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problem youtube video and games - Linux Mint 15 Xfce 32b

Post by bniderr »

hello I have a problem youtube video and games ..... Linux Mint 15 Xfce 32 bit

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rvlation2

Re: problem youtube video and games - Linux Mint 15 Xfce 32b

Post by rvlation2 »

I have EXACTLY the same problem. My system is a little older, but all my files are up to date. I tried Chromium and had exactly the same results, so I'm thinking a codec? I double checked my Flash plugin and it says it's the latest according to the Adobe site. Please help anyone! Thanks :)
rvlation2

Re: problem youtube video and games - Linux Mint 15 Xfce 32b

Post by rvlation2 »

I had a feeling it was my on-board graphics adapter of my machine, and it was. I popped in a graphics card, and problems solved. So I'm thinking it's my video BIOS needs updating, and that's probably your problem too (since I meant I was having LITERALLY the exact same problem. I could have taken the same screen-shot that you did). My machine is an older e-Machines PC, and probably doesn't have the best video adapter in the first place, and I KNOW the hardware is all out of date on it (I put it together as a PC to throw under the flat-screen TV so my family could just go online and stuff on the HDTV). So I suggest you update your graphics adapter's BIOS, and hopefully that will fix it for you. If you happen to have a spare video card around, try what I did. The one I put in was JUST as old as the computer, and was PCI even, but it worked (it was a Pinnacle card, and a pretty decent one for the time (which is a good 6 or 7 years ago), but I'm sure the on-board adapter for the e-Machines is bottom of the barrel).

Good luck and I hope this helps! :)
rvlation2

Re: problem youtube video and games - Linux Mint 15 Xfce 32b

Post by rvlation2 »

So, final update on my problem. I HAD to use the graphics card instead of the on-board video. e-Machines BIOS can NOT be upgraded :x At least not the motherboard I have. It's an Intel MB that has significant BIOS updates available (mine is about 10 versions behind). But they will not install on the e-Machines version of their board because the BIOS is customized (read: crippled). I found a forum post somewhere for exactly my board and a trick to force the BIOS to update, but it requires a floppy-drive and significant risk. Though he had very good end results. But putting in the other graphics card (which is a PNC, not Pinnacle as I posted above) solved my YouTube problem, and seemed to speed up the display a bit, despite the fact that it was a PCI card and the onboard is an AGP, but whatever works. Hope you get yours solved!
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