do you have graphical frontend (gui) at all? If not you will need to install X and at least a player. Firefox is probably not required.
Hey, I don't have a GUI. I need to visit a website at the same time as the YouTube clip is playing. Since I only have 128 MB RAM I would need a very lightweight GUI, do you have any recommendations?

pan64 10-08-2015 10:11 AM
You need to install an X server and probably VLC to play youtube videos. http://lifehacker.com/5577212/play-y...c-media-player.
You do not need to install a full GUI.

SummerisHERE 10-08-2015 10:29 AM
Quote:
Originally Posted by pan64 (Post 5431760)
You need to install an X server and probably VLC to play youtube videos. http://lifehacker.com/5577212/play-y...c-media-player.
You do not need to install a full GUI.
I need to play the YouTube clip in a browser, and that means I will need a full GUI?

cynwulf 10-08-2015 10:55 AM
You will barely be able to run a browser on 128MB of RAM, let alone play streaming video. Give it up.

SummerisHERE 10-08-2015 11:01 AM
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Originally Posted by cynwulf (Post 5431770)
You will barely be able to run a browser on 128MB of RAM, let alone play streaming video. Give it up.
I was wrong, It's 256 MB RAM, not 128.

ntubski 10-08-2015 11:11 AM
Maybe ASCII video could be workable? http://asciitube.bgreco.net/

SummerisHERE 10-08-2015 11:19 AM
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Originally Posted by ntubski (Post 5431775)
Maybe ASCII video could be workable? http://asciitube.bgreco.net/
No, I must play the YouTube clip through a web browser.

cynwulf 10-08-2015 11:24 AM
You will barely be able to run a browser on 256MB of RAM, let alone play streaming video. Give it up.

frieza 10-08-2015 11:45 AM
it would be tricky, but if you can activate your framebuffer console (either a vga= or gfxpayload= in your grub.conf), you can use link2 and vlc in a frabebuffer console..

ntubski 10-08-2015 11:46 AM
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Originally Posted by SummerisHERE (Post 5431777)
No, I must play the YouTube clip through a web browser.
http://asciitube.bgreco.net/ does run in your browser.

SummerisHERE 10-08-2015 11:57 AM
Quote:
Originally Posted by ntubski (Post 5431795)
http://asciitube.bgreco.net/ does run in your browser.
I need to watch the YouTube clip from a certain website...

Habitual 10-08-2015 12:05 PM
Merely repeating your "need" is insufficient for a satisfactory result.

SummerisHERE 10-08-2015 12:13 PM
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Originally Posted by Habitual (Post 5431803)
Merely repeating your "need" is insufficient for a satisfactory result.
What? Please don't post if you're just being a <edited out>.


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