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Hello. I have a question to ask you regarding Linux Ubuntu v.11.10 64-bit.
I notice when I am using the default web browser for Ubuntu v.11.10 -- that is Firefox, and I wish to play some YouTube.com video on it (as a test trial and found a few) that did NOT play on Ubuntu's Firefox. This is not the case for all YouTube.com videos. Many YouTube.com videos do play fine on Ubuntu's Firefox. For those that do not; I get the message, The video is currently unavailable." printed in white on a black area of the YouTube.com's video screen. For example: The name of the video is called, "Ottawan D.I.S.C.O" with the URL: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cxcbFFRYKS8 . Now, I checked it in Windows 7 64-bit's Firefox web browser the SAME video with the SAME URL and I had no issues playing it. So why is Ubuntu's Firefox unable to play the video and Windows 7's Firefox can play the video. I made sure I had the SAME web browser as well to compare it to.
FYI and this may or may not help you and be considered irrelevant to this question: I have both my Windows 7 64-bit and my Ubuntu v.11.10 64-bit installed on the same hard drive on the same computer with shared booting.
Any ideas why the issues with Ubuntu playing this particular YouTube.com video and not Windows 7 with the SAME web browser for the SAME URL and SAME video?
Please reply.
Thank you!
I notice when I am using the default web browser for Ubuntu v.11.10 -- that is Firefox, and I wish to play some YouTube.com video on it (as a test trial and found a few) that did NOT play on Ubuntu's Firefox. This is not the case for all YouTube.com videos. Many YouTube.com videos do play fine on Ubuntu's Firefox. For those that do not; I get the message, The video is currently unavailable." printed in white on a black area of the YouTube.com's video screen. For example: The name of the video is called, "Ottawan D.I.S.C.O" with the URL: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cxcbFFRYKS8 . Now, I checked it in Windows 7 64-bit's Firefox web browser the SAME video with the SAME URL and I had no issues playing it. So why is Ubuntu's Firefox unable to play the video and Windows 7's Firefox can play the video. I made sure I had the SAME web browser as well to compare it to.
FYI and this may or may not help you and be considered irrelevant to this question: I have both my Windows 7 64-bit and my Ubuntu v.11.10 64-bit installed on the same hard drive on the same computer with shared booting.
Any ideas why the issues with Ubuntu playing this particular YouTube.com video and not Windows 7 with the SAME web browser for the SAME URL and SAME video?
Please reply.
Thank you!
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If you install missing plugins it works just fine as shown here
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@ DaveBaldwin & ve3ofa:
Hello. Nice to see you both again.
Thank you both for your comments.
Okay, I have enough to fill you in...
Okay, I see you both indicate that it has something to do with Adobe Flash. It crossed my mind once too, then quickly dismissed it since I "believe" it was installed and working properly.
Originally before posting his question/thread here on EE, I went ahead and installed Adobe Flash player a couple of days ago after installing my Ubuntu v.11.10 64-bit operating system. I Google searched for: ” adobe flash for linux” and at the Adobe website (http://get.adobe.com/flashplayer/completion/?installer=Flash_Player_11_for_other_Linux_%28.tar.gz%29_64-bit), and selected the *.tar.gz file download. I opened with Ubuntu Archive Manager to install it. I didn't save this file at the time. No problems, it was successfully installed. However, I was getting the “The video is currently unavailable”. So why the issues here I ask myself? It is installed. Then I posted this issue as a question/thread here. Sorry, I did not comment myself in my initial post; but then again at the time, I did not feel this was the culprit.
@ve3ofa: First, I must say regarding the nicely homemade weblink you just made for me on the YouTube.com website, thank you!!! ;) As of that moment, I wanted to watch your YouTube.com video you created -- I was working on my Ubuntu operating system. Since I knew I was able to watch 'some' of the YouTube.com videos without any issues, I decided to watch your YouTube.com video right here on my Ubuntu. Unfortunately and ironically, I get the same message, “The video is currently unavailable.” trying to watch your YouTube.com video to see what I need to do. So the only way to watch it was on my Windows 7. So I booted to Windows 7 instead. Your YouTube.com video ran on my Windows Firefox there with any issues. Now, as I was watching it, you were using my sample video from my initial post and you yourself was receiving the same message on your YouTube.com screen, “The video is currently unavailable.” As I was watching your YouTube.com video I saw from out of thin air (from nowhere) a window instantly pop up titled, “Firefox Plugin...” (I cannot recall now the exact title, but I think it was “Firefox Plugin Service”; I may be wrong.). I am not sure what you did, but assumed that somehow in Ubuntu that this window “Firefox Plugin...” appears instantly from nowhere if I wait long enough after trying to play a YouTube.com video and getting the “The video is currently unavailable.” message. So figured I would attempt this myself. I booted back into Ubuntu and went to my Firefox web browser and went back to my sample video I posted in my initial post above (The one you are using too in your YouTube .com video.). Of course, I get the same message, “The video is currently unavailable.” I then wait a few seconds and I see NO window that opens titled something like “Firefox Plugin...”. So I do not know what you did in order to get that “Firefox Plugin..” window to show up??? Please explain.
Then I figure, let me do a little Googling online to see if there is any solution to this issue. I Googled: “ubuntu launch firefox plugin service” and I find the following right from Ubuntu website: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/AMD64/FirefoxAndPlugins .
I decided to give it a try. I opened up Terminal and ran the command lines for: “64-bit Firefox and 64-bit Flash plugin”, specifically, “1. Remove currently installed versions of Flash.” I performed that. I figured it should remove the version I put in. I would try to re-install Adobe Flash again. That 'should of” removed the version of Adobe Flash I put in. Then I performed, “2. Install Adobe flash plugin:” I did that too. Strangely at the end, I see in the command lines, “Package adobe-flashplugin is not available, but is referred to by another package. This may mean that the package is missing, has been obsoleted, or is only available form another source. E: Package 'adobe-flashplugin' has no installation candidate.” I have attached a couple of overlapping screenshots from the Terminal responses for your inspection.
So I am not sure what is going on here? I really do need your help.
Please reply to my questions and actions I have outlined above. I figure I shouldn't be having too many issues wit this simple installation of Adobe Flash that I can do effortlessly in Windows.
Please reply.
Thank you!
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Hello. Nice to see you both again.
Thank you both for your comments.
Okay, I have enough to fill you in...
Okay, I see you both indicate that it has something to do with Adobe Flash. It crossed my mind once too, then quickly dismissed it since I "believe" it was installed and working properly.
Originally before posting his question/thread here on EE, I went ahead and installed Adobe Flash player a couple of days ago after installing my Ubuntu v.11.10 64-bit operating system. I Google searched for: ” adobe flash for linux” and at the Adobe website (http://get.adobe.com/flashplayer/completion/?installer=Flash_Player_11_for_other_Linux_%28.tar.gz%29_64-bit), and selected the *.tar.gz file download. I opened with Ubuntu Archive Manager to install it. I didn't save this file at the time. No problems, it was successfully installed. However, I was getting the “The video is currently unavailable”. So why the issues here I ask myself? It is installed. Then I posted this issue as a question/thread here. Sorry, I did not comment myself in my initial post; but then again at the time, I did not feel this was the culprit.
@ve3ofa: First, I must say regarding the nicely homemade weblink you just made for me on the YouTube.com website, thank you!!! ;) As of that moment, I wanted to watch your YouTube.com video you created -- I was working on my Ubuntu operating system. Since I knew I was able to watch 'some' of the YouTube.com videos without any issues, I decided to watch your YouTube.com video right here on my Ubuntu. Unfortunately and ironically, I get the same message, “The video is currently unavailable.” trying to watch your YouTube.com video to see what I need to do. So the only way to watch it was on my Windows 7. So I booted to Windows 7 instead. Your YouTube.com video ran on my Windows Firefox there with any issues. Now, as I was watching it, you were using my sample video from my initial post and you yourself was receiving the same message on your YouTube.com screen, “The video is currently unavailable.” As I was watching your YouTube.com video I saw from out of thin air (from nowhere) a window instantly pop up titled, “Firefox Plugin...” (I cannot recall now the exact title, but I think it was “Firefox Plugin Service”; I may be wrong.). I am not sure what you did, but assumed that somehow in Ubuntu that this window “Firefox Plugin...” appears instantly from nowhere if I wait long enough after trying to play a YouTube.com video and getting the “The video is currently unavailable.” message. So figured I would attempt this myself. I booted back into Ubuntu and went to my Firefox web browser and went back to my sample video I posted in my initial post above (The one you are using too in your YouTube .com video.). Of course, I get the same message, “The video is currently unavailable.” I then wait a few seconds and I see NO window that opens titled something like “Firefox Plugin...”. So I do not know what you did in order to get that “Firefox Plugin..” window to show up??? Please explain.
Then I figure, let me do a little Googling online to see if there is any solution to this issue. I Googled: “ubuntu launch firefox plugin service” and I find the following right from Ubuntu website: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/AMD64/FirefoxAndPlugins .
I decided to give it a try. I opened up Terminal and ran the command lines for: “64-bit Firefox and 64-bit Flash plugin”, specifically, “1. Remove currently installed versions of Flash.” I performed that. I figured it should remove the version I put in. I would try to re-install Adobe Flash again. That 'should of” removed the version of Adobe Flash I put in. Then I performed, “2. Install Adobe flash plugin:” I did that too. Strangely at the end, I see in the command lines, “Package adobe-flashplugin is not available, but is referred to by another package. This may mean that the package is missing, has been obsoleted, or is only available form another source. E: Package 'adobe-flashplugin' has no installation candidate.” I have attached a couple of overlapping screenshots from the Terminal responses for your inspection.
So I am not sure what is going on here? I really do need your help.
Please reply to my questions and actions I have outlined above. I figure I shouldn't be having too many issues wit this simple installation of Adobe Flash that I can do effortlessly in Windows.
Please reply.
Thank you!
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Again, thank you both for your help!!! Nice YouTube.com videos, ve3ofa!!! I like your little tune in your second video. ;)