According to the output of totem --gst-debug=2, it tries to use ffmpeg to decode the video file (youtube (now?) uses compressed swf). ffmpeg apparently doesn't support compressed swf files directly, they first have to be decompressed by cws2fws.
-- Unable to play video from "Youtube plugin" results https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/459423 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
