problems with flash (youTube) videos and VLC can't read DVDs

[Bill Stanley]

On 10/24/2012 02:51 PM, NoOp wrote:
> On 10/24/2012 09:55 AM, Bill Stanley wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> I have recently installed Xubuntu 12.04 and am having some video
>> problems.  The two problems are probably unrelated.
>>
>> The first issue is the videos appearing on YouTube.  While I can view
>> the videos, everything has a bluish color.  I read that this might be a
>> problem with the Flash plugin.  Is there any solution to this problem?
>
> Try it with flash off. Many of the newer youtube videos are also
> available in WebM format, which by default is enabled in Firefox.
> Sample url:
> <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NeXMxuNNlE8&feature=g-logo-xit>
> Note: no preference, I just picked one from the youtube page.
>

Disabling the Flash plugin doesn't help.  The video link you provided 
requires Flash so it wouldn't display at all.  With Flash enabled, I see 
the video but everything is still blue.

>> The second problem involves VLC not being able to read (decrypt) DVD's.
>>    I looked on VLCs website and they say that libdvdcss is needed.  I
>> went ti the Ubuntu software repository and several packages say they
>> install it.  I tried them and libdvdcss was not installed.  I used a
>> file search utility and it could not find it anywhere on the system.  I
>> need to properly install this.  What must I do?
>
> https://help.ubuntu.com/community/RestrictedFormats/PlayingDVDs


Bill Stanley