problems with video clips.

Glen Merrick gmerrick at chebucto.ns.ca
Sun Apr 19 17:16:49 UTC 2009 

Re: Video Clips.

Haven't posted here in a while, but in regards to video clips and stuff,
make sure that you have installed from Medibuntu the non-free-codecs,
w32codecs package. This one gives you all the "windows" codecs commonly
used.

Also, if you install gstreamer, it will typically give you a list of
stuff to install as well. Other packages you may want to look at are
mplayer, VLC (really good media player) and my current favourite
(because it handles fast forwarding and rewinding of videos better than
VLC) Miro Internet TV application.

Trying to view youtube videos on an internet browser requires both Java
and Flash. I know that the sun java 1.6.0_10 works to view them and you
want to have sun-java6-bin, sun-java6-jre and sun-java6-plugin
installed. You would be looking for flashplugin-nonfree and
flashplugin-nonfree-extrasound.

One thing to about firefox is that if you have (AFAIK must installs)
NoScript and Adblock Plus addons installed, they may be blocking youtube
scripts that allow

To answer the question about the screen greying out and freezing. This
is what happens in Ubuntu (from my experience) when a process begins to
take up alot of resources and your load level tends to go thru the roof.
this is your system is trying to compensate for that extra load.

Regards,

Glen Merrick


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> Date: Sat, 18 Apr 2009 09:38:21 -0400
> From: "Andy Boersma" <andy at boersma.ca>
> Subject: RE: problems with video clips.
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> Hi Ray
>
>  
>
> Please follow the instructions from Medibuntu to get all the codecs and
> drivers
>
> https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Medibuntu
>
>  
>
> This should help you a lot.
>
>  
>
> Andy
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> From: ubuntu-ca-bounces at lists.ubuntu.com
> [mailto:ubuntu-ca-bounces at lists.ubuntu.com] On Behalf Of ray house
> Sent: April-18-09 6:43 AM
> To: help & resources
> Subject: RE: problems with video clips.
>
>  
>
> Hi David, First let me thank you for taking the time to answer my query. I
> am using Firefox as browser, When I check for drivers I get "no proprietary
> drivers are in use on this system". As for the restricted-extras I dont know
> which ones are required.  Thank you.
>
>   
>> Date: Fri, 17 Apr 2009 11:38:31 -0400
>> Subject: Re: problems with video clips.
>> From: david at ngowiki.net
>> To: ubuntu-ca at lists.ubuntu.com
>>
>> First : Make sure that you have Installed the ubuntu-restricted-extras
>> via synaptic
>>
>> second : you have the proper video card driver installed via the menu
>> system >> administration >> hardware drivers
>>
>> question
>>
>> " try to decode a video the screen darkens and freezes" inside
>> firefox or else, please specify
>>
>> On Fri, Apr 17, 2009 at 10:21 AM, ray house <v.2.ol at hotmail.com> wrote:
>>     
>>> Good morning,  My name is Ray House and I have been using Ubuntu 8.1 for
>>>       
> e
>   
>>> few weeks, I cant get the video clips from news sites and youtube , to
>>>       
> work.
>   
>>> I have asked for help on this in the other forums with no replies. When
>>>       
> I
>   
>>> try to decode a video the screen darkens and freezes. I seem to have the
>>> correct synaptic packages downloaded. I really like Linux and so far
>>>       
> this is
>   
>>> the only problem that I have, any help will be greatly appreciated,
>>>       
> Thank
>   
>>> you.
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> Subject: Re: ubuntu-ca Digest, Vol 49, Issue 15 - Freezing Video Clips
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> Here is the solution I used that seems to work:
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> >From the "Main Menu" choose [System] > [Administration] > [Software Sources] 
> Under the Ubuntu tab checked all boxes with the exception of "Source Codes"
>
> That should allow access to restricted applications.  There may , however, be 
> another "switch" somewhere that I have forgotten about but that is a start.  
> Perhaps someone else will add to this.
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>> From: <jreeves at nf.sympatico.ca>
>> Subject: freezing video clips
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>> I used to have problems with "freezing video clips from YouTube" until I
>> started using EPIPHANY browser.  With that browser I never had any trouble
>> with YouTube.
>>
>> JR
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>> Date: Sat, 18 Apr 2009 06:42:46 -0400
>> From: ray house <v.2.ol at hotmail.com>
>> Subject: RE: problems with video clips.
>> To: help & resources <ubuntu-ca at lists.ubuntu.com>
>> Message-ID: <BAY102-W31DFE8A53A09493285469988780 at phx.gbl>
>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="windows-1252"
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>> Hi David, First let me thank you for taking the time to answer my query. I
>> am using Firefox as browser, When I check for drivers I get "no proprietary
>> drivers are in use on this system". As for the restricted-extras I dont
>> know which ones are required.  Thank you.
>>
>>     
>>> Date: Fri, 17 Apr 2009 11:38:31 -0400
>>> Subject: Re: problems with video clips.
>>> From: david at ngowiki.net
>>> To: ubuntu-ca at lists.ubuntu.com
>>>
>>> First : Make sure that you have Installed the ubuntu-restricted-extras
>>>  via synaptic
>>>
>>> second :  you have the proper video card driver installed via the menu
>>> system >> administration >> hardware drivers
>>>
>>> question
>>>
>>> "  try to decode a video the screen darkens and freezes"  inside
>>> firefox or else, please specify
>>>
>>> On Fri, Apr 17, 2009 at 10:21 AM, ray house <v.2.ol at hotmail.com> wrote:
>>>       
>>>> Good morning,  My name is Ray House and I have been using Ubuntu 8.1
>>>> for e few weeks, I cant get the video clips from news sites and youtube
>>>> , to work. I have asked for help on this in the other forums with no
>>>> replies. When I try to decode a video the screen darkens and freezes. I
>>>> seem to have the correct synaptic packages downloaded. I really like
>>>> Linux and so far this is the only problem that I have, any help will be
>>>> greatly appreciated,  Thank you.
>>>>
>>>> ________________________________
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>>>> out --
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> Date: Sun, 19 Apr 2009 06:47:35 -0400
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> Subject: RE: problems with video clips.
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> Hi Andy,  I downloaded from the repositories as you suggested from Medibuntu and I still cant view videos. Also I checked the boxes in Software sources as Mac suggested, with no luck. When I go to the Hardware drivers in System I still get: No proprietary drivers are in use on this system.. There is something I am not doing right, but I sure dont know what??  
>
> From: andy at boersma.ca
> To: ubuntu-ca at lists.ubuntu.com
> Subject: RE: problems with video clips.
> Date: Sat, 18 Apr 2009 09:38:21 -0400
>
>
>
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>
>
>
>
>
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>
>
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>
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>
> Hi Ray
>
>  
>
> Please follow the instructions from
> Medibuntu to get all the codecs and drivers
>
> https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Medibuntu
>
>  
>
> This should help you a lot.
>
>  
>
> Andy
>
>  
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> From:
> ubuntu-ca-bounces at lists.ubuntu.com [mailto:ubuntu-ca-bounces at lists.ubuntu.com] On Behalf Of ray house
>
> Sent: April-18-09 6:43 AM
>
> To: help & resources
>
> Subject: RE: problems with video
> clips.
>
>
>
>  
>
> Hi David, First let me thank you
> for taking the time to answer my query. I am using Firefox as browser, When I
> check for drivers I get "no proprietary drivers are in use on this
> system". As for the restricted-extras I dont know which ones are
> required.  Thank you.
>
>
>
>   
>> Date: Fri, 17 Apr 2009 11:38:31 -0400
>>     
>
>   
>> Subject: Re: problems with video clips.
>>     
>
>   
>> From: david at ngowiki.net
>>     
>
>   
>> To: ubuntu-ca at lists.ubuntu.com
>>     
>
>   
>
>   
>> First : Make sure that you have Installed the ubuntu-restricted-extras
>>     
>
>   
>> via synaptic
>>     
>
>   
>
>   
>> second : you have the proper video card driver installed via the menu
>>     
>
>   
>> system >> administration >> hardware drivers
>>     
>
>   
>
>   
>> question
>>     
>
>   
>
>   
>> " try to decode a video the screen darkens and freezes" inside
>>     
>
>   
>> firefox or else, please specify
>>     
>
>   
>
>   
>> On Fri, Apr 17, 2009 at 10:21 AM, ray house <v.2.ol at hotmail.com>
>>     
> wrote:
>
>   
>>> Good morning,  My name is Ray House and I have been using Ubuntu
>>>       
> 8.1 for e
>
>   
>>> few weeks, I cant get the video clips from news sites and youtube ,
>>>       
> to work.
>
>   
>>> I have asked for help on this in the other forums with no replies.
>>>       
> When I
>
>   
>>> try to decode a video the screen darkens and freezes. I seem to have
>>>       
> the
>
>   
>>> correct synaptic packages downloaded. I really like Linux and so far
>>>       
> this is
>
>   
>>> the only problem that I have, any help will be greatly
>>>       
> appreciated,  Thank
>
>   
>>> you.
>>>       
>
>   
>
>   
>>> ________________________________
>>>       
>
>   
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>>>       
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>>     
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>
>   
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>>     
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>   
>> mob: 418-208-3631
>>     
>
>   
>> jabber: ict4ngo
>>     
>
>   
>> skype : ict4ngo
>>     
>
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