New user: cannot view some videos

[LateJunction]

Actually the 'some' is ALL YouTube videos, but there is already an open post on this topic (which hasn't so far suggested a solution to the problem with my installation) and I'm told it's bad practice to hitch a ride on somebody else's post.

I've just installed SMPlayer (version 0.8.6) using (I think) the package manager on my Linux distribution (Mint 17 XFCE).
SMTube is version 1.8, installed using a ppa I think
MPlayer is version 1.1 according to SMPlayer 'about', but according to my Package Manager it is Version 2:1.1+dfsg1-0ubuntu3

The problem is that SMTube starts OK, I can double click on any video but SMPlayer does nothing aside from telling me that Subtitles are on.


What should I be checking/changing in order to get the results I expect?

[rvm]

Please, send the smplayer log (options -> view logs).

But maybe the problem is that you're using an old version of smplayer. I'm not sure if version 0.8.6 can still play youtube videos.

[LateJunction]

Logs in attachments as requested

If my problem lies in not having the latest SMPlayer installed, where do I find an installable package?

I'm a user, not a programmer. Over the last 8 years I have tried about 20 times to compile from source; every attempt except 1 has failed because the developer made invalid assumptions about my configuration and/or failed to tell me about some other pre-requisite. I'm not going to frustrate myself by attempting a process which, in my experience, almost always leads to failure.

[rvm]

[LateJunction]

Thank you. After these changes videos load and "appear" to play - I say "appear" because, although I can hear audio, the viewport is completely black. On every YouTube video.

[rvm]

Please send the mplayer log.

[LateJunction]

Mplayer log attached as requested. (Hmmm, file will not attach unless it has a filetype, as in DOS 8.3 naming !)

This morning, after a shut-down overnight, SMPlayer does not start unless I start SMTube first. This is not the designed behaviour, is it?

[rvm]

The video output you're using is not correct. Go to preferences -> general -> video and select another one (xv, gl, vdpau...).

[LateJunction]

Got it - many thanks.

Issue closed.