problems with flash (youTube) videos and VLC can't read DVDs

[James Freer]

On Wed, Oct 24, 2012 at 9:38 PM, Bill Stanley <bstanle at wowway.com> wrote:
> On 10/24/2012 02:51 PM, NoOp wrote:
>>
>> On 10/24/2012 09:55 AM, Bill Stanley wrote:
>>>
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> I have recently installed Xubuntu 12.04 and am having some video
>>> problems.  The two problems are probably unrelated.
>>>
>>> The first issue is the videos appearing on YouTube.  While I can view
>>> the videos, everything has a bluish color.  I read that this might be a
>>> problem with the Flash plugin.  Is there any solution to this problem?
>>
>>
>> Try it with flash off. Many of the newer youtube videos are also
>> available in WebM format, which by default is enabled in Firefox.
>> Sample url:
>> <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NeXMxuNNlE8&feature=g-logo-xit>
>> Note: no preference, I just picked one from the youtube page.
>>
>
> Disabling the Flash plugin doesn't help.  The video link you provided
> requires Flash so it wouldn't display at all.  With Flash enabled, I see the
> video but everything is still blue.
>
>
>>> The second problem involves VLC not being able to read (decrypt) DVD's.
>>>    I looked on VLCs website and they say that libdvdcss is needed.  I
>>> went ti the Ubuntu software repository and several packages say they
>>> install it.  I tried them and libdvdcss was not installed.  I used a
>>> file search utility and it could not find it anywhere on the system.  I
>>> need to properly install this.  What must I do?
>>
>>
>> https://help.ubuntu.com/community/RestrictedFormats/PlayingDVDs
>
>
>
> Bill Stanley
>
I think it's a Firefox issue... I'm on Chrome with no problems.

james