Have a look at these posts :
I did a summary of the available options before SMTube worked and
Dronecatcher found another alternative
#60
#62
This is the work-around created by Dronecatcher using Tenfourbox, youtube-dl and mplayer.
New Youtube Player/Downloader..even For G3
This is a GUI frontend but you need to install Xcode and Macports which takes up a lot of diskspace.
https://forums.macrumors.com/thread...5-8-alternative-for-youview-mactubes.2030035/
Basically it boils down to :
- using HTML5 playback in a browser either native (slow depends on processor/RAM/videocard ) or pretending to be a mobile device (UserAgent)
- using an extension or other application to STREAM the video from the browser on the Youtube page as done with
ClickToPlugin, NinjaKit, TFF PopupPlayer, PPC Mediacenter
- using an extension or application to DOWNLOAD the video from Youtube and then playback in a video player
ClickToPlugin, NinjaKit, youtube-dl
- using a stand-alone application to browse Youtube and send the video STREAM to a preferred video player
SMtube ( this used to work with MacTubes, YouView )
MODS, might it be worthwhile to create a sticky on top of the forum with a grand summary of all Youtube posts so there is one general topic to find this FAQ ?
Other forum members, please correct me if I'm wrong or forget an option.