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can't view videos embeded. Youtube works fine, however, other pages with embeded video files do not.

Asked by julio

i think this happen after an upgrade that now you tube videos behave and look different. but now i cant look at others videos in different website. simple easy videos cant be view anymore im not sure whats the problem.

Just in case it is helpful:

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

me@Printer:~$ lsb_release -a; uname -a; dpkg -l | egrep 'flash|gnash|swf|spark'
No LSB modules are available.
Distributor ID: Ubuntu
Description: Ubuntu 11.10
Release: 11.10
Codename: oneiric
Linux Printer 3.0.0-16-generic #28-Ubuntu SMP Fri Jan 27 17:44:39 UTC 2012 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
ii adobe-flash-properties-gtk:i386 11.1.102.62-0oneiric1 GTK+ control panel for Adobe Flash Player plugin version 11
ii adobe-flashplugin:i386 11.1.102.62-0oneiric1 Adobe Flash Player plugin version 11
ii browser-plugin-gnash 0.8.10~git20110618-3ubuntu1 GNU Shockwave Flash (SWF) player - Plugin for Mozilla and derivatives
rc flashplugin-installer 11.1.102.62ubuntu0.11.10.2 Adobe Flash Player plugin installer
ii gnash 0.8.10~git20110618-3ubuntu1 GNU Shockwave Flash (SWF) player
ii gnash-common
re@Printer:~$ lsb_release -a; uname -a; dpkg -l | egrep 'flash|gnash|swf|spark'
No LSB modules are available.
Distributor ID: Ubuntu
Description: Ubuntu 11.10
Release: 11.10
Codename: oneiric
Linux Printer 3.0.0-16-generic #28-Ubuntu SMP Fri Jan 27 17:44:39 UTC 2012 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
ii adobe-flash-properties-gtk:i386 11.1.102.62-0oneiric1 GTK+ control panel for Adobe Flash Player plugin version 11
ii adobe-flashplugin:i386 11.1.102.62-0oneiric1 Adobe Flash Player plugin version 11
ii browser-plugin-gnash 0.8.10~git20110618-3ubuntu1 GNU Shockwave Flash (SWF) player - Plugin for Mozilla and derivatives
rc flashplugin-installer 11.1.102.62ubuntu0.11.10.2 Adobe Flash Player plugin installer
ii gnash 0.8.10~git20110618-3ubuntu1 GNU Shockwave Flash (SWF) player
ii gnash-common
me@Printer:~$

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This question was originally filed as bug #935347.

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Fabio Marconi (fabiomarconi) said : 		#1

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#2

Can you give the output of:

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

Thanks

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#3

Try:

sudo apt-get --purge remove adobe-flash-properties-gtk:i386 adobe-flashplugin:i386 browser-plugin-gnash gnash gnash-common; sudo dpkg -P flashplugin-installer

You have 2 flash plugins installed. They will conflict and you will get nothing. You are also using 64bit OS. If you enable the partner repo and install the adobe-installer you will get 64bit flash to match your64bit OS

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Frederick L Shope (flshope) said : 		#4

I have just had a similar problem with videos and the e-zine reader from Zinio. The problem occurred with Firefox 13 and Opera 12 under Ubuntu 11.10. I worked through actionparsnip's commands above and they immediately solved my problem.

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