ps2 linux youtube

[Otje]

i 've a fat ps2 with working ps2linux blackrhino.
i have also watched several youtube vids. a few months ago,but here comes the problem:

it has been more than a half year that i have used ps2linux.
when i want to play a video, the mplayer program starts, setting the language, extracting the video info. but then it says that the video has the wrong format.

how is it possible??

[deba5er]

You'll need to download the new version of youtube-dl.py and place the script into the /usr/local/bin directory.

su
(enter the password)
cd /usr/local/bin
wget http://bitbucket.org/rg3/youtube-dl/....03/youtube-dl
mv youtube-dl youtube-dl.py

youtube has been changing very quickly of late, so this only lasts so long. Also, youtube formats are changing and the mplayer can't handle the newer ones.

[gamewarden56]

You'll need to download the new version of youtube-dl.py and place the script into the /usr/local/bin directory.

su
(enter the password)
cd /usr/local/bin
wget http://bitbucket.org/rg3/youtube-dl/....03/youtube-dl
mv youtube-dl youtube-dl.py

youtube has been changing very quickly of late, so this only lasts so long. Also, youtube formats are changing and the mplayer can't handle the newer ones.

I remember a few months ago I was able to watch youtube vids also, but now I get the same thing as the guy above. I've tried the script and everything works fine.
It downloads the .flv but unfourtunatly youtube keeps updating all there stuff.

Would there be anyway to download youtube vides as .swf files. Or out of curiosity are .swf sorta not supported for ps2 linux?
If .swf are able to be used with ps2 mozilla firefox, maybe something could be used to download these vids.

[Otje]

when i start the video it dowloads it but then it says its an unsupported video codec,
is that my fault or is it not possible to play youtube because of the updates from youtube

[deba5er]

Unsupported codec means that this is one of the videos that this old version of mplayer cannot play. Try others, when you get an older video from youtube, you will have more luck.

[Otje]

i tried abaout 15 vids, also the ones with three years of age, but i think it isn't possible to watch youtube vids anymore.

[Otje]

Is there anyone who can watch youtube vids at the moment? (12-27-2010)

[deba5er]

@Otje

The default downloaded format from youtube was changed to H.264 (for Apple IPhones, etc.) so the old .flv format has to be selected. Although youtube supposedly this month removed the ability to use the fmt= format selector, it appears that I have it working fine again with the new (1) youtube-dl.py and slightly updated scripts (2) youtube and (3) youtubes. All may be downloaded from here:
4shared - My 4shared - shared folder - free file sharing and storage

Place these files in /usr/local/bin and chmod 755 files (su to do this) so that you can run them.

The youtube-dl.py is written by R. Gonzalez and is downloadable from here for more frequent updates as youtube changes things (which they do often):
youtube-dl: Download Page

I chose format 5, H.263. More about youtube formats may be found here:
YouTube - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Let me know if you have problems after placing them in the right directory and giving them the appropriate permissions to run.

[Otje]

so when i place thes file onto a usb device I can place them in the usr/local/bin directory an the only thing i have to do afterwards is to give the command:

"chmod 755" or am i wrong?

and how can I change to "format 5"?

(@deba5er: Thanks for the great work and to make the ps2lInux community alive)

[wisi]

@ Otje
If you open the file "youtube" or "youtubes" in a text editor - gedit, vim, nano, etc. you can see the line

python2 /usr/local/bin/youtube-dl.py -f 5 $url | tee /tmp/youtube.txt

that "5" specifies the file format to be downloaded. In other words - you do not need to change the file.

the only thing i have to do afterwards is to give the command:

"chmod 755" or am i wrong?

you first have to go to "/usr/local/bin" , then do a "chmod 755 youtube":

cd /usr/local/bin
chmod 755 youtube
chmod 755 youtubes
chmod 755 youtube-dl.py

You have to copy the files to there as root, before you do the above:

su
changeme
mount -t vfat /dev/sda1 /mnt/sda1
cp /mnt/sda1/<the folder where you put the files>/youtube /usr/local/bin
cp /mnt/sda1/<the folder where you put the files>/youtubes /usr/local/bin
cp /mnt/sda1/<the folder where you put the files>/youtube-dl.py /usr/local/bin