BBC videos won't play with flashplugin-nonfree

[zorblek]

I can't get the flash videos on the BBC website to load properly in any browser. This happens with all videos; it's not just ones that are region-specific (I'm in the USA) or expired. As an example of a video that won't play, see http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/in_depth/8116024.stm. The player loads, but the actual video doesn't. I just get an endless loading animation.

This happens independently of which browser I'm using. I've tried it in Firefox, Opera, and Midori. I'm using the latest flashplugin-nonfree on Ubuntu Jaunty. What really baffles me is that another Jaunty install with flashplugin-nonfree plays the videos with no problem...

Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!

[Divider]

3 things, 1. did you get the one from the adobe website, they have a .deb for ubuntu 8.04+, it works perfect with jaunty.

2. is your video correctly configured? Drivers installed, xorg.conf updated? etc.

3. some websites, even though they run flash sometimes need an xvid or divx plugin.

[masux594]

Hi.. try this command

sudo apt-get install flashplugin-installer flashplugin-nonfree 

.. I've searched for my pc a lot for a flash plugin, and this work perfectly !!

Sysc, A

[lovinglinux]

It might be a conflicting plug-in. Check the Troubleshooting section of the tutorial Firefox optimization and troubleshooting thread

Problems:

• Can't play streaming videos
• Flash videos display only a symbol and won't start

Solution:

Some video issues are caused by conflicting plug-ins. It's not a good idea to have multiple plug-ins for the same type of content. You can disable plug-ins through the Addons window. Open "Tools >> Addons", then select the "Plug-ins" icon, then select the plug-in you want to disable and click the "Disable" button. Unfortunately, this not work every time, so the best procedure is to remove the conflicting plug-ins.

To remove conflicting flash plug-ins and install only the one from Adobe open "Applications >> Accessories >> Terminal", then paste (CTRL+SHIFT+V) the code below in the terminal window and hit enter:

sudo apt-get remove swfdec-mozilla mozilla-plugin-gnash && sudo apt-get install flashplugin-nonfree

To solve additional video issues, visit the Comprehensive Multimedia & Video Howto. It solves most of the problems related to video codecs and plug-ins.

[zorblek]

I forgot to mention in my original post that I have this problem only with the BBC videos. Flash videos work just fine everywhere else (as do most other videos).

This I got this version of Flash by installing ubuntu-restricted-extras. I actually used to use the version from the Adobe site a while back, but I had issues with it (I don't recall what now), so I changed it to this one. I tried reinstalling it, but it had no effect. There aren't any other Flash versions installed.

I don't think it's a codec issue, since the other Ubuntu machine doesn't have any codecs installed that this one doesn't, and it plays the videos with no problem.

[ed021990]

do u have ubuntu 64 bit or 32 bit? this is actually quite important in the adobe world

[zorblek]

do u have ubuntu 64 bit or 32 bit? this is actually quite important in the adobe world

I have 32 bit.

[njegbers]

It might be a conflicting plug-in. Check the Troubleshooting section of the tutorial Firefox optimization and troubleshooting thread

I had the same problem. This is the answer. Thank you!

[lovinglinux]

I had the same problem. This is the answer. Thank you!

You are welcome and thanks for the feedback.

[rosswmcgee]

FF works fine with BBC and other viedo sites, but Opera will not play bbc videos though it plays the sound and all other videos? Any ideas?