> I would by reinstalling vlc see if it has any package missing as you suggest. > I don't think you need adobe, gnash should play it as well.
flv is a container format. may contain Sorenson Spark, vp6, h264 for video and mp3/aac etc for audio. any player that uses the ffmpeg (or libav) libraries will be able to play them back, so it is likely to be a missing dependency/library. Best Regards Jools -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/