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{nav icon=home, name=Main Page > icon=info-circle, name=PureOS > icon=list-ul, name=Tips & Tricks > Watching web videos} Watching web videos directly --- == Playing videos in GNOME MPV == You can watch YouTube, Vimeo, etc. videos directly in a program //**GNOME MPV**//. Install it from //Software Center// if you haven't already, and start it up, click the !!+!! icon... {F27207, size=full, alt=Gnome mpv 1} ...then !!Open Location!! and paste the video link: {F27208, size=full, alt=Gnome mpv 2} Your video should load in //GNOME MPV//: {F27211, size=full, alt=Gnome mpv 2} == Playing videos in Gnome MPV directly from PureBrowser == Start PureBrowser and install this extension: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/open-with/ (click //Download Anyway// to install it). Then go to {nav Add-ons > "Open With" addon > Preferences} and set !!Main context menu (links)!! to //Display as menu items//, set others to //Don't display//: {F27217, size=full, alt=PureBrowser gnome-mpv 1} Then click on !!Add...!! button and find a file **//io.github.GnomeMpv.desktop//**, select it and click open: {F27219, size=full, alt=PureBrowser gnome-mpv 2} You can click the new menu item entry you've created to edit its name, for example into "GNOME MPV". Now when right-click on a link you will have this menu entry which will pass the link to //GNOME MPV//, see the example with YouTube: {F27221, size=full, alt=PureBrowser gnome-mpv 3} ...and Vimeo: {F27223, size=full, alt=PureBrowser gnome-mpv 4} NOTE: This right-click menu entry will show up on any link, but obviously only links to online videos will work in //GNOME MPV//. Here is a list of supported video websites: https://rg3.github.io/youtube-dl/supportedsites.html.

{nav icon=home, name=Main Page > icon=info-circle, name=PureOS > icon=list-ul, name=Tips & Tricks > Watching web videos} Watching web videos directly --- == Playing videos in GNOME MPV == You can watch YouTube, Vimeo, etc. videos directly in a program //**GNOME MPV**//. Install it from //Software Center// if you haven't already, and start it up, click the !!+!! icon... {F27207, size=full, alt=Gnome mpv 1} ...then !!Open Location!! and paste the video link: {F27208, size=full, alt=Gnome mpv 2} Your video should load in //GNOME MPV//: {F27211, size=full, alt=Gnome mpv 2} Note: This blog post also explains how you can load the entire YouTube playlist: https://puri.sm/posts/youtube-streaming-with-less-interruptions-and-more-privacy/ == Playing videos in Gnome MPV directly from PureBrowser == Start PureBrowser and install this extension: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/open-with/ (click //Download Anyway// to install it). Then go to {nav Add-ons > "Open With" addon > Preferences} and set !!Main context menu (links)!! to //Display as menu items//, set others to //Don't display//: {F27217, size=full, alt=PureBrowser gnome-mpv 1} Then click on !!Add...!! button and find a file **//io.github.GnomeMpv.desktop//**, select it and click open: {F27219, size=full, alt=PureBrowser gnome-mpv 2} You can click the new menu item entry you've created to edit its name, for example into "GNOME MPV". Now when right-click on a link you will have this menu entry which will pass the link to //GNOME MPV//, see the example with YouTube: {F27221, size=full, alt=PureBrowser gnome-mpv 3} ...and Vimeo: {F27223, size=full, alt=PureBrowser gnome-mpv 4} NOTE: This right-click menu entry will show up on any link, but obviously only links to online videos will work in //GNOME MPV//. Here is a list of supported video websites: https://rg3.github.io/youtube-dl/supportedsites.html.

{nav icon=home, name=Main Page > icon=info-circle, name=PureOS > icon=list-ul, name=Tips & Tricks > Watching web videos} Watching web videos directly --- == Playing videos in GNOME MPV == You can watch YouTube, Vimeo, etc. videos directly in a program //**GNOME MPV**//. Install it from //Software Center// if you haven't already, and start it up, click the !!+!! icon... {F27207, size=full, alt=Gnome mpv 1} ...then !!Open Location!! and paste the video link: {F27208, size=full, alt=Gnome mpv 2} Your video should load in //GNOME MPV//: {F27211, size=full, alt=Gnome mpv 2} Note: This blog post also explains how you can load the entire YouTube playlist: https://puri.sm/posts/youtube-streaming-with-less-interruptions-and-more-privacy/ == Playing videos in Gnome MPV directly from PureBrowser == Start PureBrowser and install this extension: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/open-with/ (click //Download Anyway// to install it). Then go to {nav Add-ons > "Open With" addon > Preferences} and set !!Main context menu (links)!! to //Display as menu items//, set others to //Don't display//: {F27217, size=full, alt=PureBrowser gnome-mpv 1} Then click on !!Add...!! button and find a file **//io.github.GnomeMpv.desktop//**, select it and click open: {F27219, size=full, alt=PureBrowser gnome-mpv 2} You can click the new menu item entry you've created to edit its name, for example into "GNOME MPV". Now when right-click on a link you will have this menu entry which will pass the link to //GNOME MPV//, see the example with YouTube: {F27221, size=full, alt=PureBrowser gnome-mpv 3} ...and Vimeo: {F27223, size=full, alt=PureBrowser gnome-mpv 4} NOTE: This right-click menu entry will show up on any link, but obviously only links to online videos will work in //GNOME MPV//. Here is a list of supported video websites: https://rg3.github.io/youtube-dl/supportedsites.html.