On Mon, Mar 23, 2009 at 05:22:34PM -0700, patrick keshishian wrote:
quoted text > On Mon, Mar 23, 2009 at 4:56 PM, Jacob Meuser <jakemsr@sdf.lonestar.org> wrote:
> > On Mon, Mar 23, 2009 at 03:39:41PM -0700, patrick keshishian wrote:
> >> On Mon, Mar 23, 2009 at 1:35 PM, Nick Guenther <kousue@gmail.com> wrote:
> >> > Also, youtube matters. This is going to get me flamed but a lot of
> >> > worthwhile content is in form of video now and not making that work
> >> > disenfranchises yourself.
> >>
> >> There are methods of fetching just the video off youtube if that's all
> >> you want. I think I've even seen at least two scripts in ports that
> >> just do that (www/youtube-dl is one and the other I can't recall its
> >> names off top of my head). I don't know how well they work; never used
> >> them myself.
> >
> > isn't that sorta like using ftp(1) to get JPEGs from sites you're
> > browsing with lynx(1)?
>
> Similar to how you might use `tar -zxvf some-port.tar.gz' after saving
> said attachment sent to ports@.
not really. graphics and flash animations are intended to be seen in
the browser. otherwise there would just be a link or an option to
download.
quoted text > Options to do things in different ways
> are always good.
sure.
quoted text > >> I agree with you on valuable/informative/entertaining content on youtube.
> >>
> >> Flash is open now, their specification docs were released. If it is
> >> important for folks, a truly open, reliable and secure versions
> >> should/could be implemented.
> >
> > I only got feedback from one person about swfdec update/sndio backend
> > addition.
>
> do you read that as no interest in said port?
somewhat.
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