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[Jason Tobin]

Video Playback is horrible on most websites.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.04
Package: firefox 5.0+build1+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.11.04.2
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.38-8.42-generic 2.6.38.2
Uname: Linux 2.6.38-8-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
Architecture: amd64
Date: Sun Jul 10 20:06:04 2011
FirefoxPackages:
 firefox 5.0+build1+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.11.04.2
 flashplugin-installer 10.3.181.34ubuntu0.11.04.1
 adobe-flashplugin N/A
 icedtea-plugin 1.1~20110420-0ubuntu1.1
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.04 "Natty Narwhal" - Release amd64 (20110427.1)
ProcEnviron:
 LANGUAGE=en_CA:en
 LANG=en_CA.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: firefox
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to natty on 2011-05-09 (62 days ago)

[Walter Garcia-Fontes (walter-garcia)]

Thanks for reporting this problem and trying to make Ubuntu better. It would be helpful to check first if your problem is not caused by a particular extension or configuration in your setup. To discard this it would be helpful if you try to start Firefox with another profile:

Start Firefox by entering the following command in a terminal: firefox -ProfileManager. You should now see the Profile Manager window.

Important note: From the Profile Manager you are also able to remove and rename profiles. Be very careful when deleting profiles, if you created the profile in a directory that already existed, the entire directory will be removed!

Click on the 'Create Profile...' button to start the 'Create Profile Wizard'. Click 'Next' and enter a descriptive name for the new profile. Click Finish to have Firefox create the new profile. You should now be taken back to the Profile Manager and the newly created profile should be listed. Select it and click 'Start Firefox'. Try to reproduce the bug with this new profile.

Note: you can go back to your own profile by starting Firefox using the command firefox -ProfileManager again, selecting your own profile, and clicking on 'Start Firefox'.

[Jason Tobin (jasontobin48)]

Thank you for your reply. Restarted firefox with all add ons disabled and still having issues with playback it did not help ...Any other suggestions??

[Walter Garcia-Fontes (walter-garcia)]

Have you tried with a new profile as suggested in my original message?

[Jason Tobin (jasontobin48)]

*Update*
Installation of Firefox 6 Has cleared up a lot of video playback issues for me. They have all disappeared. But will note Grease Monkey script for hd video on youtube causes issues but merely disabling grease monkey fixed it right away.

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