[opensuse] jwplayer playback in Firefox 52ESR - missing codec?
I don't generally have problems playing videos around the Internet but I've stumbled across one that causes issues on my Leap 42.3 machine. See for example this page (the large video at the top): https://retro.tcl.fr/les-travaux-du-metro-de-la-croix-rousse/ I only see a black background with a badly coded (only partially visible) and annoyingly blasé message at the top saying 'in order to view the video, update your browser.' I'm on the standard Firefox 52.8.0ESR release from the Leap update repo. If I try with the latest Opera I see the video keyframe but playback still fails. However, on another box running a different Linux distro and with Firefox 58.0.2 (Quantum) the video plays fine. The info on the video leads me to jwplayer.com, where all the demo videos play fine on my openSUSE machine, so since it seems to be HTML5-based I don't know what specific codec this troublesome video is using. Does anybody running FF52ESR on Leap have it working? gumb -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org
Le 11/05/2018 à 19:44, gumb a écrit :
https://retro.tcl.fr/les-travaux-du-metro-de-la-croix-rousse/
same as you on firefox, but run on chromium I think INA video are downloadable, so you may download it first if necessary (I did so for family archives) jdd -- http://dodin.org -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org
On 11/05/18 19:57, jdd@dodin.org wrote:
same as you on firefox, but run on chromium
I think INA video are downloadable, so you may download it first if necessary (I did so for family archives)
Meh! Seems like even that won't work. I right-clicked where the video should be, went to This Frame -> View Frame Source, and dug out the video URL (https://www.ina.fr/video/LXF99002015), then tried to load that in another tab. I still get a message, on the INA site, about having to update my browser. I don't see anywhere on that page to download the file. So maybe there's some kind of additional HTML codec support added somewhere between Firefox 52 and 58, and not backported to the ESR version. Something I read earlier today suggested FF60ESR was being readied for Leap 42.3. Not sure when though. gumb -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org
Le 11/05/2018 à 21:48, gumb a écrit :
On 11/05/18 19:57, jdd@dodin.org wrote:
I think INA video are downloadable, so you may download it first if necessary (I did so for family archives)
Meh!
Seems like even that won't work. I right-clicked where the video should
there is a special interface somewhere with search capability, but it was some month ago, I don't remember the details there are also some other ways: https://www.google.com/search?q=t%C3%A9l%C3%A9charger+video+ina&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&client=firefox-b
So maybe there's some kind of additional HTML codec support added somewhere between Firefox 52 and 58, and not backported to the ESR version.
I use esr 52.7.3 (64 bits) but may be it was not this version when I dl the video :-( jdd -- http://dodin.org -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org
On 11/05/18 23:46, jdd@dodin.org wrote:
there is a special interface somewhere with search capability, but it was some month ago, I don't remember the details
there are also some other ways:
https://www.google.com/search?q=t%C3%A9l%C3%A9charger+video+ina&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&client=firefox-b
I use esr
52.7.3 (64 bits)
but may be it was not this version when I dl the video :-(
Honestly I think I'll leave it for the meantime. This is the first instance I've come across and it's not life-ruining. Leap 15 and/or FF60 will be along soon. Upgrading to one or both might magically resolve it. In the meantime if I really need to watch anything that won't play I can stick my other PC on. But I know I've watched videos on the INA site in the past so maybe they've recoded everything. gumb -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org
On Fri, 11 May 2018 19:44:12 +0200 gumb <gumb@linuxmail.org> wrote:
I don't generally have problems playing videos around the Internet but I've stumbled across one that causes issues on my Leap 42.3 machine. See for example this page (the large video at the top): https://retro.tcl.fr/les-travaux-du-metro-de-la-croix-rousse/
FWIW I see no video there.
I only see a black background with a badly coded (only partially visible) and annoyingly blasé message at the top saying 'in order to view the video, update your browser.'
If I temporarily enable javascript I see a message in French that may or may not mean what you say.
I'm on the standard Firefox 52.8.0ESR release from the Leap update repo. If I try with the latest Opera I see the video keyframe but playback still fails. However, on another box running a different Linux distro and with Firefox 58.0.2 (Quantum) the video plays fine.
I'm on the standard 52.7.3 from Leap 42.3 update. I have no idea why you claim something different.
The info on the video leads me to jwplayer.com,
The letters 'jw' do not appear on the page, so I've no idea what you're talking about.
where all the demo videos play fine on my openSUSE machine, so since it seems to be HTML5-based I don't know what specific codec this troublesome video is using. Does anybody running FF52ESR on Leap have it working?
gumb
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On 11/05/18 21:25, Dave Howorth wrote:
On Fri, 11 May 2018 19:44:12 +0200 gumb <gumb@linuxmail.org> wrote:
I don't generally have problems playing videos around the Internet but I've stumbled across one that causes issues on my Leap 42.3 machine. See for example this page (the large video at the top): https://retro.tcl.fr/les-travaux-du-metro-de-la-croix-rousse/
FWIW I see no video there.
I only see a black background with a badly coded (only partially visible) and annoyingly blasé message at the top saying 'in order to view the video, update your browser.'
If I temporarily enable javascript I see a message in French that may or may not mean what you say.
Probably the same. It ends 'veuillez mettre à jour votre navigateur'.
I'm on the standard Firefox 52.8.0ESR release from the Leap update repo. If I try with the latest Opera I see the video keyframe but playback still fails. However, on another box running a different Linux distro and with Firefox 58.0.2 (Quantum) the video plays fine.
I'm on the standard 52.7.3 from Leap 42.3 update. I have no idea why you claim something different.
??? Don't know what you mean.
The info on the video leads me to jwplayer.com,
The letters 'jw' do not appear on the page, so I've no idea what you're talking about.
By right-clicking on the video, there is info about jwplayer and a link to jwplayer.com -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Content-ID: <alpine.LSU.2.21.1805132154390.21911@Telcontar.valinor> On Friday, 2018-05-11 at 21:52 +0200, gumb wrote:
On 11/05/18 21:25, Dave Howorth wrote:
On Fri, 11 May 2018 19:44:12 +0200 gumb <> wrote:
I don't generally have problems playing videos around the Internet but I've stumbled across one that causes issues on my Leap 42.3 machine. See for example this page (the large video at the top): https://retro.tcl.fr/les-travaux-du-metro-de-la-croix-rousse/
FWIW I see no video there.
I only see a black background with a badly coded (only partially visible) and annoyingly blasé message at the top saying 'in order to view the video, update your browser.'
If I temporarily enable javascript I see a message in French that may or may not mean what you say.
Probably the same. It ends 'veuillez mettre à jour votre navigateur'.
That's what I get. Maybe it simply wants a new, non ESR FF version. It works fine on Chrome. - -- Cheers, Carlos E. R. (from openSUSE 42.3 x86_64 "Malachite" at Telcontar) -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2 iEYEARECAAYFAlr4pIkACgkQtTMYHG2NR9WM4wCgg322AkGMtDxkntaUk1b1TBcQ ZZ8An1oRJ3lqM+OzjifaiFaFoQQQBTwz =2rZU -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
Hi, Am 11.05.2018 um 19:44 schrieb gumb:
I don't generally have problems playing videos around the Internet but I've stumbled across one that causes issues on my Leap 42.3 machine. See for example this page (the large video at the top): https://retro.tcl.fr/les-travaux-du-metro-de-la-croix-rousse/
I only see a black background with a badly coded (only partially visible) and annoyingly blasé message at the top saying 'in order to view the video, update your browser.'
I'm on the standard Firefox 52.8.0ESR release from the Leap update repo. If I try with the latest Opera I see the video keyframe but playback still fails. However, on another box running a different Linux distro and with Firefox 58.0.2 (Quantum) the video plays fine.
The info on the video leads me to jwplayer.com, where all the demo videos play fine on my openSUSE machine, so since it seems to be HTML5-based I don't know what specific codec this troublesome video is using. Does anybody running FF52ESR on Leap have it working?
on my Firefox it plays a video which seems to be a standard H.264 one. You can see also on www.html5test.com if your browser can play H.264. If not it is typically an issue that the installed libavcodec/ffmpeg is the original openSUSE one which does not allow to play H.264. In that case you need to switch for example to the packman version of those libraries. Wolfgang -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org
On 11/05/18 22:00, Wolfgang Rosenauer wrote:
on my Firefox it plays a video which seems to be a standard H.264 one.
You can see also on www.html5test.com if your browser can play H.264.
Interesting. I hereby declare this can of worms officially... open. I loaded that site on both machines. My non-openSUSE box with its newer Firefox scores a bit more highly, but all of the audio/video and codec-related categories are identical. They are both fine with H.264 but it says neither machine can play H.265 (nor MPEG-4 ASP), although I know I have H.265 things installed too on this openSUSE PC.
If not it is typically an issue that the installed libavcodec/ffmpeg is the original openSUSE one which does not allow to play H.264. In that case you need to switch for example to the packman version of those libraries.
All my media and codec-related stuff is from Packman already. It's not really too important. Seems there's a complex load of codecs and sub-codecs within the broad definition of HTML5 and I've hit one of the tricky ones. I didn't want to be believe the lazy message from the web developer could be (somewhat) correct but maybe FF52ESR just doesn't cut it. gumb -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org
fr., 11.05.2018 kl. 22.40 +0200, skrev gumb:
All my media and codec-related stuff is from Packman already.
It's not really too important. Seems there's a complex load of codecs and sub-codecs within the broad definition of HTML5 and I've hit one of the tricky ones. I didn't want to be believe the lazy message from the web developer could be (somewhat) correct but maybe FF52ESR just doesn't cut it.
gumb
What does the following command print (the --dry-run means it's just a test, nothing will actually happen) (note that it has to be on one single line in a terminal) sudo zypper install --force-resolution --dry-run --capability 'libavcodec57(unrestricted)' 'libavcodec56(unrestricted)' /B -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org
playing the video works fine for me: firefox 59.0.2(64-Bit) on 42.3 Am 11.05.2018 um 19:44 schrieb gumb:
I don't generally have problems playing videos around the Internet but I've stumbled across one that causes issues on my Leap 42.3 machine. See for example this page (the large video at the top): https://retro.tcl.fr/les-travaux-du-metro-de-la-croix-rousse/
I only see a black background with a badly coded (only partially visible) and annoyingly blasé message at the top saying 'in order to view the video, update your browser.'
I'm on the standard Firefox 52.8.0ESR release from the Leap update repo. If I try with the latest Opera I see the video keyframe but playback still fails. However, on another box running a different Linux distro and with Firefox 58.0.2 (Quantum) the video plays fine.
The info on the video leads me to jwplayer.com, where all the demo videos play fine on my openSUSE machine, so since it seems to be HTML5-based I don't know what specific codec this troublesome video is using. Does anybody running FF52ESR on Leap have it working?
gumb
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Bjørn Lie -
Carlos E. R. -
Dave Howorth -
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Karl Sinn -
Wolfgang Rosenauer