problems with video clips.

Mon Apr 20 13:26:32 UTC 2009

Hi everyone, it's Ray again, thank you David,Glen,Chris and Mac for all the great info you took the time to send me. Glen, the W32codecs are installed.Chris, I am using your suggested settings.David, I installed the Meta package and Mac, I checked the Ubuntu forum and I have the right packages.I have java-common 0.30ubuntu3 and flash player installed. Here is the situation; I am using a new Dell Vostro computer with Vista installed and I installed Ubuntu 8.1 along side it (to get used to linux). In Ubuntu I get Google videos OK but the screen intensity lowers and all freezes when I try to get youtube videos.When I am in Vista all types of video are displayed correctly. I dont know what is going on.I really appreciate all your help and I like linux and will probably get rid of Vista if I can resolve this problem. I am not a programmer and cant figure this out alone.  Thank you.

Date: Sun, 19 Apr 2009 14:16:49 -0300
From: gmerrick at chebucto.ns.ca
To: ubuntu-ca at lists.ubuntu.com
Subject: RE: problems with video clips.

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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   3. RE: problems with video clips. (ray house)

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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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[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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Date: Sat, 18 Apr 2009 07:12:33 -0700
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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:

>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.

Mac

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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.
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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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Date: Sun, 19 Apr 2009 06:47:35 -0400
From: ray house <v.2.ol at hotmail.com>
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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

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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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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