I just downloaded Ubuntu. But when I go to YouTube the videos play horribly and I get a window saying the plug in is needed but then when I try to add it it says it can't find a suitable plug in. I have tried to download flash player and Lightstream and I have no idea what is going on with either one. I keep launching them over and over and nothing works. I have no idea what to do, can someone help?
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What browser are you using?– ElefantPhaceJul 4, 2014 at 22:05
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I have no idea what you are talking about. Can you be more clear. I have no idea what pepper is, what a terminal is, what any of these terms mean. Can you tell me how to get my YouTubes working on Ubuntu? I need to have Youtube working or this operating system is of no use to me.– Lisa7777Jul 4, 2014 at 22:33
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2visit youtube.com/html5 and enable it– TachyonsJul 4, 2014 at 23:15
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2You can install Flash player as described in dobey's linked question, and then you should be able to play videos on youtube. You can use also use the HTML5 player by enabling it here: youtube.com/html5– WilfJul 4, 2014 at 23:18
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1askubuntu.com/questions/38162/…– MateoJul 4, 2014 at 23:20
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Easy answer: Load google Chrome - adobe stopped supporting Flash Player for Linux about a year ago.
answered Jul 4, 2014 at 22:12
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I just did load google Chrone and that does not work either. The YouTube videos will barely play. Any suggestions?– Lisa7777Jul 4, 2014 at 22:23
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1I wish! The current (very old) flash plugin for Linux is not reading many sites for me. Jul 4, 2014 at 23:20
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Normal flash plug in works but of course one has to go back to Windows 7 for it to function.– Lisa7777Jul 5, 2014 at 0:58
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I faced the same problem in my new Linux Mint and got an easy solution.
Open Terminal and type in :
sudo apt-get install pepperflashplugin-nonfree
If you are not comfortable with terminals follow this GUI tutorial by Ubuntu :
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Thank you for the answer but what is a TERMINAL ? Is that like the place I go to wait for an airplane? Seriously I have no idea what you're talking about :)– Lisa7777Jul 5, 2014 at 0:34
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Okay, I went to the wiki.ubuntu.com area and unfortunately that is not functional. It would not complete that vital step so I could choose the plug in. Took about a half hour too. This is incredibly frustrating.– Lisa7777Jul 5, 2014 at 0:54
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Okay, since the ubuntu tutorial didn't function can someone possibly tell me how to Open a Terminal? If it's not hugely complicated I'd like to do that.– Lisa7777Jul 5, 2014 at 1:01
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Okay! I figured out how to get there via a Terminal. So I put the "pepperflashplugin-nonfree" term in there and then had to type my password and now rows of weird numbers went all up and down my screen. I have no idea what this means. Does this mean YouTube works now. I'll be surprised!!– Lisa7777Jul 5, 2014 at 1:20
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Okay, just as I thought! I went onto the Internet tried to play a video and the window still came up and said that I DON'T have an suitable plug in! So what did I get this Pepper plug in for then ?– Lisa7777Jul 5, 2014 at 1:23
Installing Flash Player
Open terminal by 'CTRL+ALT+T'
close firefox
copy & past this 'line by line'
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:skunk/pepper-flash
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install pepflashplugin-installer
'suggestions : 1 - try to learn ubuntu desktop there's so many video tutorials,2 - learn the command line too'
you can download & watch youtube videos by installing youtube-dl
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:nilarimogard/webupd8
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install youtube-dl
usage in terminal
youtube-dl "youtube video link or the video id"
you can also download a youtube video playlist
youtube-dl -cit "the youtube playlist link"
more info
youtube-dl --help
it gonna auto download in the /home folder
you can download them in Download dir by getting into the Download dir
cd Download
then the
youtube-dl -command "video link"
