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Hi there im new to ubuntu. Iv managed to make everything work ok except videos. I cannot watch any videos on youtube/dailymotion or any place. I get a black screen ...
  1. 11-13-2010 #1
    shteiny
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    Video/flash problems

    Hi there im new to ubuntu. Iv managed to make everything work ok except videos. I cannot watch any videos on youtube/dailymotion or any place. I get a black screen with the message "Error ocurred, please try again later". I can watch some embedded videos but thats about it. Games on Facebook dont load either so i suppose their is a problem with flash. Any idea what is up or what my ubuntu is missing?

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    If you don't have a problem with proprietary software: Go to the Adobe Flash Player Download Page, choose "APT for Ubuntu 9.04+" and follow the instructions.

    Before that, you can go to the Synaptic Package Manager and uninstall anything that has to do with flash. Some people reported problems when installing Flash when there is already a version installed. This is not essential, though.
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    The simple way is install the restricted extras package.

    Open up a terminal and run the following command

    sudo apt-get install ubuntu-restricted-extras

    If you are using Xubuntu, it is

    sudo apt-get install xubuntu-restricted-extras

    and for Kubuntu

    sudo apt-get install kubuntu-restricted-extras

    You will also get a Java Virtual Machine, the MS core TTF Fonts, MP3 playback and a few other bits and pieces
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