On Fri, 16 Jun 2017 12:48:08 -0600
JD <jd1008(a)gmail.com> wrote:
> I have enabled html5, and yet youtube claims
> Browser does not currently recognize any of video formats
> available Click here to visit our frequently asked questions about
> HTML5 video.
>
>
> When I do click on "Click here ....etc"
> I get the same page tat I access directly with the URL
>
https://www.youtube.com/html5
>
> and it shows
>
> The HTML5 player is currently used when possible.
>
> For a sample live video, I clicked on
>
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RtU_mdL2vBM
When I view that link with the Fedora provided firefox, and right click
on the video, and select stats for nerds, it shows that I am seeing it
via webm codec=vp9, which is an html5 format. I didn't do anything
special, so I think you have configured your browser in some way that
prevents webm from playing. Add-ons? Special about:config settings?
Also what's the status of the availability of codecs as shown on the
/html5 page on youtube? it pretty much tells you what it thinks your
setup can and cannot play.
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Ahmad Samir