On 07-Nov-09 19:55:08, Chris Walker wrote:

I've just visited my son and installed Mandriva for him, the same version I have here. As he's of a different generation to me, he likes watching videos. The problem is sound. He is being prompted to pay 28 euros for a codec pack whereas when I play them (both of us are using Firefox 3.0.15), they work fine and I didn't cough up any dosh. An example is this one - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jQcNiD0Z3MU

Any ideas anybody please?

All I can think of is to check the installation of the FlashPlayer plugin in his Firefox -- or indeed that it is installed at all!

This is probably to be found in his home directory under

~/.mozilla/plugins

YouTube files are ".flv" (Flash Video) format, and should play without any fuss using a basic installation of Flash. I had no problem with the one you referenced (and still on Flash Player version 9).

Hoping this helps (and, if not, good luck ... )! Ted.

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