Youtube mobile via firefox and VLC on XP?

November 28, 2007 9:09 AM

I want to watch youtube MOBILE on my computer (m.youtube.com) but can't quite get it. Firefox and VLC gets me close, but not easily and sadly without sound. Would I better off with some smartphone emulator?

The situation: My internet bandwidth isn't good. And the youtube mobile files seem to be the exact same content...just smaller screensize and resolution for mobile phones. Perfect. I can browse over to that site via Firefox , copy the rtsp:// link (instead of standard http://) and paste it into VLC.

HOWEVER, 2 issues. One, I have no sound. Two, it's a lot of steps.

I've tried registering the rtsp:// protocol in firefox to open VLC by default and it didn't take.

I'm on XP, but have used inspiration from this:
http://ubit.buffalo.edu/linux/ublinux4/rtsp.php
and this
http://zerlinna.blogweb.de/archives/73-Watching-Video-streams-mms-and-rtsp-protocol.html)

Is VLC not the right option? Do I have to "rediscover" the "joys" of realplayer?
Or am I missing some obvious solution?

Thanks!

posted by wogbat to Computers & Internet (1 answer total)

Try quicktime instead of VLC. It has the codecs needed to play those.
posted by bigmusic at 11:45 AM on November 28, 2007