Can't run youtube vids on old laptop

Lethagized · 27 May 2011 at 02:38

I'm using the latest lucid puppy on an ancient sony vaio laptop that i use in my shed or when i'm out in the garden. I can't seem to watch any youtube videos on it. The sound is there, but no picture. I think the hardware is too old to play even the default resolution of the videos, so i need something that will select the lowest resolution for all youtube and flash videos. Something like a really old version of flash that will still be compatible with youtube.

Has anyone got any suggestions?

jack.mitchell · 28 May 2011 at 19:44

If you're that desperate you could try downloading the flv file and play it in a local player e.g. VLC or MPlayer. There are Firefox plug-ins to grab the video and download it automatically.

masterluke · 29 May 2011 at 19:00

whats the spec?

Lethagized · 1 Jun 2011 at 23:30

Specs are here

andy_mk3 · 1 Jun 2011 at 23:33

Jeebus that is old. You'd be better off buying an old laptop off the bay for £40, it would be 5x more powerful!

Lethagized · 1 Jun 2011 at 23:42

Well, the thing is, i had it for nothing and it does what i want it to do in my gym down the garden. It's currently running Xp Pro because i didn't get on well with puppy. As long as i can read pdf files, run spotify and browse the web, that's all i want. The only thing it doesn't do so far is watch flash videos.

opethdisciple · 2 Jun 2011 at 00:39

I think it would choke trying to play flash back to be honest.

My P4 pc is starting to struggle with flash.

andy_mk3 · 2 Jun 2011 at 00:41

You're actually miles behind minimum requirements!

PermaBanned · 2 Jun 2011 at 01:01

Also, what release of puppy? It's not been so lightweight since using Ubuntu as a base. Try Slitaz.

masterluke · 2 Jun 2011 at 12:41

have you just got the base 64mb ram?

if you put it up to 256 that should make a decent difference.

Maybe try crunchbang