Firefox won't play videos on webpages
Firefox won't play videos on webpages
Hi,
Running CentOS 7.2 and with stock Firefox it won't run videos on sites such as Twitter. I get the following issue:
Any idea how I could fix it? flash-plugin is installed from the adobe repo.
Thanks.
Running CentOS 7.2 and with stock Firefox it won't run videos on sites such as Twitter. I get the following issue:
Any idea how I could fix it? flash-plugin is installed from the adobe repo.
Thanks.
Re: Firefox won't play videos on webpages
Normally, FF would load libavcodec.so from ffmpeg at runtime to play these videos. Because RH does not provide ffmpeg and some old versions crash FF, RH has disabled ffmpeg support altogether. The only fix is to make them enable it again.
To verify: downgrade to the first FF 45 Centos shipped, install ffmpeg from nux, and try again.
To verify: downgrade to the first FF 45 Centos shipped, install ffmpeg from nux, and try again.
Re: Firefox won't play videos on webpages
Hi,
Is there any other options to fix this? I'm currently running FF 52.1 x64.
Thanks.
Is there any other options to fix this? I'm currently running FF 52.1 x64.
Thanks.
Re: Firefox won't play videos on webpages
It should already be fixed, the change made to disable ffmpeg support was subsequently backed out and all recent versions of firefox should work. Maybe you need to install ffmpeg?
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Re: Firefox won't play videos on webpages
unfortunately its not working for me. I recall having to install an extra piece of software before. I think that was when I was using a Windows OS.
I don't have flash installed and would prefer not to install it. Could that be the problem?
I'm very new to CentOS and Linux in general, so any advice is welcome.
On a side note, I've also noticed I can't play video clips using the "videos" application that comes installed with CentOS 7. It advised me it can't find the plug-in and fails to find it when I choose the search option. I will see if there is another thread open for this issue, but thought I would mention it here in case it's relevant.
Thanks.
I don't have flash installed and would prefer not to install it. Could that be the problem?
I'm very new to CentOS and Linux in general, so any advice is welcome.
On a side note, I've also noticed I can't play video clips using the "videos" application that comes installed with CentOS 7. It advised me it can't find the plug-in and fails to find it when I choose the search option. I will see if there is another thread open for this issue, but thought I would mention it here in case it's relevant.
Thanks.
Re: Firefox won't play videos on webpages
Some web based videos require flash, others don't.
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CentOS 5 and 6 are deadest, do not use them.
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Re: Firefox won't play videos on webpages
ah, sorry, I should have been more specific. I was referring to Twitter, where I can only see images. I realise some media maybe linked from twitter to sites using flash, but I can't even view a gif. I only see "The media could not be played."
Re: Firefox won't play videos on webpages
FFmpeg itself will not do. Firefox uses gstreamer1 framework, same as Totem (Videos app).
You need to enable Nux repos (and EPEL for that matter, as Nux depends on it) and install gstreamer1-libav. Possibly gstreamer1-plugins-bad-freeworld too.
After that, FF should play most videos, there are still exception though, but mostly it should work.
You need to enable Nux repos (and EPEL for that matter, as Nux depends on it) and install gstreamer1-libav. Possibly gstreamer1-plugins-bad-freeworld too.
After that, FF should play most videos, there are still exception though, but mostly it should work.
Re: Firefox won't play videos on webpages
Hi,amk wrote:FFmpeg itself will not do. Firefox uses gstreamer1 framework, same as Totem (Videos app).
You need to enable Nux repos (and EPEL for that matter, as Nux depends on it) and install gstreamer1-libav. Possibly gstreamer1-plugins-bad-freeworld too.
After that, FF should play most videos, there are still exception though, but mostly it should work.
thanks for your reply. I've been able to enable the the Nux repos and EPEL using these guides - http://ask.xmodulo.com/enable-nux-dexto ... -rhel.html & http://xmodulo.com/how-to-set-up-epel-r ... entos.html.
Could you explain more about installing gstreamer1-libav, please? I found the link below, but I'm confused why I needed to add the above repo's if I could use the details from the link below.
https://fedora.pkgs.org/25/rpmfusion-fr ... 6.rpm.html
thanks.
Re: Firefox won't play videos on webpages
Don't use yum repos designed for Fedora on CentOS.
The future appears to be RHEL or Debian. I think I'm going Debian.
Info for USB installs on http://wiki.centos.org/HowTos/InstallFromUSBkey
CentOS 5 and 6 are deadest, do not use them.
Use the FAQ Luke
Info for USB installs on http://wiki.centos.org/HowTos/InstallFromUSBkey
CentOS 5 and 6 are deadest, do not use them.
Use the FAQ Luke