Firefox on 9.04 won't play videos at YouTube

[Kevin O'Gorman]

On Wed, Dec 2, 2009 at 2:42 PM, Nathan Bahn <nathan.bahn at gmail.com> wrote:

>
>
> On Wed, Dec 2, 2009 at 12:57 PM, Ken G. <beachkid at insightbb.com> wrote:
>
>> Recently there was a discussion of Firefox not playing videos on
>> YouTube.  Here is a possible solution for playing elsewhere on other
>> websites.
>>
>> Solution [FOT004]:
>>
>> Some video issues are caused by conflicting plug-ins. It's not a good
>> idea to have multiple plug-ins for the same type of content.
>>
>> To remove conflicting flash plug-ins and install only the one from Adobe
>> open "Applications >> Accessories >> Terminal", then paste
>> (CTRL+SHIFT+V) the code below in the terminal window and hit enter:
>>
>> Code:
>>
>> sudo apt-get remove swfdec-mozilla
>> sudo apt-get remove mozilla-plugin-gnash
>> sudo apt-get remove adobe-flashplugin
>> sudo apt-get remove flashplugin-nonfree
>> sudo apt-get install flashplugin-nonfree
>>
>> Restart Firefox.
>>
>> Quote:
>> Note: if you have only the plug-in from Adobe and can't watch videos
>> only from certain web sites, then check if you have an extension like
>> AdBlock. It might be blocking the content form the video. Replacing
>> Adblock with AdBlock Plus might solve the problem. See discussion here.
>>
>>
>>
> Ken G.--
>
> Thank you for your consideration and time drafting your posting.  The only
> reason that this came up at all is that the person using that particular
> computer wanted to watch a specific series of videos on YouTube.  I
> seriously doubt that she's going to watch any other videos at all.  Again,
> thank you very much.
>
> --N.B.


Not so fast.  His posting is much more useful that the above suggests, at
least to me. I've been having the same trouble and have been following this
thread with considerable interest.

-- 
Kevin O'Gorman, PhD
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