Re: youtube error msg & html5

2017-09-13 Thread Jimmy Johnson
On 09/11/2017 02:34 PM, Whit Hansell wrote: Does anyone know what to do abouut this error messagfe on YouTube.??? Your browser does not currently recognize any of the video formats available Thanks. I've searched for the answer but nothing makes any sense and many of the answers

Re: [Solved] youtube error msg & html5

2017-09-13 Thread Nick Boyce
On Tue, 12 Sep 2017 10:57:38 -0400 Whit Hansell wrote: > For grins, I tried restarting Firefox w/o plugins. Then went to > youtube and tried a video. Worked perfectly. So knew it was a plug-in. > Turned out to be "You tube flashplayer - html5." disabled it and >

Re: youtube error msg & html5

2017-09-13 Thread John Hasler
Ben Caradoc-Davies writes: > The flash plugin package is often broken (downloads from Adobe fail) > and seems no longer required for YouTube. Or anywhere for that matter. Unfortunately not quite true. There are a few benighted sites that still require it such as weather.gov. -- John Hasler

Re: youtube error msg & html5

2017-09-12 Thread Greg Wooledge
On Wed, Sep 13, 2017 at 08:19:53AM +1200, Ben Caradoc-Davies wrote: > I advise against installing the flash plugin. The flash plugin package is > often broken (downloads from Adobe fail) and seems no longer required for > YouTube. Or anywhere for that matter. I uninstalled it a few weeks ago.

Re: [Solved] youtube error msg & html5

2017-09-12 Thread Ben Caradoc-Davies
On 13/09/17 02:57, Whit Hansell wrote: For grins, I tried restarting  Firefox w/o plugins.  Then went to youtube and tried a video.  Worked perfectly.  So knew it was a plug-in.  Turned out to be "You tube flashplayer - html5."  disabled it and Voila' it worked. Thank you all for your help. 

Re: youtube error msg & html5

2017-09-12 Thread Ben Caradoc-Davies
On 13/09/17 02:29, Alexander V. Makartsev wrote: Did you tried or have installed adobe flash player plugin? I advise against installing the flash plugin. The flash plugin package is often broken (downloads from Adobe fail) and seems no longer required for YouTube. Or anywhere for that

Re: youtube error msg & html5

2017-09-12 Thread Ben Caradoc-Davies
On 12/09/17 23:53, Whit Hansell wrote: It's Firefox ESR 52.3.0  (64 bit) As to you tube, when I go to youtube (youtube.com) and click on any of the videos available a new page opens w. only a black video graphic.  No way to start it so I have found that if I refresh the pate a new page starts

Re:[Solved] youtube error msg & html5

2017-09-12 Thread Whit Hansell
For grins, I tried restarting Firefox w/o plugins. Then went to youtube and tried a video. Worked perfectly. So knew it was a plug-in. Turned out to be "You tube flashplayer - html5." disabled it and Voila' it worked. Thank you all for your help. Much appreciated... Regards, Whit

Re: youtube error msg & html5

2017-09-12 Thread Alexander V. Makartsev
It looks like you have missing some codecs or libs. Try installing these: sudo apt-get install libavcodec57 libavcodec-extra57 va-driver-all vdpau-va-driver Did you tried or have installed adobe flash player plugin? Also, tell me about your hardware. On 12.09.2017 16:53, Whit Hansell wrote: >

Re: youtube error msg & html5

2017-09-12 Thread Reco
Hi. On Tue, Sep 12, 2017 at 02:48:23PM +0200, to...@tuxteam.de wrote: > On Tue, Sep 12, 2017 at 08:18:02AM -0400, Whit Hansell wrote: > > [...] > > > Installed cclive. youtube-viewer not available.(Unable to find > > youtube-viewer) restarted Firefox and tried to load a video. No >

Re: youtube error msg & html5

2017-09-12 Thread tomas
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Tue, Sep 12, 2017 at 08:18:02AM -0400, Whit Hansell wrote: [...] > Installed cclive. youtube-viewer not available.(Unable to find > youtube-viewer) restarted Firefox and tried to load a video. No > change. No, no -- those are not supposed to

Re: youtube error msg & html5

2017-09-12 Thread tomas
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Tue, Sep 12, 2017 at 03:15:36PM +0300, Reco wrote: [...] > It was my impression that what Google *actually* wants is to keep > everyone immersed into Android phone/tablet, not a conventional browser. > Why settling to having user's browsing

Re: youtube error msg & html5

2017-09-12 Thread Whit Hansell
On 09/12/2017 06:48 AM, Reco wrote: Hi. On Tue, Sep 12, 2017 at 06:40:40AM -0400, Jude DaShiell wrote: apt-get install youtube-viewer cclive youtube-dl Indeed. One of those 3 should solve it. youtube-dl is good for seamless integration with mpv, which is why i prefer it. Reco

Re: youtube error msg & html5

2017-09-12 Thread Reco
On Tue, Sep 12, 2017 at 12:59:21PM +0200, to...@tuxteam.de wrote: > On Tue, Sep 12, 2017 at 01:48:23PM +0300, Reco wrote: > > Hi. > > > > On Tue, Sep 12, 2017 at 06:40:40AM -0400, Jude DaShiell wrote: > > > apt-get install youtube-viewer cclive youtube-dl > > > > Indeed. One of those 3

Re: youtube error msg & html5

2017-09-12 Thread Whit Hansell
It's Firefox ESR 52.3.0 (64 bit) As to you tube, when I go to youtube (youtube.com) and click on any of the videos available a new page opens w. only a black video graphic. No way to start it so I have found that if I refresh the pate a new page starts w. the various video graphics at the

Re: youtube error msg & html5

2017-09-12 Thread tomas
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Tue, Sep 12, 2017 at 01:48:23PM +0300, Reco wrote: > Hi. > > On Tue, Sep 12, 2017 at 06:40:40AM -0400, Jude DaShiell wrote: > > apt-get install youtube-viewer cclive youtube-dl > > Indeed. One of those 3 should solve it. > > youtube-dl is

Re: youtube error msg & html5

2017-09-12 Thread Reco
Hi. On Tue, Sep 12, 2017 at 06:40:40AM -0400, Jude DaShiell wrote: > apt-get install youtube-viewer cclive youtube-dl Indeed. One of those 3 should solve it. youtube-dl is good for seamless integration with mpv, which is why i prefer it. Reco

Re: youtube error msg & html5

2017-09-12 Thread Jude DaShiell
apt-get install youtube-viewer cclive youtube-dl On Tue, 12 Sep 2017, Reco wrote: Date: Tue, 12 Sep 2017 04:24:30 From: Reco <recovery...@gmail.com> To: debian-user@lists.debian.org Subject: Re: youtube error msg & html5 Resent-Date: Tue, 12 Sep 2017 08:24:49 + (UTC) Resent-Fr

Re: youtube error msg & html5

2017-09-12 Thread Reco
Hi. On Mon, Sep 11, 2017 at 05:34:52PM -0400, Whit Hansell wrote: > Does anyone know what to do abouut this error messagfe on YouTube.??? > > > > Your browser does not currently recognize any of the video formats > available > > > Thanks. I've searched for the answer but

Re: youtube error msg & html5

2017-09-11 Thread Ben Caradoc-Davies
On 12/09/17 09:34, Whit Hansell wrote: Does anyone know what to do abouut this error messagfe on YouTube.???  Your browser does not currently recognize any of the video formats  available Thanks.   I've searched for the answer but nothing makes any sense and many of the answers are

youtube error msg & html5

2017-09-11 Thread Whit Hansell
Does anyone know what to do abouut this error messagfe on YouTube.??? Your browser does not currently recognize any of the video formats available Thanks. I've searched for the answer but nothing makes any sense and many of the answers are very old The youtube screen points