OK, the iPad link is mp4 as you said, but my original link in the bug is not only mp4, it has vp9 too. Before installing chromium-ffmpeg, I got vp9 but not working, see the attached image. Then I installed chromium-ffmpeg, I also got vp9, but this time it is working, see the second attached image. Also the output of youtube-dl (from the repos) to list available formats clearly shows vp9 formats, maybe the chromium-ffmpegsumo is causing problems: mustafa@linux-wyjf:~> youtube-dl -F https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ACXtwSqQOxw&index=4&list=PLqjy2IHnuqJuusA9ujikzB5IRlTIenP-K [1] 3663 [2] 3664 [2]+ Done index=4 mustafa@linux-wyjf:~> [youtube] ACXtwSqQOxw: Downloading webpage [youtube] ACXtwSqQOxw: Downloading video info webpage [youtube] ACXtwSqQOxw: Extracting video information [youtube] ACXtwSqQOxw: Downloading DASH manifest [info] Available formats for ACXtwSqQOxw: format code extension resolution note 171 webm audio only DASH audio 107k , vorbis@128k (44100Hz), 5.34MiB 140 m4a audio only DASH audio 129k , m4a_dash container, aac @128k (44100Hz), 7.00MiB 141 m4a audio only DASH audio 255k , m4a_dash container, aac @256k (44100Hz), 13.90MiB 160 mp4 192x144 DASH video 111k , avc1.4d400c, 13fps, video only, 5.94MiB 242 webm 320x240 DASH video 193k , vp9, 1fps, video only, 7.76MiB 133 mp4 320x240 DASH video 248k , avc1.4d400d, 25fps, video only, 13.29MiB 243 webm 480x360 DASH video 358k , vp9, 1fps, video only, 14.69MiB 134 mp4 480x360 DASH video 392k , avc1.4d4015, 25fps, video only, 14.07MiB 244 webm 640x480 DASH video 715k , vp9, 1fps, video only, 29.77MiB 135 mp4 640x480 DASH video 811k , avc1.4d401e, 25fps, video only, 29.67MiB 17 3gp 176x144 small , mp4a.40.2, mp4v.20.3 36 3gp 320x240 small , mp4a.40.2, mp4v.20.3 5 flv 400x240 small 43 webm 640x360 medium , vorbis, vp8.0 18 mp4 640x360 medium , mp4a.40.2, avc1.42001E (best) [1]+ Done youtube-dl -F https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ACXtwSqQOxw