video problem on Ubuntu.

Tue Apr 21 15:32:35 UTC 2009

Try this:

1- Type the following command on a terminal window

cat /etc/apt/sources.list > ~/apt_out

2- Open the file "apt_out" on your home directory and paste the contents here

Victor Mendonça
http://wazem.org/

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From: ray house <v.2.ol at hotmail.com>
To: help & resources <ubuntu-ca at lists.ubuntu.com>
Sent: Tuesday, April 21, 2009 11:21:15 AM
Subject: RE: video problem on Ubuntu.

Hi Victor, I type the command on the terminal window and I keep getting " no such file or directory".

> Date: Tue, 21 Apr 2009 08:04:54 -0700
> From: victorbrca at yahoo.ca
> Subject: Re: video problem on Ubuntu.
> To: ubuntu-ca at lists.ubuntu.com
> 
> 
> Hi Ray,
> 
> 
>   I had similar problems on a machine with Ubuntu where my Firefox would freeze on youtube and the movies would never play. Since then I've been installing flash manually on my machines, which have fixed the problem. 
> 
>   Here's a link for the procedure of installing flash manually. I would strongly advise to remove any other installation of flash before you do this:
> 
> http://wazem.blogspot.com/2008/11/how-to-install-flash-on-linux-manual.html
> 
> 
>   As for the other question (how to copy your sources.list), here's how:
> 
> 1- Type the following command on a terminal window
> cat /etc/apt/sources.list > ~/Desktop/apt_out
> 2- Open the file "apt_out" on your desktop and paste the contents here
> 
> 
> Good luck!! 
> 
> Victor Mendonça
> http://wazem.org/
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> ________________________________
> From: ray house <v.2.ol at hotmail.com>
> To: help & resources <ubuntu-ca at lists.ubuntu.com>
> Sent: Tuesday, April 21, 2009 10:43:20 AM
> Subject: RE: video problem on Ubuntu.
> 
> 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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