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Re: Firefox (and Iceweasel) are unable to play Youtube videos





On Sun, Jan 31, 2010 at 2:58 PM, Merciadri Luca <Luca.Merciadri@student.ulg.ac.be> wrote:
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"Edward J. Shornock" <ed.shornock@gmail.com> writes:

> On 30.01.2010 20:57, Merciadri Luca wrote:
>> Nuno Magalhães<nunomagalhaes@eu.ipp.pt>  writes:
>>
>>> On Sat, Jan 30, 2010 at 10:58, Merciadri Luca
>>> <Luca.Merciadri@student.ulg.ac.be>  wrote:
>>>> I have both `flash-plugin - Adobe Flash Player 10.0' on the two
>>>> computers. They are executing Iceweasel v. 3.0.6, and I also tried
>>>> with the up-to-date Firefox.
>>>
>>> I have this one:
>>> ii  flashplugin-nonfree 1:2.8
>>> running Sid on amd64.
>> Iceweasel gives me, amongst the add-ons:
>> ==
>> Shockwave Flash 9.0 r100
>
> Is that possibly gnash? Gnash IIRC still doesn't fully support the
> features utilised by youtube.
>
> Have you installed the flash plugin from aptitude/synaptic/apt? If so,
> what do you receive from
>
> dpkg -l '*flash*' '*gnash*'
>
> [snip]
>
>> Then, some unuseful stuff:
>>
>> ==
>> Loading stream: http://www.youtube.com/get_video?video_id=cY_KrB8Mepg&t=vjVQa1PpcFNC0_Vmf7Tgh8pq2tVgZTgBGRuQEA1S28M=&el=detailpage&ps=&fmt=5&asv=2&noflv=1
>> Loading stream: http://v7.cache2.c.youtube.com/videoplayback?ip=0.0.0.0&sparams=id%2Cexpire%2Cip%2Cipbits%2Citag%2Calgorithm%2Cburst%2Cfactor&fexp=903202&algorithm=throttle-factor&itag=5&ipbits=0&burst=40&sver=3&expire=1264899600&key=yt1&signature=3C09C806BB0A3FCC9CF94A95A7429513CCE9898C.D440F68A564E69A814DE2B041DA03CE4972021A1&factor=1.25&id=718fcaac1f0c7a98&redirect_counter=1
>> Loading stream: http://video-stats.video.google.com/s?ns=yt&docid=cY_KrB8Mepg&hl=en_US&cr=US&el=detailpage&fexp=903202&vid=aqSUfBzQpzyLVV7WYJF3KaH1uTg5Arf7C&csipt=watch&fmt=5&md=1&st=0.067&w=640&plid=AAR-ZjxkLeKATowr&vw=320&fv=WIN%209%2C0%2C100%2C0&sd=B4A7DD227MM&et=0.067&rt=2.8&len=254.4&bc=231338&vh=240&h=360
>> ==
>
> Actually, I think this is quite useful in this case; the standard
> non-free plugin from Adobe doesn't return any output for me.
That is however the one I installed! (Just from Adobe's website.)
>
>> Once I have clicked, I can hear sound, and sometimes see an image from
>> the flash being played, but nothing more. The whole Iceweasel becomes
>> unresponsive, and I am obliged to kill the process. If I do not kill
>> it, it begins to stall completely, and freezes.
>>
>> Any idea?
>
> Check both PCs (about:plugins) and see if the flash plugins differ as
> I suspect they do. On youtube you'll get the best support from the
> official' flash plugin.
The plugins are exactly the same, except that the computer where it
works has also `Shockwave Flash 10.0 r22' together with `Shockwave
Flash 9.0 r100,' where the computer which Youtube does not work on has
only `Shockwave Flash 9.0 r100.'

> OR if you have greasemonkey installed, you can use
> http://userscripts.org/scripts/show/63509 and view the videos using
> mplayer or VLC. I've had the best luck with the greasemonkey script
> and the following settings
>
> # ~/.mplayer/mplayerplug-in.conf
> vo=gl
> cachesize=512
> cache-percent=5
> profile=""> >
> # ~/.mplayer/config
> [plugin]
> autosync=0
> mc=0
> correct-pts=yes
I do not have it installed, but, if it is really needed, I shall
install it, and use your tips.
[snip]

Hello,

I think that is your problem, you-tube only really works well under flash v10 

Instructions here will get you up and running with v10 and that *should* fix your problems

http://wiki.debian.org/FlashPlayer#Debian5.0.27Lenny.27.3AFlashPlayer10

Regards,

Angus.

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