Youtube on ubuntu...

.......doesnt work properly on linux, i get this:

http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a3...ff/youtube.png

things all screwed up on the play bar, the only button that works is the pause one, and if i click it more than twice it makes the whole area go grey,

basically, what i THINK i need, is a flash player plug in, because other things, like image copying from photobucket doesnt work either, you can usually just click the box, and it automatically copies it, but it doesnt work, so what i have to do is right click and copy....that doesnt bother me so much...its just youtube, anyone know how i can fix this?

somtimes the video doesnt play at all, somtimes it doesnt even load it up at all..idk what to do tbh...i tried searching for a flash player in synaptic packet manager, but came up with very little...so...any ideas?

thanks

you're using an open-source flash plugin named gnash

switch to the official closed-source adobe plugin. there may be a package for your distribution

urm, do i need to uninstall the current one?

where do i find the new one?

and how do i do this exactly?

load Synaptic (System -> Administration -> Synaptic Package Manager)

ensure all software is available - go to Settings -> Repositories and ensure all four of the top boxes are ticked. if not, tick them, click close, then click reload

scroll down to the box for "mozilla-plugin-flash" and mark it for complete removal. scroll down further to "ubuntu-restricted-extras" and mark it for installation. then click apply

didnt work, unless i have to reboot?
EDIT: it made the video play a bit smoother, but the actual buttons are still not working right

you'd need to restart your browser at the very least.

visit about:plugins and paste everything from there

thats a lot of stuff, but ok, one sec:

Installed plugins
Find more information about browser plugins at mozilla.org.
Help for installing plugins is available from plugindoc.mozdev.org.
GCJ Web Browser Plugin (using IcedTea) 1.4

File name: gcjwebplugin.so
The GCJ Web Browser Plugin (using IcedTea) executes Java applets.

MIME Type Description Suffixes Enabled
application/x-java-vm IcedTea class,jar Yes
application/x-java-applet IcedTea class,jar Yes
application/x-java-applet;version=1.1 IcedTea class,jar Yes
application/x-java-applet;version=1.1.1 IcedTea class,jar Yes
application/x-java-applet;version=1.1.2 IcedTea class,jar Yes
application/x-java-applet;version=1.1.3 IcedTea class,jar Yes
application/x-java-applet;version=1.2 IcedTea class,jar Yes
application/x-java-applet;version=1.2.1 IcedTea class,jar Yes
application/x-java-applet;version=1.2.2 IcedTea class,jar Yes
application/x-java-applet;version=1.3 IcedTea class,jar Yes
application/x-java-applet;version=1.3.1 IcedTea class,jar Yes
application/x-java-applet;version=1.4 IcedTea class,jar Yes
application/x-java-applet;version=1.4.1 IcedTea class,jar Yes
application/x-java-applet;version=1.4.2 IcedTea class,jar Yes
application/x-java-applet;version=1.5 IcedTea class,jar Yes
application/x-java-applet;version=1.6 IcedTea class,jar Yes
application/x-java-applet;version=1.7 IcedTea class,jar Yes
application/x-java-applet;jpi-version=1.7.0_00 IcedTea class,jar Yes
application/x-java-bean IcedTea class,jar Yes
application/x-java-bean;version=1.1 IcedTea class,jar Yes
application/x-java-bean;version=1.1.1 IcedTea class,jar Yes
application/x-java-bean;version=1.1.2 IcedTea class,jar Yes
application/x-java-bean;version=1.1.3 IcedTea class,jar Yes
application/x-java-bean;version=1.2 IcedTea class,jar Yes
application/x-java-bean;version=1.2.1 IcedTea class,jar Yes
application/x-java-bean;version=1.2.2 IcedTea class,jar Yes
application/x-java-bean;version=1.3 IcedTea class,jar Yes
application/x-java-bean;version=1.3.1 IcedTea class,jar Yes
application/x-java-bean;version=1.4 IcedTea class,jar Yes
application/x-java-bean;version=1.4.1 IcedTea class,jar Yes
application/x-java-bean;version=1.4.2 IcedTea class,jar Yes
application/x-java-bean;version=1.5 IcedTea class,jar Yes
application/x-java-bean;version=1.6 IcedTea class,jar Yes
application/x-java-bean;version=1.7 IcedTea class,jar Yes
application/x-java-bean;jpi-version=1.7.0_00 IcedTea class,jar Yes
Totem Web Browser Plugin 2.20.0

File name: libtotem-basic-plugin.so
The Totem 2.20.0 plugin handles video and audio streams.

MIME Type Description Suffixes Enabled
application/ogg Ogg multimedia ogg Yes
audio/ogg Ogg Audio ogg Yes
audio/x-ogg Ogg Audio ogg Yes
video/ogg Ogg Video ogg Yes
video/x-ogg Ogg Video ogg Yes
video/mpeg MPEG video mpg, mpeg, mpe Yes
audio/wav WAV audio wav Yes
audio/x-wav WAV audio wav Yes
audio/mpeg MP3 audio mp3 Yes
application/x-nsv-vp3-mp3 NSV video nsv Yes
video/flv Flash video flv Yes
Windows Media Player Plug-in 10 (compatible; Totem)

File name: libtotem-gmp-plugin.so
The Totem 2.20.0 plugin handles video and audio streams.

MIME Type Description Suffixes Enabled
application/x-mplayer2 AVI video avi, wma, wmv Yes
video/x-ms-asf-plugin ASF video asf, wmv Yes
video/x-msvideo AVI video asf, wmv Yes
video/x-ms-asf ASF video asf Yes
video/x-ms-wmv WMV video wmv Yes
video/x-wmv WMV video wmv Yes
video/x-ms-wvx Playlist wmv Yes
video/x-ms-wm ASF video wmv Yes
application/x-ms-wms WMV video wms Yes
application/asx Playlist asx Yes
DivX® Web Player

File name: libtotem-mully-plugin.so
The Totem 2.20.0 plugin handles video and audio streams.

MIME Type Description Suffixes Enabled
video/divx AVI video divx Yes
QuickTime Plug-in 7.2.0

File name: libtotem-narrowspace-plugin.so
The Totem 2.20.0 plugin handles video and audio streams.

MIME Type Description Suffixes Enabled
video/quicktime QT video mov Yes
video/mp4 MPEG-4 video mp4 Yes
image/x-macpaint MacPaint Bitmap image pntg Yes
image/x-quicktime Macintosh Quickdraw/PICT drawing pict, pict1, pict2 Yes
video/x-m4v MPEG-4 video m4v Yes

i suspect you're on 64-bit, which doesn't install the flash plugin along with ubuntu-restricted-extras. using synaptic, install flashplugin-nonfree

i am indeed on 64 bit...and ok, will do

ok, now when i open synaptic package manager i get this:

E: dpkg was interrupted, you must manually run 'dpkg --configure -a' to correct the problem.
E: _cache->open() failed, please report.

a package installation was interrupted, which may explain why things are acting funny.

open a terminal (Application/Accessories/Terminal) and run "sudo dpkg --configure -a"

done...

it went through a load of stuff

then said

OK

and has come up with 42 dots, but doesnt apear to be doing anything new...

EDIT:nevermind, its loading, but INCREDIBLY SLOWLY

problem solved, much thanks :)

for legal reasons, the actual plugin cannot be kept on the ubuntu servers - it must be downloaded from adobe every time.

their servers are slow and crap.

hence the dots - those are for progress on the plugin download