I am not able to watch youtube videos

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Hi,

I get an error as soon as I try to play a youtube video. Something about that it could not find a plugin for audio type.

Regards,

John…

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Here are a few suggestions for you. You did not mention which version of openSUSE that you are using. However, the problem could be your multimedia setup.

Here is a section that explains it in great detail:

Multi-media and Restricted Format Installation Guide

Here is about the new Packman

Packman Layout Explained

Here is the mmcheck bash script file. Look at Message #69 for the most recent version:

MMCHECK - Check Your Multimedia in 10 Steps - Script File, as proposed by RedDwarf

Here is another script good for testing your audio setup.

S.T.A.R.T. - SuSE Terminal Audio Reporting Tool

Thank You,

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Thank you for your reply. The OS is: 11.4 and the Web-browser is Firefox. I followed the instructions in your link with no success. I would like to mention that the problem is only with Firefox, audio/video works fine with Google Chrome.

Regards,

John…

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John, you may not have a the adobe flash plugin installed. Use yast to do an online update and add the non-oss repos. Once you have flash, youtube will work.

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To check your flash setup you can use the same command as I do in mmcheck test 14 shown here:

14. Show if Java Packages are Installed from openSUSE ...                   

Command: rpm --query --all --queryformat '%{NAME}-%{VERSION}-%{RELEASE}-%{ARCH} -> %{VENDOR}
' '*java-*'

java-1_6_0-sun-alsa-1.6.0.u23-3.3-x86_64 -> openSUSE
java-1_6_0-sun-plugin-1.6.0.u23-3.3-x86_64 -> openSUSE
java-1_6_0-sun-1.6.0.u23-3.3-x86_64 -> openSUSE

You should expect to have only Sun Java Packages installed.  If your files 
include the name --> openjdk <--, it is suggested that they be uninstalled.

Press <enter> to continue...

Why not post this output to see your flash setup. You can find mmcheck here:

MMCHECK - Check Your Multimedia in 10 Steps - Script File, as proposed by RedDwarf

Message #69 has the most reset version to use.

Thank You,

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I added the non-oss flash-plugin. All is well now.

Thank you…

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Again, why not open up a terminal session and type this command:

rpm --query --all --queryformat '%{NAME}-%{VERSION}-%{RELEASE}-%{ARCH} -> %{VENDOR}
' '*java-*'

You can copy and paste it in from this message and then copy and past the output here in a message:

java-1_6_0-sun-alsa-1.6.0.u23-3.3-x86_64 -> openSUSE
java-1_6_0-sun-plugin-1.6.0.u23-3.3-x86_64 -> openSUSE
java-1_6_0-sun-1.6.0.u23-3.3-x86_64 -> openSUSE

On my computer this is the result of this command. I am trying to determine if you have the correct Java files loaded on your computer.

Thank You,

PS Your Comment that said: "I added the non-oss flash-plugin. All is well now. " is good. I just wondered what you originally had loaded on your PC.