Streaming Video on Acer Timeline

OK a lot of you guys are complaining flash don't handle well on Core 2 Solo.
So here is an alternative solution.

Here is a alternative solution for people having problems streaming youtube.
As you know youtube uses CPU to render the video hence if your CPU is not powerful enough you may experience playback issues (eg. Aspire Timeline with SU2700 Processor).
All laptop comes with good enough Graphics Processor to handle flash videos actually however to make use of the GPU to render flash you need VLC to convert the flash to utilise Video Codecs so the GPU can decode it here is a step by step guide.

Firstly download and install VLC

Next set VLC to DirectX so GPU will be utilised by VLC for playback



Next Launch VLC and select "Open Network Stream"



Enter the URL Containing the Video


Select Play and you are done!



To prove that CPU utilisation is lower using VLC playback:

Using Native Browser Flash



Note the CPU utilisation averages at about 30-40%

While using VLC (Note: using GPU rendering forces the computer to turn off Aero Glass and Video Rendered is not capture in Print Screen)



CPU utilisation averages between 10-20%. The initial spike is due to Setting VLC to stream and launching it.

However I have yet to figure out how to change the URL to High Quality Mode.
Suggestion anybody?

Edit: I found out how just append &fmt=22 to the end of the URL to force it to play HD mode


Source

 

Doesn't work as it should CLICK

 

Yea I guess because youtube obscure the URL to HD so it isn't working as it should google " VLC youtube" for more info