Indeed the problem cause was youtube changed their links. One line of changes fixes the problem for Totem 2.30.2.
Caution: This is my very first fix for anything under Linux. I learned how to compile the source code under Linux yesterday. The fix should be verified by a more experienced developer. ** Patch added: "fixes broken youtube links to videos" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/52490400/totem-youtube.c.patch ** Changed in: gstreamer0.10 (Ubuntu) Status: New => Invalid ** Changed in: totem Status: New => Fix Committed -- Failure to open YouTube videos "Could Not Open Location; you might not have permission to play the file." misleading https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/323649 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs