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I'm using Firefox browser. I navigate to RuTube.ru and try to play a video. I get a message that says "can't load plugin". I'm sure this has something to do with Flash. How do I get these videos to play in Firefox?

I'm using Ubuntu 16.04.1 and latest Firefox updated via Ubuntu package manager.

wjandrea
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  • Can you play video on YouTube? – Liso Nov 03 '16 at 03:04
  • @Liso YouTube uses HTML5 by default since a very long time. RuTube still requires Flash. As such, whatever happens in Youtube is irrelevant for the issue, –  Nov 03 '16 at 03:06
  • @JordanEvans Yes, you need to install Flash in order to use Firefox. Alternatively, install and use Google Chrome which comes with the latest Flash embedded. –  Nov 03 '16 at 03:07
  • @Liso I can play YouTube videos. – Jordan Evans Nov 03 '16 at 03:09
  • @CelticWarrior I have Chrome installed. It cannot play the video either. – Jordan Evans Nov 03 '16 at 03:11
  • @JordanEvans Are you sure it's Google Chrome? Chromium does not come with Flash. Please check. –  Nov 03 '16 at 03:13
  • @CelticWarrior You're right. I have chromium-browser. I will look for Chrome. – Jordan Evans Nov 03 '16 at 03:14
  • @JordanEvans https://www.google.com/chrome/browser/desktop/ –  Nov 03 '16 at 03:17
  • @CelticWarrior, oops, I tried this (top answer), http://askubuntu.com/questions/510056/how-to-install-google-chrome, before I saw your answer. It gave me an outdated flash and the videos still didn't play. – Jordan Evans Nov 03 '16 at 03:28

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Enable Canonical Partner and install the adobe-flashplugin package which installs plugins for both Firefox and Chromium.

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