Chromium <i>always</i> links with ffmpeg to support video, the question is whether you disable patented codecs in a fit of spite. Ubuntu distributes both those options: <a href="https://launchpad.net/~chromium-daily/+archive/ppa/+build/1464626" rel="nofollow">https://launchpad.net/~chromium-daily/+archive/ppa/+build/14...</a><p>There's some preemptive wankery in labeling the useful version of the ffmpeg plugin package as 'nonfree' despite the fact that Ubuntu's normal ffmpeg package in multiverse ships with all the Decoders enabled (though there's a separate 'nonfree' ffmpeg with all the Encoders enabled)