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

[Ric Moore]

On 10/24/2012 05:56 PM, James Freer wrote:
> 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?

Right click in the video that is bluish. Click on preferences and turn 
off (uncheck) video acceleration. Works every time. Piece O Cake. Ric


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