Can't play any web based video 10.04lts

Sorry about being so general, but am a new (and Avid) convert to Ubuntu and am not quite sure what info is needed to help solve my problem

Can you give the output of:

lsb_release -a; uname -a; dpkg -l | egrep 'flash|gnash|swf|spark'

Thanks

No LSB modules are available.
Distributor ID: Ubuntu
Description: Ubuntu 10.04.4 LTS
Release: 10.04
Codename: lucid
Linux mike-desktop 2.6.32-40-generic #87-Ubuntu SMP Mon Mar 5 20:26:31 UTC 2012 i686 GNU/Linux
ii flashplugin-installer 11.2.202.228ubuntu0.10.04.1 Adobe Flash Player plugin installer
ii gnash 0.8.7-0ubuntu1 free SWF movie player
ii gnash-common 0.8.7-0ubuntu1 free SWF movie player - common files/librari
ii libswfdec-0.8-0 0.8.4-1build1 SWF (Macromedia Flash) decoder library
ii mozilla-plugin-gnash 0.8.7-0ubuntu1 free SWF movie player - Plugin for Mozilla a
ii swfdec-gnome 2.28.0-1 Tools to play SWF files (Macromedia Flash) o

Is this what you need?

Ok you have THREE flash plugins, this causes a conflict and you get nothing. Run:

sudo apt-get --purge remove flashplugin-installer gnash gnash-common libswfdec-0.8-0 mozilla-plugin-gnash swfdec-gnome

sudo apt-get --purge autoremove

sudo apt-get clean

sudo apt-get install flashplugin-installer

Close all browsers and rerun, is it ok?

I followed your directions but am getting the same result.

In anticipation I ran the previous command you gave me - lsb_release -a; uname -a; dpkg -l | egrep 'flash|gnash|swf|spark'

And this is what it returned -

No LSB modules are available.
Distributor ID: Ubuntu
Description: Ubuntu 10.04.4 LTS
Release: 10.04
Codename: lucid
Linux mike-desktop 2.6.32-40-generic #87-Ubuntu SMP Mon Mar 5 20:26:31 UTC 2012 i686 GNU/Linux
ii flashplugin-installer 11.2.202.228ubuntu0.10.04.1 Adobe Flash Player plugin installer

BTW I don't know if it helps, but when I hover the cursor over the screen, I don't even get the play/pause/ffw/rew/max/min buttons.

What web browser do you use?

Default is Firefox, but have tried both Opera, and Chromium with the same results

The playback area in Firefox & Opera are entirely blank, in Chromium it says missing plugin

ok lets do this my way:

sudo apt-get --purge remove flashplugin-installer
mkdir ~/.mozilla/plugins; cd ~/.mozilla/plugins; wget http://dl.dropbox.com/u/8850924/libflashplayer.so

Close Firefox and rerun it, should be ok

Did that - same problem in Firefox

In Opera there is a message in the playback screen that says -

Hulu requires Flash Player 10.1.53.64 or higher. Please download and
install the latest version of Flash Player before continuing.

In Chromium a drop down bar stated that - The Flash Plugin Needs your permission to run , when I clicked the button to allow I got

The Following plugin has crashed: Flash Shockwave

I went to Firefox web browser - plugin check and updates and it is showing Shockwave Flash 11.2 r202 as installed and up to date. then I noticed this message at the beginning of that page

For your safety, Firefox has disabled your outdated version of Java. Please upgrade to the latest version.

Is that a problem?

Java is fine to ignore. Do you have any addons for your browser?

Yes, -

QuickTime Plug-in 7.6.4
Gecko Media Player 0.9.9.2
Video Player Plug-in for QuickTime, RealPlayer and Windows Media Player streams using MPlayer

Totem
The Totem 2.30.2 plugin handles video and audio streams.

Shockwave Flash
Shockwave Flash 11.2 r202

Windows Media Player Plug-in

Windows Media Player Plug-in
Gecko Media Player 0.9.9.2
Video Player Plug-in for QuickTime, RealPlayer and Windows Media Player streams using MPlayer

DivX Browser Plug-In
Gecko Media Player 0.9.9.2
Video Player Plug-in for QuickTime, RealPlayer and Windows Media Player streams using MPlayer

RealPlayer 9
Gecko Media Player 0.9.9.2
Video Player Plug-in for QuickTime, RealPlayer and Windows Media Player streams using MPlayer

mplayerplug-in is now gecko-mediaplayer 0.9.9.2
Gecko Media Player 0.9.9.2
Video Player Plug-in for QuickTime, RealPlayer and Windows Media Player streams using MPlayer

IcedTea NPR Web Browser Plugin (using IcedTea6 1.9.13 (6b20-1.9.13-0ubuntu1~10.04.1))
The IcedTea NPR Web Browser Plugin (using IcedTea6 1.9.13 (6b20-1.9.13-0ubuntu1~10.04.1)) executes Java applets.

iTunes Application Detector
This plug-in detects the presence of iTunes when opening iTunes Store URLs in a web page with Firefox.

Addons like flashblock, adblock etc....

Had adblock lite, disabled it trying to fix problem

Please close as a duplicate of:
https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/adobe-flashplugin/+question/194468

Thanks