<Solved>Can't watch You-Tube Videos

jackrat · 2008-11-24 17:42:23

I've checked the Wiki and the search function, and can't find anything relating to setting up my box to view You-Tube (and others) videos. I tried installing flash, and it caused a browser crash, so that was no help. If someone can steer me to the right place, I'd appreciate it.

Last edited by jackrat (2008-11-26 04:20:56)

mentallaxative · 2008-11-24 17:46:15

Tell us what browser you are using, and whether you are on 32 or 64 bit.

jackrat · 2008-11-24 18:16:13

mentallaxative wrote:

Tell us what browser you are using, and whether you are on 32 or 64 bit.

Sorry, I am using Firefox and 32 bit. Thanks

Statix · 2008-11-24 18:37:30

How did you install flash previously? What you should be using is flashplugin from the repos, or flashplugin-beta from the AUR.

For most users, simply installing flashplugin causes flash to work and youtube videos to play.

If you're still crashing, run firefox in a terminal and see what errors you get, if any, when it crashes.

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chno95 · 2008-11-24 19:51:23

Installing flashplugin from Extra and restarting Firefox worked fine for me. There are also a number of other packages that come up under a search for "flash" in the AUR, maybe take a look at those.

jacko · 2008-11-24 19:55:10

NEED more then just flash for you-tube to work.

Gullible Jones · 2008-11-24 20:11:37

No, on 32-bit systems Firefox and Flash are enough.

pyther · 2008-11-24 21:43:47

^^
No, Firefox and Flash is enough for both x86 and x86_64

jackrat · 2008-11-25 01:20:55

Statix wrote:

How did you install flash previously? What you should be using is flashplugin from the repos, or flashplugin-beta from the AUR.
For most users, simply installing flashplugin causes flash to work and youtube videos to play.
If you're still crashing, run firefox in a terminal and see what errors you get, if any, when it crashes.

I installed it from the Flash website, and was using SeaMonkey, it crashed SeaMonkey, so I'm using FF now. I'll try installing Flash from the repos and see what happens ..... actually, I had read somewhere that there was a Linux alternative for flash, but haven't heard anything for a few months, I was hoping that it would be mentioned here, because I'd rather use something natively Linux if possible. Thanks for the responses, I appreciate it

thomasknowles · 2008-11-25 02:54:02

jackrat wrote:

Statix wrote:
How did you install flash previously? What you should be using is flashplugin from the repos, or flashplugin-beta from the AUR.
For most users, simply installing flashplugin causes flash to work and youtube videos to play.
If you're still crashing, run firefox in a terminal and see what errors you get, if any, when it crashes.
I installed it from the Flash website, and was using SeaMonkey, it crashed SeaMonkey, so I'm using FF now. I'll try installing Flash from the repos and see what happens ..... actually, I had read somewhere that there was a Linux alternative for flash, but haven't heard anything for a few months, I was hoping that it would be mentioned here, because I'd rather use something natively Linux if possible. Thanks for the responses, I appreciate it

Let us know what happens, also run seamonkey/firefox from the terminal then navigate to the page in question then if it crashes show us the error. I have a feeling you will have having the "segmentation fault" problem.

jackrat · 2008-11-25 09:59:35

thomasknowles wrote:

Let us know what happens, also run seamonkey/firefox from the terminal then navigate to the page in question then if it crashes show us the error. I have a feeling you will have having the "segmentation fault" problem.

Just now tried that, it works just fine now Thanks all

vexxor · 2008-11-25 10:04:18

jackrat wrote:

actually, I had read somewhere that there was a Linux alternative for flash, but haven't heard anything for a few months, I was hoping that it would be mentioned here, because I'd rather use something natively Linux if possible. Thanks for the responses, I appreciate it

You might be thinking of Gnash

jackrat · 2008-11-26 04:19:24

vexxor wrote:

You might be thinking of Gnash

Yep, that's the one .... I think I'll wait until it gets out of Beta tho, and I hope it will be in the repos as well ..... I'm not having too much luck with outside software .....

Statix · 2008-11-26 04:27:20

Gnash is actually currently in the repos (as gnash-common, and with gnash-gtk for gtk support).

The browser plugin doesn't currently work for youtube though. (At least not for me)

By the way as a little tip - avoid installing anything on arch by methods other than pacman. Pacman just makes it so much easier for version control, tracking, and removal. For anything that is not in the repos it is sure to be in the AUR, and if not you can even make your own PKGBUILD for it to make it into a packman package.

Check out this pacman frontend that gives you aur support if you don't already have it:
http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Yaourt

Last edited by Statix (2008-11-26 04:27:49)

jackrat · 2008-11-27 23:59:39

Statix wrote:

Gnash is actually currently in the repos (as gnash-common, and with gnash-gtk for gtk support).
The browser plugin doesn't currently work for youtube though. (At least not for me)
By the way as a little tip - avoid installing anything on arch by methods other than pacman. Pacman just makes it so much easier for version control, tracking, and removal. For anything that is not in the repos it is sure to be in the AUR, and if not you can even make your own PKGBUILD for it to make it into a packman package.
Check out this pacman frontend that gives you aur support if you don't already have it:
http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Yaourt

Thanks Statix; I didn't know it was in the repos, I'm still working on reading the Wiki, etc. (I'm old, slow and half deaf, but I'm steady .

The browser plugin for Gnash?

I tried using AUR, and wasn't successful ..... I'll take a look at it

Well, I looked -- I don't know if I'll be able to install Yaourt, since you have to use AUR to install it, and as I said before, I wasn't successful getting AUR to work for me, I've tried it several times and flubbed it every time. I'll try it again, and if I'm not successful this time, I'll start a new thread on that. Thanks for the link!

takedown · 2008-11-28 01:42:48

my browser continue crashing with youtube... any sugestion?

aur/firefox-spookyet 3.0.4-2 [installed]
extra/flashplugin 10.0.12.36-2 [installed]

jackrat · 2008-11-28 05:08:18

takedown wrote:

my browser continue crashing with youtube... any sugestion?
aur/firefox-spookyet 3.0.4-2 [installed]
extra/flashplugin 10.0.12.36-2 [installed]

I don't know, I just installed "flashplugin" from the repos, and YouTube works fine for me

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