Title: mplayer_on_slow_cpu.txt Subject: Configure slow cpu system to play utube videos (clive + mplayer + xclip) REFERENCE: http://olpcnews.com/forum/index.php?topic=2240.60 REFERENCE: http://olpcnews.com/forum/index.php?topic=2240.90 clive + mplayer + xclip play youtube videos on XO with no or minimal amount of dropped frames, emerge xclip emerge clive install flashblock extentions for firefox In Firefox, Tools->Add-ons->Get Extensions->Search for flashblock->Click "Add to Friefox" wget http://mars.illtel.denver.co.us/~abelits/software/olpc/tubewtcher-0.1.tar.gz wget http://mars.illtel.denver.co.us/~abelits/software/olpc/mplayer-clive-configs.tar.gz mkdir tubewatcher mplayer-clive-configs tar -xvzf tubewtcher-0.1.tar.gz -C tubewatcher tar -xzvf mplayer-clive-configs.tar.gz -C mplayer-clive-configs Usage: Create an icon to launch tubewatcher script Right click on utube or google video and choose "Copy Link Location". Run tubewatcher The script reads the url from the clip board