Recently, I decided to install Ubuntu MATE over my previous installation of Linux Mint Cinnamon. I’ve heard good things about this distro, so I decided to give it a chance. As of right now, I love it! There are a few issues, though.
I, like many others, despise Flash Player. Instead of watching YouTube videos in the browser with the HTML5 player, I play it in VLC. When I open the url in VLC, it loads up partially, then the program hangs. I have also tried the pre-installed player, Totem. At first, it worked fine; however, it completely froze when it came to the next video in the small playlist.
Does anyone know what might be the source of the issue?
UPDATE: I figured out what was missing. All I needed to do was:
sudo apt-get install mesa-vdpau-drivers
UPDATE 2: Turns out that isn’t all. While more videos work, some videos exit almost imediately after starting them.
Hello, quick update. I went ahead and ran vlc from the terminal, and here is the error when I go to stream a Youtube link:
VLC media player 2.2.0-pre2 Weatherwax (revision 2.2.0-pre1-15-g5178b24)
[0000000001446aa8] core playlist: stopping playback
[0000000001446aa8] core playlist: stopping playback
Failed to open VDPAU backend libvdpau_r600.so: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
Failed to open VDPAU backend libvdpau_r600.so: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
[00007fd7280062d8] core input error: ES_OUT_SET_(GROUP_)PCR is called too late (jitter of 20720 ms ignored)
[00007fd7280062d8] core input error: ES_OUT_SET_(GROUP_)PCR is called too late (pts_delay increased to 1045 ms)
[00007fd7280062d8] core input error: ES_OUT_RESET_PCR called
Failed to open VDPAU backend libvdpau_r600.so: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
[00007fd7280062d8] core input error: ES_OUT_SET_(GROUP_)PCR is called too late (jitter of 5608 ms ignored)
[00007fd6fc06d6c8] core decoder error: Could not get display date for timestamp 0
[00007fd6fc06d6c8] core decoder error: Could not convert timestamp 0
[00007fd7280062d8] core input error: ES_OUT_SET_(GROUP_)PCR is called too late (pts_delay increased to 1073 ms)
[00007fd7280062d8] core input error: ES_OUT_RESET_PCR called
Failed to open VDPAU backend libvdpau_r600.so: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
[00007fd6fc0021b8] core access error: connection failed: Network is unreachable
[00007fd6fc0021b8] http access error: cannot connect to r2---sn-nx5e6n7d.googlevideo.com:80
[00007fd6fc0021b8] http access error: seek failed
The video buffers for a bit, plays a few seconds, buffers again, plays another second or two, then closes the video (not vlc).
When I open a MPEG-4 video, I get this:
VLC media player 2.2.0-pre2 Weatherwax (revision 2.2.0-pre1-15-g5178b24)
[000000000141f118] core libvlc: Running vlc with the default interface. Use 'cvlc' to use vlc without interface.
Failed to open VDPAU backend libvdpau_r600.so: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
Failed to open VDPAU backend libvdpau_r600.so: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
However, I do not see any sort of negative result with the video itself. The sound appears to be fine, and the visuals do not appear to marred at all.
Hi all!
I’m new to Linux and new to ubuntu-mate. I came across ubuntu-mate while trying out the various Linux distributions included with a program called USB Installer. Mate seems to fit my needs very well; being a nimble, USB-friendly version of Linux with (most) of the features I need. It looks great, works well with my laptop hardware including paying well with my sound card, offers the level of security I am seeking and has the basic applications I need when working from my laptop on the road. Connecting to the internet through my router was no problem. I love it.
There is only one item on my short wish-list that Mate seems to be lacking and I hope someone can show me the way to implement this item, if possible. I enjoy watching Twitch, which requires a Flash player. Using VLC isn’t really an option. I searched the threads and examined the tutorial section, but didn’t find anything on integrating a flash player with FireFox on Mate. Any advice?
Adobe offers their Flash player for Linux 64-bit in the following formats: APT, YUM, .tar.gz, and .rpm.
Being so green, I only recognize the APT format so I selected it. But when I tried to download the APT version, Mate requested that I select a program to open it with. Is this a format Mate even uses? If so, how do I proceed to download and install this mod in FireFox?
Or is there a better way? Thanks for any advice you can offer.
-Sci_1
Presuming that I understand your situation, I imagine you would simply install Flash Player with:
sudo apt-get install flashplugin-installer
In the MATE-Terminal.
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Thank you for the prompt reply, Glyph. I gave the command line a try, but the command failed. This is the text currently on my laptop screen:
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ubuntu@ubuntu:~$ sudo apt-get install flashplugin-installer
Reading package lists… Done
Building dependency tree
reading state information… Done
Some packages could not be installed. This may mean that you have
requested an impossible situation or if you are using the unstable
distribution that some required packages have not yet been created
or been moved out of Incoming.
The following information may help to resolve the situation:
The following packages have unmet dependencies:
flashplugin-installer : Depends: libnspr4-0d but it is not going to be installed
E: Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages
ubuntu@ubuntu:~$
Am I missing a library? In my testing I came across another version of Linux which seems to fit my needs. I think I will go with that distro rather than wage bloody war on this problem.
I do like Ubuntu-Mate for its feel, nimbleness and compact size so I may return to it one day; when I am not so green. Please do respond if you can help. I will be interested to read anything you have to say, and your insights will certainly help some other new user with the same problem.
Thanks!
-Science_1
Hmm. Could you do:
sudo apt-get update
Then try the above command again.
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Hey Glyph_Reader!
Thanks a million. Your suggestion worked like a charm. I have Twitch playing on my laptop next to me even as I type. Now I have two Linux distros I like, on two USB sticks. I will take them both with me on my next trip and give them a proper trial run. I’ll keep the one that I like the best.
Thanks again!
-Science_1
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For the sake of any future reader, the command sequence needed to install the flash player are:
sudo apt-get update
(press ENTER)
sudo apt-get install flashplugin-installer
(press ENTER)
Enter these two commands on a system command prompt.
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Hi all. It seems to me that this entire thread would be a good fit in the tutorial section; or perhaps a reworking of this entire thread into a single post, if anyone is up for it. The information in this thread is valuable and would certainly help others. The information should be placed where it would be easiest to find. Just a thought.
-Science_1