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10-27-2009, 11:28 AM
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LQ Newbie
Registered: Oct 2009
Posts: 6
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Youtube video problem, on Ubuntu Linux using Firefox.
Hello there. I'm a new (Ubuntu) Linux user. I was getting started with my new OS and I noticed that I can partially watch youtube videos. It's a kind of strange problem as I can watch only a few videos. I downloaded the latest adobe flash player and java plugins for Firefox but nothing. I'm pretty sure that this is not an ISP or connection or Internet problem because I can watch these videos via windows OS. Any help?
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10-27-2009, 11:36 AM
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#2
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LQ Guru
Registered: May 2009
Location: Gibraltar, Gibraltar
Distribution: Fedora 20 with Awesome WM
Posts: 6,805
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Hello and Welcome to LinuxQuestions,
I've encountered the problem also some time ago. Just download it manually when Firefox presents you with that option (or from the site), extract the package so you get the .so file, and copy that to the mozilla/plugins directory. Don't quite remember where it is on Ubuntu, so do a search in a console. Open terminal and type:
Code:
find / -type d -name 'plugins'
Restart Firefox and set to go.
Kind regards,
Eric
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10-28-2009, 12:51 PM
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LQ Newbie
Registered: Oct 2009
Posts: 6
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I downloaded Adobe's flash-plugin-10.0.32.18-release.i386.rpm . I extracted it in my desktop and copied the libflashplayer.so to usr/lib/mozilla/plugins. But nothing... I'm still watching only a few videos.
Thanx for the answer.
Last edited by prochatz; 10-28-2009 at 12:52 PM.
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10-28-2009, 12:53 PM
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#4
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LQ Guru
Registered: May 2009
Location: Gibraltar, Gibraltar
Distribution: Fedora 20 with Awesome WM
Posts: 6,805
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RPM for Unbuntu? You needed to download the source, tar.gz or so it's called and extract that one. Not sure if it makes any difference but I'd try that first.
Kind regards,
Eric
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10-28-2009, 01:36 PM
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LQ Newbie
Registered: Oct 2009
Posts: 6
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Nothing more, nothing less. Same situation.
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10-28-2009, 03:59 PM
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LQ Guru
Registered: May 2009
Location: Gibraltar, Gibraltar
Distribution: Fedora 20 with Awesome WM
Posts: 6,805
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Just checked both of them and both work for me on Slackware 13, using Firefox 3.5.4. Don't have an Ubuntu at hand to check right now. I did the same on my Slackware last week to get videos working under Firefox as stated in my previous post. Downloaded the source, extracted and copied to /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins. Restarted Firefox and haven't had problem with any videos since.
Kind regards,
Eric
Last edited by EricTRA; 10-28-2009 at 04:03 PM.
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10-28-2009, 04:21 PM
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#8
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Member
Registered: Jan 2004
Posts: 307
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I have downloaded install_flash_player_10_linux.tar.gz, extracted libflashplayer.so and copied it to /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins/ replacing flashplugin-alternative.so but still does not work.
How do I test what version of flashplayer is actually running?
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10-28-2009, 04:27 PM
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#9
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LQ Guru
Registered: May 2009
Location: Gibraltar, Gibraltar
Distribution: Fedora 20 with Awesome WM
Posts: 6,805
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Hello,
In your address bar type
That will show you all the plugins used in Firefox.
Kind regards,
Eric
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10-28-2009, 04:33 PM
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Registered: Jan 2004
Posts: 307
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I appear to have two active shockwave/flash plugins????This is a text copy of the results of "about  lugins", hope it prints out legibly
Code:
Shockwave Flash
File name: libflashplayer.so
Shockwave Flash 10.0 r32
MIME Type Description Suffixes Enabled
application/x-shockwave-flash Shockwave Flash swf Yes
application/futuresplash FutureSplash Player spl Yes
Shockwave Flash
File name: libswfdecmozilla.so
Shockwave Flash 9.0 r999
MIME Type Description Suffixes Enabled
application/x-shockwave-flash Adobe Flash movie swf Yes
application/futuresplash FutureSplash movie spl Yes
Should I delete libswfdecmozilla.so??
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10-28-2009, 04:36 PM
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LQ Guru
Registered: May 2009
Location: Gibraltar, Gibraltar
Distribution: Fedora 20 with Awesome WM
Posts: 6,805
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I only have this one:
Code:
Shockwave Flash
File name: libflashplayer.so
Shockwave Flash 10.0 r32
MIME Type Description Suffixes Enabled
application/x-shockwave-flash Shockwave Flash swf Yes
application/futuresplash FutureSplash Player spl Yes
Not sure but maybe the two you have are conflicting and thus some content not showing? I'd try moving the other one out of the plugins directory, restart Firefox and try the movies you put in previous post. If it works, great, if it doesn't you can always copy the second one back to its original location.
Kind regards,
Eric
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10-28-2009, 04:44 PM
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#12
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LQ Newbie
Registered: Oct 2009
Posts: 6
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Hello.
I'm facing the same problem with CrashedAgain (I can only watch the first Youtube video).
Through Firefox I get these informations:
Code:
Shockwave Flash
File name: libswfdecmozilla.so
Shockwave Flash 9.0 r999
MIME Type Description Suffixes Enabled
application/x-shockwave-flash Adobe Flash movie swf Yes
application/futuresplash FutureSplash movie spl Yes
Shockwave Flash
File name: libflashplayer.so
Shockwave Flash 10.0 r32
MIME Type Description Suffixes Enabled
application/x-shockwave-flash Shockwave Flash swf Yes
application/futuresplash FutureSplash Player spl Yes
Last edited by prochatz; 10-28-2009 at 04:45 PM.
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10-28-2009, 04:46 PM
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LQ Guru
Registered: May 2009
Location: Gibraltar, Gibraltar
Distribution: Fedora 20 with Awesome WM
Posts: 6,805
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@prochatz: Probably you were typing when I posted  . Try what's posted in my last post, see if it works.
Kind regards,
Eric
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10-28-2009, 06:20 PM
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LQ Newbie
Registered: Oct 2009
Posts: 6
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PROBLEM SOLVED!
I followed "EricTRA"'s instructions:
Step1: I opened Firefox and typed "about : plugins" to see what kind of plugins are already installed.
Step2: I found two plugins i) libflashplayer.so and ii) libswfdecmozilla.so
Step3: I searched through File System to find out where libswfdecmozilla.so file is.
Step4: I removed (rm) libswfdecmozilla.so from /usr/lib/swfdec-mozilla
Conclusion: Apparently there must have been a conflict between the two plugins. When I removed libswfdecmozilla.so from /usr/lib/swfdec-mozilla I could see both videos "CrashedAgain" posted.
Thanx a lot!
Last edited by prochatz; 10-28-2009 at 06:22 PM.
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10-28-2009, 06:44 PM
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Registered: Jan 2004
Posts: 307
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Worked for me too.
Strangely, just disabling libswfdecmozilla.so didn't work, neither did just editing the link in /usr/share/ubufox/plugins/ to point to the new libflashplayer.so.
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