This tutorial will guide you through the steps required to search for and play YouTube videos from directly inside of the Ubuntu Totem Media Player. Also included are the steps required to watch the higher quality H264 videos that YouTube now includes.
- To get started, click Application -> Sound & Video -> Movie Player.
- Select Edit -> Plugins…
- Place a check in the box labeled YouTube browser and click Close.
- Select YouTube from the box in the upper-right corner of Totem. Now run a search, and Totem will search YouTube for your keyword or phrase. Double-click a video to watch it.
- If you get an error similar to the one below (do not have the appropriate plugins to handle it), have no fear, this is easily resolved.
- Lauch Synaptic (select System -> Administration -> Synaptic Package Manager. Run a search for gstreamer, and then locate gstreamerX-XX-plugins-bad. Mark it for installation and then intall it. If you need help using the Synaptic Package Manager, see this tutorial.
- After all the software has installed, close down Totem Media Player and launch it again. Try running a search for YouTube videos, and double-click one to play it. AGAIN, you may need to install more software. This time just click the Install button.
- When that software has finished installing, once again close Totem, re-launch it, search for a video and double-click it. This time, you should have no problems watching the video.
- With a tiny bit of extra work – you can also get Totem to play the higher-quality h264 videos on YouTube as well. Download this file from http://www.soccio.it/michelinux/. When downloading the file, select Open with and make sure GDebi Package Installer (default) is selected. Click OK.
- Now click Install Package.
- When it’s done, close the Package Installer, and one more time, close and re-open Totem.
- Go back to the Plugins page, and place a check in the box labled YouTube H264 browser. Click Close.
- Now select YouTube H264 from the menu in the upper-right corner of the sidebar, and run a search. Double-click a result and this time you’ll be playing the H264 higher quality video. Choose Properties to confirm if you’d like.
- Now you don’t need to open your browser to watch YouTube videos.
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Hi, thanks for the tutorial. Now I am able to play YouTube Videos under Ubuntu.
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Hey, that worked great, but i have NO sound from the videos… help please
no matter what i do i get this:
” Could not open location: you might not have permission to open the file”
any ideas?
its dosnt work!!
pleas help…
” Could not open location: you might not have permission to open the file”
thanks
” Could not open location: you might not have permission to open the file”
Same to me
Searching the web for help but haven’t found any usable help
Thanks for the tutorial anyway.
It’s me again.
Here ist the final help:
http://linuxdesk.wordpress.com/2009/09/22/could-not-open-location-you-might-not-have-permission-to-open-the-file-totem-movie-player/
Now I got the problem solved.
I got an error saying GStreamer encountered a general supporting library error. PLEASE HELP!