An update to my above (2016-06-19) comment. Today I upgraded from: 49.0.2623.108-0ubuntu0.14.04.1.1113 to: 51.0.2704.79-0ubuntu0.14.04.1.1121.
Youtube video plays correctly in version 51. Yay! -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to chromium-browser in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1575436 Title: Some HTML5 YouTube videos don't work in Chromium Status in chromium-browser package in Ubuntu: New Bug description: Some HTML5 YouTube videos crash when attempting to watch them. Refreshing the page will result in the video still be broken but will switch to flash if it is installed. Description: Ubuntu 16.04 LTS Release: 16.04 chromium-browser: Installed: 49.0.2623.108-0ubuntu1.1233 Candidate: 49.0.2623.108-0ubuntu1.1233 Version table: *** 49.0.2623.108-0ubuntu1.1233 500 500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial/universe amd64 Packages 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04 Package: chromium-browser 49.0.2623.108-0ubuntu1.1233 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.4.0-21.37-generic 4.4.6 Uname: Linux 4.4.0-21-generic x86_64 NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia_uvm nvidia_drm nvidia_modeset nvidia ApportVersion: 2.20.1-0ubuntu2 Architecture: amd64 CurrentDesktop: GNOME Date: Tue Apr 26 19:32:21 2016 Desktop-Session: 'gnome' '/etc/xdg/xdg-gnome:/usr/share/upstart/xdg:/etc/xdg' '/usr/share/gnome:/usr/local/share/:/usr/share/:/var/lib/snapd/desktop' DetectedPlugins: Env: 'None' 'None' InstallationDate: Installed on 2016-04-23 (3 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu-GNOME 16.04 LTS "Xenial Xerus" - Release amd64 (20160421) Load-Avg-1min: 0.20 Load-Processes-Running-Percent: 0.1% MachineType: Acer Aspire M3970G ProcEnviron: TERM=xterm-256color PATH=(custom, no user) XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set> LANG=en_US.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-4.4.0-21-generic.efi.signed root=UUID=2da20df4-bd28-4c09-8338-2c5344abe045 ro nopat quiet splash vesafb.invalid=1 SourcePackage: chromium-browser UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) dmi.bios.date: 11/25/2011 dmi.bios.vendor: American Megatrends Inc. dmi.bios.version: P02-A3 dmi.board.name: Aspire M3970G dmi.board.vendor: Acer dmi.chassis.type: 3 dmi.chassis.vendor: Acer dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAmericanMegatrendsInc.:bvrP02-A3:bd11/25/2011:svnAcer:pnAspireM3970G:pvr:rvnAcer:rnAspireM3970G:rvr:cvnAcer:ct3:cvr: dmi.product.name: Aspire M3970G dmi.sys.vendor: Acer gconf-keys: /desktop/gnome/applications/browser/exec = b'firefox\n'/desktop/gnome/url-handlers/https/command = b'sensible-browser %s\n'/desktop/gnome/url-handlers/https/enabled = b'true\n'/desktop/gnome/url-handlers/http/command = b'sensible-browser %s\n'/desktop/gnome/url-handlers/http/enabled = b'true\n'/desktop/gnome/session/required_components/windowmanager = b''/apps/metacity/general/compositing_manager = b''/desktop/gnome/interface/icon_theme = b'gnome\n'/desktop/gnome/interface/gtk_theme = b'Clearlooks\n' modified.conffile..etc.default.chromium-browser: [deleted] To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/chromium-browser/+bug/1575436/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
