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No video player in Firefox

Asked by ealthuis

I have Firefox 38.01 installed, have no video player.

On the same computer in VirtualBox Firefox plays videos without hesitation.
This is also true of Desktops with Firefox 38.01.

What am I missing, what to do to have the videos play in Firefox on this version of Ubuntu 14.04.2?

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#1

What is the output of:

lsb_release -a; uname -a; dpkg -l | egrep 'flash|gnash|swf|spark'

Thanks

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ealthuis (ealthuis) said : 		#2

ea@vostro:~$ lsb_release -a; uname -a; dpkg -l | egrep 'flash|gnash|swf|spark'
No LSB modules are available.
Distributor ID: Ubuntu
Description: Ubuntu 14.04.2 LTS
Release: 14.04
Codename: trusty
Linux vostro 3.13.0-53-generic #89-Ubuntu SMP Wed May 20 10:34:28 UTC 2015 i686 athlon i686 GNU/Linux
ea@vostro:~$

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#3

sudo apt-get install ubuntu-restricted-extras

Use TAB and ENTER to accept the license

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ealthuis (ealthuis) said : 		#4

This is the message I get after a faultless installation of the above command:

This browser does not support the video format needed for playback. Please install the Flash Player or use a different browser.

This in reference to this browser I am using (Firefox 39,01)

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ealthuis (ealthuis) said : 		#5

After shutting down the computer and restarting, Firefox video worked as expected.

Thank you actionparship once again.

EA