After work, watching video programs online has become a casual option for many people. On the Windows platform, we can watch real-time online video programs either through a browser or through a wide range of specialized software, such as PPLive, PPStream, and UUSee. In Ubuntu, it is also very convenient to watch online videos, such as using Firefox to watch video site programs and using Sopcast to watch Real-time TV programs. Let's take a look. I. Use the Firefox browser
After work, watching video programs online has become a casual option for many people. On the Windows platform, we can watch real-time online video programs either through a browser or through a wide range of specialized software, such as PPLive, PPStream, and UUSee. In Ubuntu, it is also very convenient to watch online videos, such as using Firefox to watch video site programs and using Sopcast to watch Real-time TV programs. Let's take a look.
1. Use the Firefox browser to watch online videos
You can watch online videos on Ubuntu. Videos such as Youku and Youtube are usually viewed through the Firefox browser. Because the video playback control interfaces of these video sites are mostly developed based on Flash technology, to watch online video programs through Firefox, we must first install the Flash plug-in for the Firefox browser. We can refer to the official website of Flash Player. In the GNOME integrated desktop environment, double-click the downloaded install_flash_player_10_linux.deb file to automatically display the GDebi graphical Installation Tool window (). Click the "Install software package" button in the window and enter the administrator password, gdebi automatically installs the Flash plug-in for us.
The Ubuntu system comes with a Totem movie player, which also provides plug-ins for the Firefox browser to support playback of multiple video format files. Therefore, after installing the Flash plug-in, we can run the Firefox browser to access a video website and enjoy our favorite video programs.