Group: Play Freedom/WebM recipe
How to watch YouTube videos in WebM without proprietary JavaScript
Install LibreJS
LibreJS blocks non-free non-trivial JavaScript while allowing free or trivial JavaScript. The Firefox Add-on page allows for an easy one-click install in Mozilla Firefox.
Install a flash video replacer
For GNU/Linux users
Install totem-mozplugin-vegas
- For Debian-based distros (such as Trisquel or Ubuntu): sudo apt-get install totem-mozplugin-vegas
- For Fedora and yum-based distros: su -c 'yum install totem-mozplugin-vegas'
For any OS
Install FlashVideoReplacer:
How to upload a video to YouTube and ensure it is made available as WebM
YouTube now transcodes all uploaded videos into WebM, but the viewer must still use a flash video replacer to avoid proprietary JavaScript.
Make sure to choose no advertising for your video, because that can also have the effect of making it require Flash to view.