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Tiny Core Base => TCB Q&A Forum => Topic started by: Moon on March 02, 2025, 07:48:18 AM

Title: Need help with playing video on sites like youtube.
Post by: Moon on March 02, 2025, 07:48:18 AM

Hello every one. I am Moon. A little bit about myself, i had this really old computer lying around which i wanted to use and i came across Tiny core linux. Its been couple of days of using tiny core. I am learning a lot, i mean seriously it is a journey indeed.

The problem i am facing is that i cant play any videos from youtube or site that similar to youtube. I was learning about the issue i got to know about codecs and different formats. i still think i don't know much about the issue. i want to use Tiny core efficiently. I've managed to play videos of simipler formats.But i cant seem to run any videos from sites like youtube. Your help would be appreciated.

Title: Re: Need help with playing video on sites like youtube.
Post by: GNUser on March 02, 2025, 11:16:18 AM

Hi Moon. Welcome to the forum.

You didn't say which version and architecture you're using. You can find out by running these commands:

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$ version
$ uname -mIf you are using a recent version (12 or later) and x86_64 architecture, you can load (i.e., "install") the brave-browser extension, which supports video playback (from youtube and other sites) out of the box. This is how you load brave-browser:

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$ tce-load -wi brave-browser

Title: Re: Need help with playing video on sites like youtube.
Post by: Rich on March 02, 2025, 11:30:59 AM

Hi Moon

Quote from: Moon on March 02, 2025, 07:48:18 AM

... i had this really old computer lying around which i wanted to use ...

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