OT: Firefox + html5 + Youtube "Live" vids

[JD]

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

just in case you wanted to know what I clicked on.

Thanx!!

[Jack Craig]

On Fri, Jun 16, 2017 at 11:48 AM, JD <jd1008(a)gmail.com&gt; 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
>
>  just in case you wanted to know what I clicked on.
>
>  Thanx!!
>  _______________________________________________
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cool vid, thx...

[stan]

On Fri, 16 Jun 2017 12:48:08 -0600
JD <jd1008(a)gmail.com&gt; 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?

[Ahmad Samir]

On 16 June 2017 at 23:40, stan <stanl-fedorauser(a)vfemail.net&gt; wrote:
>  On Fri, 16 Jun 2017 12:48:08 -0600
>  JD <jd1008(a)gmail.com&gt; 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.

-- 
Ahmad Samir

[Martín Marqués]

Hi,

Interesting thing here. I'm fighting with this problem right now. When
I click on the video that opens inside the gmail tab I can see it, but
if I open it in YouTube it says I don't have any HTML5 video support.

Going to https://www.youtube.com/html5 I get:

 HTMLVideoElement
 Media Source Extensions
 MSE & H.264
 MSE & WebM VP9

All the ones from above with the blue check.

On read the other 2:

 H.264
 WebM VP8

Is this something with YouTube specifically, or does it have to do
with my FF? And why is it that I can see it inside the gmail tab?

YouTube was working just fine until a month or two ago.

Regards,


2017-06-17 7:14 GMT-03:00 Ahmad Samir <ahmadsamir3891(a)gmail.com&gt;:
>  On 16 June 2017 at 23:40, stan <stanl-fedorauser(a)vfemail.net&gt;
> wrote:
> > On Fri, 16 Jun 2017 12:48:08 -0600
> > JD <jd1008(a)gmail.com&gt; 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.
>
>  --
>  Ahmad Samir
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-- 
Martín Marqués
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DBA, Programador, Administrador

[Ed Greshko]

On 08/06/2017 02:57 AM, Martín Marqués wrote:
>  Interesting thing here. I'm fighting with this problem right now.
> When
>  I click on the video that opens inside the gmail tab I can see it, but
>  if I open it in YouTube it says I don't have any HTML5 video support.
>
>  Going to https://www.youtube.com/html5 I get:
>
>   HTMLVideoElement
>   Media Source Extensions
>   MSE & H.264
>   MSE & WebM VP9
>
>  All the ones from above with the blue check.
>
>  On read the other 2:
>
>   H.264
>   WebM VP8
>
>  Is this something with YouTube specifically, or does it have to do
>  with my FF? And why is it that I can see it inside the gmail tab? 
All of the boxes should have a blue check mark.

Try starting firefox from the command line with the --safe-mode option.  You may have
an extension causing a problem for you.

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