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

[NoOp]

On 10/24/2012 01:38 PM, Bill Stanley 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.  

Actually it doesn't require Flash at all - that is why I provided the
URL for you to test. The video in the link I provided uses WebM HTML5.

Address:
http://o-o---preferred---sn-a5m7znez---v23---lscache1.c.youtube.com/videoplayback?upn=9eQF_0Nmd00&sparams=cp%2Cid%2Cip%2Cipbits%2Citag%2Cratebypass%2Csource%2Cupn%2Cexpire&fexp=907723%2C922401%2C920704%2C912806%2C927201%2C925003%2C913546%2C913556%2C900816%2C911112&key=yt1&expire=1351146978&itag=43&ipbits=8&sver=3&ratebypass=yes&mt=1351124410&ip=69.228.95.78&mv=m&source=youtube&ms=au&cp=U0hURlFPVF9MUkNONF9JSVhKOlZWTmRLVWZsbW8w&id=35e5ccc6e34d944f&newshard=yes&signature=2AD9E982E65E44DB141D6D8ED4C6E0AF9AAB092C.A86BDC1574605B8088A4186C6B148A75E35ADD1A

Type: video/webm
Size: 7,607.06 KB (7,789,628 bytes)
Specified Dimensions:
640px × 360px

When you first go to the page it will tell you that you need Flash
enabled to view... wait a few seconds and the video should begin loading
using WebM HTML5. You can right click on the video to verify that it is
using HTML5 vs Flash. If it doesn't, then you've a problem with your
browser.

Tested (without Flash) with:
Fireox 16.01
SeaMonkey 2.13.1
Opera 12.02

And of course you alread know it's helpful, when asking others for help,
to provide at least a few details, such as browser type/version/, flash
version if it's flash you're asking about, VLC version if... etc., etc.

Given that your Thunderbird client is 12.0.1 vs the current release of
16.0.1 might give a hint that your Firefox (or whatever you tried to
view Flash with) is most likely out of date as well.

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
>