Comprehensive Multimedia & Video Howto

[unutbu]

Wow, that's really beautiful. You are quite an artist, ubuntu-freak!

[TheProphetS]

Hi, I found a problem with gecko when trying to play stream videos from the ninjavideo website. It works for everything else apart from that. It used to work when I had mplayer plugin installed, have you come across anything like that?

Thanks for the guide anyways, it's extremely helpful.

[ubuntu-freak]

Wow, that's really beautiful. You are quite an artist, ubuntu-freak!

Thanks, but I didn't create the background image, I just felt it deserved to be part of a GDM theme. The image has been around since at least 2007 I think.

[deGz0rx]

anyone got a tip on solving the issue with flash?
i have had problems with flash ever since i installed intrepid few weeks ago
for example, when im watching stuff on youtube its working fine until i try to open something in fullscreen. the video gets crappy and it works with something like ~7-8 fps.
and then i saw this topic, went through it few times and did everything following this howto, but its still working exactly the same as it did before.
i'd love if somebody could help out with this one
thanks

[ubuntu-freak]

anyone got a tip on solving the issue with flash?
i have had problems with flash ever since i installed intrepid few weeks ago
for example, when im watching stuff on youtube its working fine until i try to open something in fullscreen. the video gets crappy and it works with something like ~7-8 fps.
and then i saw this topic, went through it few times and did everything following this howto, but its still working exactly the same as it did before.
i'd love if somebody could help out with this one
thanks

Have you tried installing Flash Player manually? Take a look at my troubleshooting section.

[deGz0rx]

yeah i just tried installing the flash manually but theres no improvements at all. again, the fullscreen sucks compared to normal size
i wish that guy from page 1 said what was his solution to choppy videos
too bad he didnt

[ubuntu-freak]

yeah i just tried installing the flash manually but theres no improvements at all. again, the fullscreen sucks compared to normal size
i wish that guy from page 1 said what was his solution to choppy videos
too bad he didnt

You could try disabling effects in System > Preferences > Appearance > Visual Effects.

Also, I've read that the new alpha 64-bit build of Flash Player performs better in fullscreen, so there could be a slight problem with the current 32-bit build. Not much you can do about that, except report a bug to Adobe.

[nroussi]

First thanks for the howto. I have followed only the part for Adobe Flash Player plugin because that is the only thing that I need right now. I used this link to download the amd64 file. http://labs.adobe.com/downloads/flashplayer10.html

I followed everything you wrote and flash seems to load but as soon as the loading is complete ~90-100% firefox crashes.

I am using 64 bit Linux 2.6.24-22-generic #1 SMP Mon Nov 24 19:35:06 UTC 2008 x86_64 GNU/Linux on an ASUS DSBV-DX server board. It does not have a sound card installed. COuld that be why?

[nroussi]

I have tried on my 64 bit LTSP environment on a thin client that has a sound card and flash does not crash, but I have no sound since there is no sound card detected. Maybe i can install something in the chroot....

[Deadmode]

How come I can't rewind or fast forward with mplayer plugin?