chromium-codecs-ffmpeg software package provides Free ffmpeg codecs for the Chromium Browser, you can install in your Ubuntu 16.10 (Yakkety Yak) by running the commands given below on the terminal,
$ sudo apt-get update $ sudo apt-get install chromium-codecs-ffmpeg
chromium-codecs-ffmpeg is installed in your system.
Make ensure the chromium-codecs-ffmpeg package were installed using the commands given below,
$ sudo dpkg-query -l | grep chromium-codecs-ffmpeg *
You will get with chromium-codecs-ffmpeg package name, version, architecture and description in a table
| Distro | Ubuntu 16 10 yakkety yak |
| Section | Web Software |
| Package | chromium-codecs-ffmpeg |
| Version | 53.0.2785.143-0ubuntu1.1307 |
| Description | Free ffmpeg codecs for the Chromium Browser |
| Sub Section | web |