The same procedure can be used to associate other video downloaders such as net-misc/youtube-dl. If the site is supported, the player will be open as expected. Right click on links or visit pages containing videos.

(Optional step) Choose how to display the dialogs using the left panel of Open-with add-on.In the dialog select a video streaming capable player (e.g.Next, install the Open-with Firefox add-on and configure it in the following way: The lua USE flag allows net-misc/youtube-dl to work in mpv, and the openssl USE flag allows FFmpeg/Libav to open streams. AlternativesĪlternatives to Adobe Flash may be available.Īn alternative to using Adobe Flash Player when only playing video streams from YouTube, Vimeo, Twitch, Internet TV stream, etc., is to install media-video/mpv with the lua USE flag, and media-video/ffmpeg or media-video/libav with the openssl USE flag. Adobe attracts wide number of users for web rich experience with its H.264 video. It can represent your animations, designs and web content with crystal clear impact whereas the advanced user interface allows easy deployment over all kind of platforms and browsers. The Gentoo project recommends avoiding the use of Adobe Flash. Adobe Flash Player is well known for its standard high quality content delivery. It has been removed from gentoo.git in bug #754192. As of December 31, 2020, Adobe Flash is end of life.

Alternative for adobe flash player