driebel
August 2nd, 2016, 02:48 PM
I have a System76 laptop, and upgraded to 16.04 last night. Most of the upgrade went perfectly, but there are a few lingering issues that I'm discovering. Two are related to video playback, which I am very ignorant about.
Most importantly, youtube does not play at all. I prefer to use chrome as a web browser, but I have also tested this in Firefox. The grey progress bar indicates the video is buffering, but it does not play. I'm afraid I don't know what aspects of web browsers are responsible for playing such videos, so I'm not sure what to troubleshoot next.
Of lesser importance, I've noticed that VLC now has trouble plying .wmv files. It plays all other formats fine, but .wmv files are very jerky. This is less of an issue because both videos and xine play these files fine. Perhaps these two issues are connected in some way? As I said, I know very little about how video playback is handled behind the scenes.
Thanks!
EDIT: Hmmm, I'm continuing to troubleshoot, the problem seems connected to using my bluetooth headphones. I was suing them fine with 14.04, and youtube plays fine using the built in speakers of my laptop and a pair of wired headphones, but as soon as audio is switched to a pair of wireless headphones (via sound settings), playback stops immediately.
Most importantly, youtube does not play at all. I prefer to use chrome as a web browser, but I have also tested this in Firefox. The grey progress bar indicates the video is buffering, but it does not play. I'm afraid I don't know what aspects of web browsers are responsible for playing such videos, so I'm not sure what to troubleshoot next.
Of lesser importance, I've noticed that VLC now has trouble plying .wmv files. It plays all other formats fine, but .wmv files are very jerky. This is less of an issue because both videos and xine play these files fine. Perhaps these two issues are connected in some way? As I said, I know very little about how video playback is handled behind the scenes.
Thanks!
EDIT: Hmmm, I'm continuing to troubleshoot, the problem seems connected to using my bluetooth headphones. I was suing them fine with 14.04, and youtube plays fine using the built in speakers of my laptop and a pair of wired headphones, but as soon as audio is switched to a pair of wireless headphones (via sound settings), playback stops immediately.