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Online videos such as YouTube suddenly do not play

Asked by Jeremy Collins

Hey guys,

I logged onto my Ubuntu Studio 16.04 LTS laptop today and all of a sudden YouTube videos aren't working. I've never had a problem with it before. The video loads, but it won't play. YouTube give me a message saying "if playback doesn't start soon, try restarting your device."

I restarted my laptop, cleared my cookies and cache in Chrome, disabled my extensions, and tried in FireFox with the same result.

Any ideas? Thanks!

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#1

What is the output of:

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

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Jeremy Collins (jeremycollins92) said : 		#2

I posted the output below. I noticed that it only happens when I have my bluetooth headphones connected. If I disconnect them, the videos work.

No LSB modules are available.
Distributor ID: Ubuntu
Description: Ubuntu 16.04.1 LTS
Release: 16.04
Codename: xenial
u: command not found
ii browser-plugin-freshplayer-pepperflash 0.3.5-1~webupd8~xenial~3 amd64 PPAPI-host NPAPI-plugin adapter for pepperflash
ii flashplugin-installer 11.2.202.632ubuntu0.16.04.1 amd64 Adobe Flash Player plugin installer
ii pepperflashplugin-nonfree 1.8.2ubuntu1 amd64 Pepper Flash Player - browser plugin

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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) said : 		#3

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