problems with video clips.

Mon Apr 20 14:47:02 UTC 2009

I also  saw such an issue with gnash we may have to disable it

Just to make sure that you have all the codecs

type about:plugins in the adress bar of firefox

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On Mon, Apr 20, 2009 at 9:26 AM, ray house <v.2.ol at hotmail.com> wrote:
> 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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>    1. RE: problems with video clips. (Andy Boersma)
>    2. Re: ubuntu-ca Digest, Vol 49, Issue 15 - Freezing Video Clips
>       (Duffields)
>    3. RE: problems with video clips. (ray house)
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> Message: 1
> Date: Sat, 18 Apr 2009 09:38:21 -0400
> From: "Andy Boersma" <andy at boersma.ca>
> Subject: RE: problems with video clips.
> To: "'The Canadian Ubuntu Users Community'"
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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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> Date: Sat, 18 Apr 2009 07:12:33 -0700
> From: Duffields <dhltd at telus.net>
> Subject: Re: ubuntu-ca Digest, Vol 49, Issue 15 - Freezing Video Clips
> To: ubuntu-ca at lists.ubuntu.com
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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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>    1. freezing video clips (jreeves at nf.sympatico.ca)
>    2. RE: problems with video clips. (ray house)
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> Message: 1
> Date: Fri, 17 Apr 2009 16:59:27 -0400
> 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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> Message: 2
> 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>
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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>
> 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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> 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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