[opensuse] firefox cannot read my .mp4 files anymore
I have numerous educational videos stored in mp4 format. I can read them fine with gmplayer. When I try to open them under Firefox, I receive "video can't be played because file is corrupt". But again they read fine under gmplayer. I have tried both the flash video player, and the HTML5 video player. The label in the select box says that these are YouTube player options. Is there a different video player that I have to set up just to access the .mp4 files? I tried to RTFM, but the directions under Firefox do not appear to apply, pointing to a /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins directory as the place to store libflashplayer.so, which does not appear to exist on my machine. Along the same lines, how does one disable the upgrades of a single package like Firefox under zypper. I am really tired of chasing Firefox bugs all of the time along with fixing my constantly obsoleted plugins. And being a simple user do not see any advantage to whatever they may have fixed or improved. The old Mosaic Netscape did all I wanted dating back to the mid 90s. What ever happened to KISS? Any help would be appreciated. Thanks Don -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org
Am 26.02.2016 um 06:36 schrieb don fisher:
I have numerous educational videos stored in mp4 format. I can read them fine with gmplayer. When I try to open them under Firefox, I receive "video can't be played because file is corrupt". But again they read fine under gmplayer. I have tried both the flash video player, and the HTML5 video player. The label in the select box says that these are YouTube player options. Is there a different video player that I have to set up just to access the .mp4 files?
I tried to RTFM, but the directions under Firefox do not appear to apply, pointing to a /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins directory as the place to store libflashplayer.so, which does not appear to exist on my machine.
You need to have MP3 support through GStreamer (e.g. by using fluendo) and replace the openSUSE libavcodec package with the one from packman. This should work but then again "mp4" files is technically not much information about the exact codecs being used.
Along the same lines, how does one disable the upgrades of a single package like Firefox under zypper. I am really tired of chasing Firefox bugs all of the time along with fixing my constantly obsoleted plugins. And being a simple user do not see any advantage to whatever they may have fixed or improved.
What you are describing are not bugs but sound like security measurements. And given how exposed a browser can be to malicious content in the internet you are better off using a recent browser. In any case I do not know how to block updates for a single package.
The old Mosaic Netscape did all I wanted dating back to the mid 90s. What ever happened to KISS?
the web went on Wolfgang -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org
On 02/26/2016 02:08 AM, Wolfgang Rosenauer wrote:
What you are describing are not bugs but sound like security measurements. And given how exposed a browser can be to malicious content in the internet you are better off using a recent browser.
Indeed, not only is a browser one of the prime attack surfaces, it is also one of the prime attack tools! It may also be useful to read: https://blogs.gnome.org/mcatanzaro/2016/02/01/on-webkit-security-updates/
The old Mosaic Netscape did all I wanted dating back to the mid 90s. What ever happened to KISS?
Anything that uses a GUI isn't KISS, not by a long way! if you want a KISS browser you don't want Mosaic, that's a myth, using Mosaic would have you screaming in frustration [1]. If you really want KISS use 'w3m' or better still 'lynx'.
the web went on
Well, that too :-) [1] Being a long time Firefox users with a plethora of add-ons, I've had problems trying even to use chrome! I'm sure there are good genetic reasons for me going bald, but this doesn't help. -- A: Yes. > Q: Are you sure? >> A: Because it reverses the logical flow of conversation. >>> Q: Why is top posting frowned upon? -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org
Le 26/02/2016 06:36, don fisher a écrit :
I have numerous educational videos stored in mp4 format. I can read them fine with gmplayer. When I try to open them under Firefox, I receive "video can't be played because file is corrupt". But again they read fine under gmplayer. I have tried both the flash video player, and the HTML5 video player. The label in the select box says that these are YouTube player options. Is there a different video player that I have to set up just to access the .mp4 files?
Firefox is very dumb as playing html5, it likes better ogv than mp4, but I found than this script gives good results (usually :-() http://dodin.info/wiki/pmwiki.php?n=Photo.VideoEditingWorkflow#toc15 example http://dodin.info/piwigo/picture.php?/111925-voisine_06/category/5950 I maintain the html5 plugin used on this gallery jdd -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org
On 2016-02-26 06:36, don fisher wrote:
I have numerous educational videos stored in mp4 format. I can read them fine with gmplayer. When I try to open them under Firefox, I receive "video can't be played because file is corrupt". But again they read fine under gmplayer. I have tried both the flash video player, and the HTML5 video player. The label in the select box says that these are YouTube player options. Is there a different video player that I have to set up just to access the .mp4 files?
I tried to RTFM, but the directions under Firefox do not appear to apply, pointing to a /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins directory as the place to store libflashplayer.so, which does not appear to exist on my machine.
AFAIK firefox does not directly play multimedia files, but instead calls external code to do it. It can be via a plugin, in which case it appears to play inside FireFox, or via completely separate application. There are several such applications and plugins, and some do a better job. In general, you need to have multimedia from packman fully applied and working.
Along the same lines, how does one disable the upgrades of a single package like Firefox under zypper. I am really tired of chasing Firefox bugs all of the time along with fixing my constantly obsoleted plugins. And being a simple user do not see any advantage to whatever they may have fixed or improved. The old Mosaic Netscape did all I wanted dating back to the mid 90s. What ever happened to KISS?
It is possible to do it, I know how to do it, but I would never do it for FireFox or any browser facing Internet. You absolutely need to have it updated, or your system is in danger. Rather, change plugins. I don't have any important problem with FF. -- Cheers / Saludos, Carlos E. R. (from 13.1 x86_64 "Bottle" at Telcontar)
On 26/02/16 08:37, Carlos E. R. wrote:
On 2016-02-26 06:36, don fisher wrote:
I have numerous educational videos stored in mp4 format. I can read them fine with gmplayer. When I try to open them under Firefox, I receive "video can't be played because file is corrupt". But again they read fine under gmplayer. I have tried both the flash video player, and the HTML5 video player. The label in the select box says that these are YouTube player options. Is there a different video player that I have to set up just to access the .mp4 files?
I tried to RTFM, but the directions under Firefox do not appear to apply, pointing to a /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins directory as the place to store libflashplayer.so, which does not appear to exist on my machine.
AFAIK firefox does not directly play multimedia files, but instead calls external code to do it. It can be via a plugin, in which case it appears to play inside FireFox, or via completely separate application. There are several such applications and plugins, and some do a better job.
In general, you need to have multimedia from packman fully applied and working.
As said if you install multimedia from packman you can play mp4 (which is not a format, rather a container) from all sorts of applications separate from a browser. Why do you want to play your files from FF ? -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org
I rebooted my 13.2 system, running Firefox 43.03 and was able to read the same files as rejected by Firefox 44.02 on my Leap installation. The files that are unreadable under Leap still work fine under 13.2. Can anybody suggest comparisons I could make to help isolate where the difference is. Thanks, Don On 02/26/2016 01:37 AM, Carlos E. R. wrote:
On 2016-02-26 06:36, don fisher wrote:
I have numerous educational videos stored in mp4 format. I can read them fine with gmplayer. When I try to open them under Firefox, I receive "video can't be played because file is corrupt". But again they read fine under gmplayer. I have tried both the flash video player, and the HTML5 video player. The label in the select box says that these are YouTube player options. Is there a different video player that I have to set up just to access the .mp4 files?
I tried to RTFM, but the directions under Firefox do not appear to apply, pointing to a /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins directory as the place to store libflashplayer.so, which does not appear to exist on my machine.
AFAIK firefox does not directly play multimedia files, but instead calls external code to do it. It can be via a plugin, in which case it appears to play inside FireFox, or via completely separate application. There are several such applications and plugins, and some do a better job.
In general, you need to have multimedia from packman fully applied and working.
Along the same lines, how does one disable the upgrades of a single package like Firefox under zypper. I am really tired of chasing Firefox bugs all of the time along with fixing my constantly obsoleted plugins. And being a simple user do not see any advantage to whatever they may have fixed or improved. The old Mosaic Netscape did all I wanted dating back to the mid 90s. What ever happened to KISS?
It is possible to do it, I know how to do it, but I would never do it for FireFox or any browser facing Internet. You absolutely need to have it updated, or your system is in danger.
Rather, change plugins.
I don't have any important problem with FF.
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Am 26.02.2016 um 21:11 schrieb don fisher:
I rebooted my 13.2 system, running Firefox 43.03 and was able to read the same files as rejected by Firefox 44.02 on my Leap installation. The files that are unreadable under Leap still work fine under 13.2. Can anybody suggest comparisons I could make to help isolate where the difference is.
Have you actually read my earlier answer and did what I proposed? Please check your ffmpeg/libavcodec and GStreamer packages. Firefox on Leap (or other openSUSE versions) cannot play MP4 files with only packages from the openSUSE repos installed. Wolfgang -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org
On 02/26/2016 02:03 PM, Wolfgang Rosenauer wrote:
Am 26.02.2016 um 21:11 schrieb don fisher:
I rebooted my 13.2 system, running Firefox 43.03 and was able to read the same files as rejected by Firefox 44.02 on my Leap installation. The files that are unreadable under Leap still work fine under 13.2. Can anybody suggest comparisons I could make to help isolate where the difference is.
Have you actually read my earlier answer and did what I proposed? Please check your ffmpeg/libavcodec and GStreamer packages. Firefox on Leap (or other openSUSE versions) cannot play MP4 files with only packages from the openSUSE repos installed.
Wolfgang
I think I did examine your suggestions, and I thought I had followed them. But I still have versions of FFmpeg apps that show openSuse as their vendor. Many of the openSuse packages have later revisions than the packman equivalents. The openSuse packages have a later revision than those in packman. OpenSuse 2.8.6-16.1 as opposed to packman 2.8.6-1.2. So they are not replaced with an upgrade. I told Yast2 to use the older packman versions, and after all of these updates the video movies now load as before:-) Thanks for your help. I did not realize that when I was under the packman repository, that the upgrades would not automatically acquire the packman versions. Sorry for that dumb bit. Don -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA256 On 2016-02-26 23:11, don fisher wrote:
I think I did examine your suggestions, and I thought I had followed them. But I still have versions of FFmpeg apps that show openSuse as their vendor. Many of the openSuse packages have later revisions than the packman equivalents. The openSuse packages have a later revision than those in packman. OpenSuse 2.8.6-16.1 as opposed to packman 2.8.6-1.2. So they are not replaced with an upgrade.
That's correct, it is not update which you have to use, but the "switch system packages to this repository" or similar wording. - -- Cheers / Saludos, Carlos E. R. (from 13.1 x86_64 "Bottle" (Minas Tirith)) -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.22 (GNU/Linux) iF4EAREIAAYFAlbRcrkACgkQja8UbcUWM1yB0AD7BBiy6M288pDA2YwJcs/H3Crl +3FRB/q4am4wJqmOpwMA/jMopZSNvyJOcYsBSPA8A9c/5nF3GTyT7FLayVIL0qoA =KIY9 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org
On 26/02/16 06:36, don fisher wrote:
Along the same lines, how does one disable the upgrades of a single package like Firefox under zypper. I am really tired of chasing Firefox bugs all of the time along with fixing my constantly obsoleted plugins. And being a simple user do not see any advantage to whatever they may have fixed or improved.
You could switch to the ESR version of Firefox. You'll still get security updates but not so much in the way of feature changes. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org
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