Run Firefox with a YouTube clip on 128 MB RAM Debian?

SummerisHERE · 10-08-2015, 08:44 AM

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

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Originally Posted by pan64

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

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Originally Posted by pan64

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

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

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..