I already had the totem package above already installed (came thru automatic update) but it still didn't fix it. The way I had been doing it was to copy the downloaded youtube video from the /tmp folder to desktop and add extension .flv. This used to work about 6 months ago but no longer.
My fix: Download package youtube-dl with synaptic package manager. To use, open terminal and enter: youtube-dl <youtube video URL> The resulting .flv file will be saved to your home folder (unless you changed directory in terminal). I can play this flv in totem no problems. Hope that helps. -- the youtube code needs to be updated https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/288494 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs