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 minitube

Native youtube client
593KB
http://flavio.tordini.org/minitube
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156 reviews
Description:

Minitube is a native youtube client. with it you can watch youtube videos in a new way: you type a keyword, minitube gives you an endless video stream.

minitube does not require the flash player.

minitube is not about cloning the original youtube web interface, it aims to create a new tv-like experience.

User reviews:
ScoreComment
1 week ago

BeeDung
4 Masooookkk
2 weeks ago

Dean28
3 Crashes a lot
2 weeks ago

chompskyhomp
4 This is awesome. My only complaint is that there's no actions to like, favorite, add to playlist, or see related/channel videos.
1 month ago

disPPlay
4 There is room for improvement for this app. But i still prefer minitube as a native youtube client.
3 months ago

vatkur
5 Awesome,,, Search,Play,Download :D
3 months ago

lswarte
3 Unfortunately can't get it to work in Mint 12 LXDE. The idea though is great, and the interface looks simple and elegant as well. The suggested solution from jamesmacfadyen (2012.11.13) didn’t help me as well unfortunately.
3 months ago

RemuN
5 Works great in nadia mate 64bit
3 months ago

Anders56
2 Don't work in Linux Mint 13 Maya
4 months ago

Barbara1991
5 Muito bom mesmo, deveria vir padrão no sistema
4 months ago

nediis
2 didn`t play video in linux mint mate 13
4 months ago

krotow
5 Coolest resource saver, when used to play tunes from YouTube at background in busy Java development environment. It take only 40 MB of RAM, and play smoothly instead of any browser, which Flash plugins eat all remaining RAM fast (1,5 GB for YouTube video player in Flash? Challenge accepted.) and hang my workstation.
4 months ago

qLrPi
5 I 2 Thank you James, and thank you Flavio Tordini
4 months ago

qosmio
5 Nadia 64bit. Running perfectly after fix:) If you dont get video then read earlier comments to fix it...
5 months ago

tuntst
2 Didn't open any video
5 months ago

van_isle_lin
5 Installed Minitube today--LinuxMint Nadia--64bit. It's exactly what I was looking for. I ran the code fix suggested by James MacFadyen and the program is working perfectly. Thank you James, and thank you Flavio Tordini.
5 months ago

telcnas
2 I think smtube latest version is much better than minitube...........
6 months ago

stepan
2 i don't know, was expecting something smoth and light, nothing like that.
6 months ago

manu27
1 Installer hier et je désinstalle à l'instant... Essayer sous linux Mint Maya et ne fonctionne pas... Il ouvre et trouve les vidéo mais ne les lis pas...
6 months ago

nelly76djm
5 just installed today works great no problems version 1.9-1 minitube on mint nadia cinnamon 32 bit
7 months ago

jamesmacfadyen
5 This program is not unstable! There's a GStreamer bug (in the gstreamer0.10-plugins-bad package) in the latest Ubuntu 12.04 Precise Pangolin and other possibly distros that breaks MPEG4 (.mp4) playback for applications such as Totem, Minitube and others. AS Linux Mint is based on Ubuntu it has inherited this bug. To fix this run the following command in terminal: - 32bit: sudo mv /usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/gstreamer-0.10/libgstvideoparsersbad.so /usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/gstreamer-0.10/libgstvideoparsersbad.so.bak - 64bit: sudo mv /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/gstreamer-0.10/libgstvideoparsersbad.so /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/gstreamer-0.10/libgstvideoparsersbad.so.bak
7 months ago

photoao
1 It did work well a few years ago, since at least 2 years, it doesn't work any more, probably boycotted by youtube.
7 months ago

Thorvald27600
1 Ne fonctionne pas du tout... Archi nul!
8 months ago

guv999
3 very temperamental when it comes to playback, but great for downloading
8 months ago

Jessey-Lawson
1 This is just spam, it does not work at all any more and youtube no longer allows you to use it. Also it only full works on 32 not 64. Even Microsoft is going to drop suport of 32 after windows 8. Every thing should be in 64 or 128 bit. Not usefulll at it just looks cool to show to freinds, otherwise it is junk that should be removed from the page.
8 months ago

lourdeaux
4 When is the version for mint 13 kde coming? Preggo!
8 months ago

Klayman
3 A GREAT program... I loved using this on LM11 but now that I've upgraded to 13 I can't use this at all... crashes
8 months ago

Koljan
5 Recently discovered this program, a great program
9 months ago

rafaelj86
1 Does not work on mint 13
10 months ago

Steffi
4 works fine on mint12 but not on mint13 and kubuntu
11 months ago

paumoll
3 al final tengo instalada la version 1.6 desde los ppa's
11 months ago

10tacl3
3 it's a good idea BUT it's very unstable , at least in Maya it crashes when you want to play another song...
11 months ago

phllbit
5 Great program works perfectly in Linux Mint 12 for Linux Mint 13 take out gstreamer plugin bad download version 1.8 works perfectly now
1 year ago

oca159
2 se salta los videos
1 year ago

santawyus
2 too much crash in lmde and not user friendly, unusable for me.
1 year ago

jadomanux
5 super j'adore minitube :)
1 year ago

kirigliss
1 Le deuxième effet kisscool est vraiment désagréable ... delete !
1 year ago

shure58
5 very good
1 year ago

gshaibi
5 Great!!
1 year ago

irget
5 Nice,extra...
1 year ago

frederikbh
4 i like it!!
1 year ago

deXeno
2 good concept but doesn't score in functionality. this app is pretty much useless till the whole video is not downloaded
1 year ago

ali20
5 خیلی خوب و عالی
1 year ago

jcozy
5 Makes watching a bunch of related videos easy!!
1 year ago

kneekoo
4 Version 1.5-1 works for me. The only issue I found so far is download management. If you accidentally download a video in whatever resolution you can't redownload it because Minitube will remember it has already downloaded it and won't download it again. Close the program and start it again to be able to download again. And delete the unwanted version of the video while at it.
1 year ago

NahsiN
2 Cool concept but not fully functional. Seek button only works upto end of buffered video. If you seek too far it abruptly skips. There is no support for google accounts. One can't watch videos in playlists created by the user or by somebody else.
1 year ago

enigma79
5 12345
1 year ago

ciskinho
5 muy bueno para ver videos de corrido y sin publicidad, ademas tambien podrás descargartelos
1 year ago

opus
3 I did everything as explained in http://www.ubuntu-how-to.com/2010/05/minitube-update-10.htm. It launches and plays well. However, the moment I close the terminal, the applications closes too and I can't find it anywhere in the menu. I did that twice. In a previous posting I found this copy ./build/target/minitube to desktop and use as a shortcut.' To be honest I couldn't find a way to copy that on the desktop. How should I do that? Thanks in advance'
1 year ago

jamvaru
5 fantastic, if only it had its own equalizer, but...
1 year ago

nicknormal
2 Video seek function doesn't work. Instead video just abruptly ends. Uninstalled.
1 year ago

veritas
5 missing the options to see comments and description, otherwise nice
1 year ago

chelovekonline
2 проблемы с получением видео (а точнее не идет совсем). Возможно и наверняка все это решаемо, но лень копаться
1 year ago

luisf
4 I had problems with Minitube, but I managed to sort through this link: http://forums.linuxmint.com/viewtopic.php?f=42&t=82936
1 year ago

niowfi
5 I like it.
1 year ago

vella
5 Idon't know yet how useful it is for me but I like it. Had to add this https://launchpad.net/~nilarimogard/+archive/webupd8 and download the latest 64bit from there
1 year ago

Anleoje
3 Sometimes it doesn't work :(
1 year ago

unixshredder
4 Works only after following http://www.ubuntu-how-to.com/2010/05/minitube-update-10.html. For the last step use ./build/target/minitube instead of ./build/target/minitunes. Then copy ./build/target/minitube to desktop and use as a shortcut.
1 year ago

roezer
2 Cannot get video
1 year ago

swftech
5 For those having problems with Minitube opening but not playing anything here is what helped me get it working on Mint 11 http://community.linuxmint.com/tutorial/view/563
1 year ago

jvbuxte
4 It works w/ version 1.5. Nice to have this tool for playing youtube vids.
1 year ago

mjoens41
2 I just can't get it to play. It loads all the previews and top bar keeps on flickering pause, and the thing never does anything?
1 year ago

chelo
4 I was so tired of the stupid flash player. This was great option. I would love to see the option to open arbitrary websites outside Youtube.
1 year ago

obakfahad
5 It will need it who have faced problem installing flash in firefox......best one.
2 years ago

Snookybear
5 I hope it plays youtube videos that are on facebook.
2 years ago

hero1900
4 its a good way to view youtube stuff
2 years ago

Dreamcast000
5 Me maravillo...excelente aplicacion muy Recomendable!
2 years ago

jordanreed11
5 Pure magic. It works better than the actual site, especially full screen.
2 years ago

gobble
5 better than the website
2 years ago

dinkyt
5 it rocks ... great way to browse youtube
2 years ago

JohnnyBuntu
5 superb works flawlessly in Linux Mint Debian 6.0
2 years ago

diegoelsurfer
4 Me gusta mucho, funciona perfecto en LM 11 Katya (64)
2 years ago

mitanshugamer
4 Nifty..
2 years ago

xfirebg
5 It works perfectly in Katya 32bit
2 years ago

sinapsis
4 Works fine on my Julia 64 - bits
2 years ago

Rafson
4 hey guys, it works. you have to update to new version (currently 1.4.3)
2 years ago

kev1961
2 Does not work on Mint Julia
2 years ago

wanako
2 It doesn't work on Isadora.
2 years ago

1027663
2 Would love to use it, but it does not work on my Linux Mint (Julia) -.-
2 years ago

turipriv
4 Really cool client.
2 years ago

Tonya
4 Really quick search. Regretfully it was no playback on Isadora 32-bit. But it works on Katya!!!!!
2 years ago

taurus
4 If this version don't play video from youtube, you can install working version by adding repository in Synaptic with this string: "deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/neversfelde/minitube/ubuntu maverick main"
2 years ago

millerjackr
4 really good access
2 years ago

Alfram
2 Confirm, don't work on Mint 64-bit
2 years ago

Godric
4 I approve of this.
2 years ago

donypg
4 very good
2 years ago

zaenal1234
4 very good,and fast to search+playing video youtube.
2 years ago

exuser
1 no work in linux mint 64-bit
2 years ago

tenaro
5 Es muy bueno. Me sirve de tele para mi hijo y mis sobrinos.
2 years ago

Zer0
4 Needs some improvements, but overall a very nice application for Youtube.
2 years ago

wanda
2 Bah nein.
2 years ago

tiger2wander
5 Usefull
2 years ago

mikefreeman
4 Ok, before complaining that it doesn't work at all, remember: to make it work on Mint 10, you MUST add the phonon-backend-gstreamer package. They really need to correct its dependencies!
2 years ago

Jinryu
1 Rather buggy.... doesn't seem to work with Mint 10
2 years ago

numn
4 Simple to use, love the feature of downloading the vids and the fullscreen works perfectly! (++)
2 years ago

gorillabond
2 I cant even figure out how to open the new version thats a tar.gz
2 years ago

adilblender
4 can i play m.youtube.com videos instead of default web
2 years ago

peterval
3 Does not work at all with Mint 9 or Mint 10
2 years ago

m4daredsun
1 *** :-( It doesn't work anymore :-( *** Great app & flash-independent!!! But don't expect many options to play with...
2 years ago

simmy
4 This version did not work for me (amd64 mint Julia) However the build 1.3 i compiled from source (from author's website link) worked great, nice program and does what it says!
2 years ago

romanybob
3 With minimum effort it dose not work. Could dowload from website etc, but went on YouTube instead!
2 years ago

grim
4 Useful!
2 years ago

LitoII
4 Not bad!!!!
2 years ago

Elisa
4 Good
2 years ago

RobinJ
3 ... I can download video's, but I can't play them within the program.
2 years ago

velheru
5 Great Tool
2 years ago

hellnest
5 live tv :P
2 years ago

Ints
2 never worked "the file or folder www.youtube.com not exists"
2 years ago

sabinandrei
5 on julia x64 i had to install libxine1-ffmpeg to make it work
2 years ago

jxgreat
5 a very awesome youtube player works even faster then youtube in playing videos. thank you very much developer for developing this nice app.
2 years ago

Sol_Badguy
3 good...
2 years ago

goly
3 It was nice (but not necessary) until it worked :) Some days after the installation videos were found but not played. I don't know why it suddenly stopped working but I solved by installing libxine1-ffmpeg (as proposed by dangger)
2 years ago

BrianT
5 Works great. Even pulls TED videos.
2 years ago

dekaband
5 minitube works in Julia, fullscreen HD looks good.
2 years ago

Deadite81
4 Cool little to-the-point app. Recommended!
2 years ago

Greg-NZ
5 Excellent for viewing and downloading. Don't forget to make a donation if you like it!
2 years ago

tatsujin79
4 Very nifty to have. Easy to use and haven't had really any problems with it.
2 years ago

dangger
3 Needs libxine1-ffmpeg to play videos.
2 years ago

LoonQ
4 like it alot so far!
2 years ago

hiku
3 Very cool!
2 years ago

gesthal
4 nice.
2 years ago

IMadalin
5 Great app!
2 years ago

morbidtourus
3 agree with Loveczabijak..... it cant play at all... missing plugin of sumthin make it not worked properly..
2 years ago

flor_de_azucena
5 Lovin' it! Had to upgrade to 1.1 version, though.
2 years ago

Loveczabijak
5 Moc se mi toto líbí, alespoň mám YouTube bez reklam...a zážitek stejný ba i lepší.
2 years ago

antitoxic
2 Could not play any videos due to missing input plugin error. odd.
2 years ago

shirleyqassam
3 Very good application. This is an OLD version though and will not play videos. Use the proper corresponding ubuntu installation package.
2 years ago

rahamohebbi
4 Love watching youtube on this little application.
2 years ago

ivanovnegro
2 Doesnt work for me too.
2 years ago

genoskill
3 I Installed every libgdata I found and a library called libxine1-ffmpeg. Then it worked. Anyway, I love the apearance of this program.
2 years ago

stevenh145
3 pixel view
3 years ago

abvflux
2 This too does not work for me in Isadora. However, this could be great if functional.
3 years ago

asymmetros
5 working perfectly in isadora! its speed is unbelievable. I do like also the layout, no comments blalbla, its you and the videos. In fact, i feel that i 'm watching a dvd, not a video through internet..
3 years ago

5_O_Clock_Charlie
5 Worked perfectly !! Used half the CPU resources as playing the same video on Youtube.
3 years ago

castor91
4 Ottimo, non necessita di un browser ed è facile da usare.. necessita del pacchetto phonon-backend-gstreamer per funzionare
3 years ago

Crankster
1 Looks cool but its not working in Linux Mint 9. There is a list of videos but they do not play.
3 years ago

manuele11
4 useful
3 years ago

pbmuk
4 Nice simple player. Playlist window is a bit big. Needs phonon-backend-gstreamer which is available via the Software Manager
3 years ago

SeanBest
5 Wicked cool idea. Needs work, but the author updates the site regularly and listens to his users.
3 years ago

kip-
5 greate one!
3 years ago

shawnhensontn
5 you have to do this too sudo apt-get install phonon-backend-gstreamer
3 years ago

majortws
4 Great idea and a smooth interface. Surprisingly fast, too!
3 years ago

huntman
5 very,very good
3 years ago

patriki
5 youtube without browser & flash!
3 years ago

stephenmac7
1 Won't Play a video! as omkar said "The videos simply did not get loaded in the application, although the fresh listing is visible"
3 years ago

robertochile87
5 no depende de flash!!
3 years ago

matiasvillano
4 yeah
3 years ago

tadatma
5 If there is a way of offloading it would be great
3 years ago

Ikkari
5 sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install phonon-backend-gstreamer
3 years ago

caje
4 Light and fast but I need login option, favourites, own playlists, etc.
3 years ago

scoon1329
4 Good, but the dependencies are incomplete, don't forget to sudo apt-get install phonon-backend-gstreamer gstreamer0.10-ffmpeg gstreamer0.10-plugins-bad
3 years ago

VICTOR360
5 This app is Great Faster Thant The Normal Youtube!
3 years ago

maty1206
3 The ideology is very good, but the application is not awesome like suppose to be. It is like a Youtube for touch screen.
3 years ago

Teucca
5 YouTube in one place!
3 years ago

KittyKatt
5 This is awesome. No need to go to YouTube anymore. :D
3 years ago

omkar
1 the videos simply did not get loaded in the application, although the fresh listing is visible
3 years ago

clem
5 This app is fantastic! Plays cartoons for the kids, plays music for me, finds games reviews... it's like TV on-demand :)

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