I have been using Firefox Add-On "FlashVideoReplacer" for some time now, as (software rendered) flash videos are too much for my little notebook. I like it, it replaces the embedded flash with the Totem/vlc/mplayer plug-in (depending on what you have installed), or optionally opens the falsh video in a separate mplayer instance (smplayer is my favorite)
This way, you have hardware accl and correct colors.
Well, sometimes the streaming is too slow, when viewing Hi-Res, but on 360p/480p it usually works fine.
Other optional workaround:
I have been using Firefox Add-On "FlashVideoRepl acer" for some time now, as (software rendered) flash videos are too much for my little notebook. I like it, it replaces the embedded flash with the Totem/vlc/mplayer plug-in (depending on what you have installed), or optionally opens the falsh video in a separate mplayer instance (smplayer is my favorite)
This way, you have hardware accl and correct colors.
Well, sometimes the streaming is too slow, when viewing Hi-Res, but on 360p/480p it usually works fine.