video problem on Ubuntu.

Pedro I. Sanchez psanchez at colcan.ca
Tue Apr 21 15:20:55 UTC 2009


1 Have a e-mail message window ready to send to this list.

2 Launch Applications->Accessories->Text Editor

3 Click the "Open" icon, type /etc/apt/sources.list in the
   "Location" field, and click "Open." You should see now the
   content of the file inside the editor's text window.

4 Copy the content (Ctrl-A followed by Ctrl-C).

5 Paste the content (Ctrl-V) into the message window of step 1.
   Send the message to this list.

-- 
Pedro


ray house wrote:
> Pedro, I am not too bright this am, how do I get this file? Ray
> 
>  > Date: Tue, 21 Apr 2009 10:52:44 -0400
>  > From: psanchez at colcan.ca
>  > To: ubuntu-ca at lists.ubuntu.com
>  > Subject: Re: video problem on Ubuntu.
>  >
>  > Just open the file with an editor (Applications->Accessories->Text
>  > Editor) and copy and paste its content into a message to this list.
>  >
>  > Can you remove the flashplugin-nonfree package and install it again? You
>  > should get the latest version; I don't understand why is it that you
>  > don't have it on your system.
>  >
>  > --
>  > Pedro
>  >
>  > ray house wrote:
>  > > Hi Pedro, thanks for the help, Firefox is version 3.0.8. and I tried
>  > > removing it and reinstalling it with no change in the situation.How 
> do I
>  > > copy the file/etc/apt/sources.list ? Ray
>  > >
>  > > > Date: Tue, 21 Apr 2009 10:21:49 -0400
>  > > > From: psanchez at colcan.ca
>  > > > To: ubuntu-ca at lists.ubuntu.com
>  > > > Subject: Re: video problem on Ubuntu.
>  > > >
>  > > > Ray,
>  > > >
>  > > > I suspect you have some problem with the overall installation of 
> Ubuntu.
>  > > > Yesterday you mentioned that the installed version of the 
> flashplugin is
>  > > > 9.0.999. But if you were indeed running Intrepid 8.10 you should have
>  > > > version 10.0.22.87 instead.
>  > > >
>  > > > What version of Firefox you have (In Firefox, Help->About 
> Mozilla)? It
>  > > > should be 3.0.8.
>  > > >
>  > > > Have you tried removing Firefox and installing it again? Can you copy
>  > > > the file /etc/apt/sources.list so that we can see what you have 
> there?
>  > > >
>  > > > --
>  > > > Pedro
>  > > >
>  > > >
>  > > >
>  > > > ray house wrote:
>  > > > > Good morning Victor, Thanks for the inquiery, I cant get any 
> videos of
>  > > > > the web to work, but DVD movies work OK. The dvds are opened with
>  > > > > "MovieMaker" by default, I guess. I dont have any movies yet on my
>  > > HD. Ray
>  > > > >
>  > > > > > Date: Tue, 21 Apr 2009 06:44:33 -0700
>  > > > > > From: victorbrca at yahoo.ca
>  > > > > > Subject: Re: video problem on Ubuntu.
>  > > > > > To: ubuntu-ca at lists.ubuntu.com
>  > > > > >
>  > > > > >
>  > > > > > Hi Ray,
>  > > > > >
>  > > > > >
>  > > > > > Is the problem only with videos from youtube? I also see that you
>  > > > > have installed VLC on Ubuntu. Does that work ok to play other
>  > > movies on
>  > > > > your HD?
>  > > > > >
>  > > > > >
>  > > > > > Victor Mendonça
>  > > > > > http://wazem.org/
>  > > > > >
>  > > > > >
>  > > > > >
>  > > > > >
>  > > > > >
>  > > > > > ________________________________
>  > > > > > From: ray house <v.2.ol at hotmail.com>
>  > > > > > To: ubuntu-ca at lists.ubuntu.com
>  > > > > > Sent: Tuesday, April 21, 2009 6:42:51 AM
>  > > > > > Subject: Re: video problem on Ubuntu.
>  > > > > >
>  > > > > > Good morning, It's Ray again, this morning I took the time to go
>  > > back
>  > > > > on my other OS and check out all the videos available on Google 
> using
>  > > > > Firefox and everything works so well ! no buffering problems, 
> fast,
>  > > and
>  > > > > decoding any types of videos, SO WHY CANT I DO THIS WITH UBUNTU 
> ???
>  > > Its
>  > > > > very frustrating, I have followed all of your great advise, 
> downloaded
>  > > > > the right programs, and added the VLC package. I have tried in 
> firefox
>  > > > > tools, the different programs one at a time and always with no
>  > > results.
>  > > > > Im stumped !!
>  > > > > >
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