gnash won't play YouTube vids on Xubuntu hardy testing

[roots]

Binary package hint: gnash

various other flash pages are shown properly, but on YouTube i just keep seeing the "loading..." circle. gnash is using around 20% cpu during that.

in general, gnash is using pretty much cpu (5..20%) for doing "nothing", that is, only displaying wiki or such in firefox.

also, i only keep seeing "gtk-gnash" using top.

packages:

gnash, gnash-common, mozilla-plugin-gnash all are 0.8.2-0ubuntu3
firefox 3.0~b5+nobinonly-0ubuntu1

os: Xubuntu hardy testing
system: acer travelmate 382tmi

[Ed LaBonte (ewl)]

I've run into the same problem running gnash on epiphany under gNewSense 2.0

[M. Vefa Bicakci (mvb)]

Hello,

I am having the same problem on Kubuntu 8.04 LTS. The versions
of the packages on my system are the same as the ones used by
the reporter of this bug.

I am afraid that this problem might be related to a gnomevfs package
or gstreamer0.10-gnomevfs. I am saying this because I have
Debian Sid with gnash 0.8.2 as well, and Sid has no problems playing
YouTube videos. The only difference is that Sid's version of
gstreamer0.10-gnomevfs is 0.10.19-1. (Compare that to the version
in Hardy which is 0.10.18-3.) Other related packages all have similar
versions.

Regards,

situert

Note: It might be worth noting here that I had to install
gstreamer0.10-gnomevfs and a few other gnomevfs and
gstreamer related packages before gnash could even get
to the "Loading..." part of YouTube videos.

[M. Vefa Bicakci (mvb)]

Correction: Debian Sid's gstreamer packages have the versions
0.10.19-{1,3} whereas Ubuntu Hardy's gstreamer packages have
the versions 0.10.18-{3,4}.

[labooko (abspack)]

I have a very similar problem. My Youtube videos cannot play and I only see a white screen. Not a even a loading screen. "about:plugins" in firefox shows that gnash is installed and active.

OS: Xubuntu 8.04; Kernel 2.6.24-19-generic
Firefox: 3.0.3
Firefox Plugin: libgnashplugin.so; Shockwave Flash 8.0 r99. Gnash 0.8.2

[^rooker (rooker)]

Same problem here (white screen):

Kubuntu 8.04.1
Firefox: 3.0.3 (package "3.0~b5+nobinonly-0ubuntu3")
Gnash: Shockwave Flash 8.0 r99. Gnash 0.8.2

Any solution/workaround yet?

In bug #200235 [1], someone claims that after installing "gstreamer0.10-ffmpeg" videos were fine - although he mentioned a black screen instead of white one. different issue?

[1] https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/firefox-3.0/+bug/200235

[ant nutting (antnutting)]

Hi all

Same problem here - only see a white background.

OS: Ubuntu 8.04 x86_64 ; 2.6.24-21-generic;
firefox 3.0.3
Gnash: 0.8.4

[Brian O'Keefe (okeefe)]

I downloaded and built the latest gnash and have the white background. Previously with the binary version from the Intrepid repository I got the spinning loading thing.

Running Ubuntu Intrepid
Firefox 3.04
Gnash trunk

Copyright (C) 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
Gnash comes with NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.
You may redistribute copies of Gnash under the terms of the GNU General
Public License. For more information, see the file named COPYING.

Build options trunk
   Target:
   Renderer: agg - GUI: GTK - Media handler: gst
   Configured with: --enable-gui=gtk --enable-renderer=agg --enable-gstreamer --enable-media=gst
   CXXFLAGS: -g -O2 -pthread -pthread -W -Wall -Wcast-align -Wcast-qual -Wpointer-arith -Wreturn-type -Wnon-virtual-dtor -Wunused -fvisibility-inlines-hidden
Built against gstreamer version: 0.10.21
Linked against gstreamer version: 0.10.21

[Alexander Sack (asac)]

Brian O'Keefe wrote:
> I downloaded and built the latest gnash and have the white background.
> Previously with the binary version from the Intrepid repository I got
> the spinning loading thing.
>
> Running Ubuntu Intrepid
> Firefox 3.04
> Gnash trunk
>
> Copyright (C) 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
> Gnash comes with NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.
> You may redistribute copies of Gnash under the terms of the GNU General
> Public License. For more information, see the file named COPYING.
>
> Build options trunk
> Target:
> Renderer: agg - GUI: GTK - Media handler: gst
> Configured with: --enable-gui=gtk --enable-renderer=agg --enable-gstreamer --enable-media=gst
> CXXFLAGS: -g -O2 -pthread -pthread -W -Wall -Wcast-align -Wcast-qual -Wpointer-arith -Wreturn-type -Wnon-virtual-dtor -Wunused -fvisibility-inlines-hidden
> Built against gstreamer version: 0.10.21
> Linked against gstreamer version: 0.10.21
>
>
try to build the intrepid package.

[Brian O'Keefe (okeefe)]

I have installed the intrepid package with Synaptic and get the same result. Youtube video never loads....

[Alexander Sack (asac)]

Brian O'Keefe wrote:
> I have installed the intrepid package with Synaptic and get the same
> result. Youtube video never loads....
>
>

what output are you getting on the console?

are you sure its gnash that is loaded? do you see the gnash process running?

[Alexander Sack (asac)]

Brian O'Keefe wrote:
> I have installed the intrepid package with Synaptic and get the same
> result. Youtube video never loads....
>
>
oh and check whether gnash is selected as default with:

sudo update-alternatives --config xulrunner-addons-flashplugin

[Brian O'Keefe (okeefe)]

It's gnash running as I can see from the system monitor or Top. Also-
:~$ sudo update-alternatives --config xulrunner-addons-flashplugin
[sudo] password for brianokeefe:

There is only 1 program which provides xulrunner-addons-flashplugin
(/usr/lib/gnash/libgnashplugin.so). Nothing to configure.

I get a lot of ActionScript errors when I run Firefox from the command line. the movie tries to load but never does. I can play in a stand alone gnash player using the commands from the Gnash how-to but it's hardly convenient. I now either download the files or search for them with the Youtube Plugin with Totem. Much simpler though it's frustrating as I have had gnash functionality before as far back as Dapper only to have it disappear upon updates then mysteriously reappear....

[Alexander Sack (asac)]

Brian O'Keefe wrote:
> It's gnash running as I can see from the system monitor or Top. Also-
> :~$ sudo update-alternatives --config xulrunner-addons-flashplugin
> [sudo] password for brianokeefe:
>
> There is only 1 program which provides xulrunner-addons-flashplugin
> (/usr/lib/gnash/libgnashplugin.so). Nothing to configure.
>
>

are you using flashblock or something on top?

[Brian O'Keefe (okeefe)]

flashblock but that's never been a problem. I disabled it and restarted firefox. Same result for youtube-never loads.

[Alexander Sack (asac)]

Alexander Sack wrote:
> Brian O'Keefe wrote:
>
>> It's gnash running as I can see from the system monitor or Top. Also-
>> :~$ sudo update-alternatives --config xulrunner-addons-flashplugin
>> [sudo] password for brianokeefe:
>>
>> There is only 1 program which provides xulrunner-addons-flashplugin
>> (/usr/lib/gnash/libgnashplugin.so). Nothing to configure.
>>
>>
>>
>
> are you using flashblock or something on top?
>
>
we cannot report it anywhere unless you tested the latest intrepid
packages built on hardy ;) ... can you do that?

[ubu-for (ubu-for)]

Same problem with Jaunty and Gnash 0.8.4 (Renderer: agg, GUI: GTK2, Media: gst, Built against gstreamer version: 0.10.21)

[Sean Smith (smsmith)]

I come from bug #327901; see background info there.

It was suggested that this might be this upstream bug: https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?func=detailitem&item_id=24600 (add a security exception for the [obviously safe, intentional] self-signed certificate if firefox complains).

I don't see the ERROR messages mentioned there (e.g. "18:39:47: ERROR: Unsupported video codec 7") when running firefox from the terminal, though I do see some output (it can't find my rc files because I don't have any). I can also watch one of the 3 videos (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aYKRXx8sLYM) but not the other two (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hJOiCsL6eD0 and http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cUEkOVdUjHc). I can't determine from their bug tracker which version(s) of gnash contain that fix.

It isn't obvious to me that that upstream bug is the problem.

[Matthew Mould (mmould03-h)]

I'm no expert but solved it on my system. Using the command below as was posted above (update-alternatives), I chose my third selection, /usr/lib/flashplugin-nonfree/libflashplayer.so with all instances of firefox closed. When I opened firefox (this is version hardy/3.0.10, my kernel's 2.6.24), went to youtube and tried a video, worked fine. Hope it helps someone.

 sudo update-alternatives --config xulrunner-addons-flashplugin

* 3 /usr/lib/flashplugin-nonfree/libflashplayer.so

[Nikolas Saridakis (niksarid)]

Did same as mmould03 wrote and it worked too :)
Thanks :)

[Sean Smith (smsmith)]

Just so any newcomers know, what mmould03 did is stop using gnash, and start using the proprietary Adobe flash plugin instead. That's what I ultimately did too, because gnash just wasn't cutting it for me. That's not really a solution; it's just a depressing workaround :(.

[M. Vefa Bicakci (mvb)]

This bug was reported in 2008 for Ubuntu Hardy, and since then both Gnash and Youtube have changed quite a bit.

I will therefore close this bug with an "Invalid" resolution in a few minutes, if I can. If anyone disagrees, please feel free to re-open the bug and please add a comment regarding why you think it is necessary to keep this bug open.