About a week ago I decided to try out Ubuntu. I had heard a lot of great things about it and I thought it would be cool to have something other than Windows. So I went ahead and installed Ubuntu 9.04 as a dual boot alongside the Windows XP I already had. I was enjoying Ubuntu a lot after first installing it.
I originally installed Flash through Firefox when it prompted me to. A little later I was on YouTube and noticed that about half the videos simply would not start. The page loads, I see the player, but the video just doesn't begin to buffer or start. I orginally posted on the Ubuntu Forums about this problem. I got several suggestions through there. I've probably tried every variation of flash plugins that are available (even tried the alternative Gnash and also tried going back to Flash Player 9 instead of 10). It doesn't matter what I try I get the same problem.
After some frustration, I decided to put my Linux exploits on hold while I tried to solve the problem. I went back to my XP, and shockingly had the exact same problem with YouTube. The exact same videos will not start to play in XP using IE as in Ubuntu with Firefox. It seems to be about a half and half split.
It might be just a coincidence that this problem began exactly when I installed Ubuntu, but I am doubting it. Looking around, Ubuntu 9.04 seems to having a lot of problems with flash content. Although I have not found anyone else who has the same problem as mine, especially one that carries over to another OS. I have no idea what to do about this.
Here is the thread I made on the Ubuntu Forums (I seem to have hit a dead end):
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1138055
Here is an example of a video I can no longer get to play in Ubuntu or XP:
youtube.com/watch?v=23nfW7Q2J3g
EDIT: it seems that on most occasions these videos actually do start after a very long wait. For example I had the video above open in a seperate tab and went back noticing that it had begun playing after sitting idle for about 5 minutes. Still very annoying and frustrating. Don't know if anyone will be able to solve this.
I originally installed Flash through Firefox when it prompted me to. A little later I was on YouTube and noticed that about half the videos simply would not start. The page loads, I see the player, but the video just doesn't begin to buffer or start. I orginally posted on the Ubuntu Forums about this problem. I got several suggestions through there. I've probably tried every variation of flash plugins that are available (even tried the alternative Gnash and also tried going back to Flash Player 9 instead of 10). It doesn't matter what I try I get the same problem.
After some frustration, I decided to put my Linux exploits on hold while I tried to solve the problem. I went back to my XP, and shockingly had the exact same problem with YouTube. The exact same videos will not start to play in XP using IE as in Ubuntu with Firefox. It seems to be about a half and half split.
It might be just a coincidence that this problem began exactly when I installed Ubuntu, but I am doubting it. Looking around, Ubuntu 9.04 seems to having a lot of problems with flash content. Although I have not found anyone else who has the same problem as mine, especially one that carries over to another OS. I have no idea what to do about this.
Here is the thread I made on the Ubuntu Forums (I seem to have hit a dead end):
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1138055
Here is an example of a video I can no longer get to play in Ubuntu or XP:
youtube.com/watch?v=23nfW7Q2J3g
EDIT: it seems that on most occasions these videos actually do start after a very long wait. For example I had the video above open in a seperate tab and went back noticing that it had begun playing after sitting idle for about 5 minutes. Still very annoying and frustrating. Don't know if anyone will be able to solve this.
