Re: Video refuses to play - only audio

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Subject	Re: Video refuses to play - only audio
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On Thu, 4 Dec 2025 10:36, JJ wrote:
> On Wed, 3 Dec 2025 22:07:53 +0100, Siard wrote:
> > Arno Welzel, 2025-12-03 19:06:
> > > Robert Prins, 2025-12-03 18:04:
> > > 
> > > > https://prino.neocities.org/ - look for
> > > > 
> > > > "On Nachtdieren, a TV program from the Dutch BNNVARA broadcaster",
> > > > 
> > > > and click on the "local copy" link
> > > > 
> > > > <https://prino.neocities.org/nachtdieren/prino-nachtdieren.h265.mp4>
> > > > 
> > > > and only the audio will appear.
> > > 
> > > Works fine here. Maybe your browser does not support the video codec.
> > 
> > I see now that it works fine in Firefox, but not in a Chrome based
> > browser. I never had any problem playing other videos in Chrome.
> 
> I got different results in my Windows 7 setup.
> 
> It can be played in Chromium 109.
> 
> It can be played in Chromium 126 and Firefox 115 Developer edition but
> seen as without any video stream (no image).
> 
> It can not be played in Firefox 132 at all.
> 
> I don't think it can be decided whether the fault is in the video file,
> or in the video decoder. It may be both.

My final judgement: the H.265 videocodec is comparatively new, and it
looks like not every browser supports it yet.

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Video refuses to play - only audio Robert Prins <robert@prino.org> - 2025-12-03 17:04 +0000
  Re: Video refuses to play - only audio Siard <saylor259@mailbox.org> - 2025-12-03 18:15 +0100
    Re: Video refuses to play - only audio Robert Prins <robert@prino.org> - 2025-12-04 22:27 +0000
      Re: Video refuses to play - only audio Siard <saylor259@mailbox.org> - 2025-12-04 22:49 +0100
        Re: Video refuses to play - only audio Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2025-12-15 07:39 +0000
          Re: Video refuses to play - only audio JJ <jj4public@gmail.com> - 2025-12-15 18:41 +0700
            Re: Video refuses to play - only audio Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2025-12-15 22:48 +0000
              Re: Video refuses to play - only audio JJ <jj4public@gmail.com> - 2025-12-16 12:02 +0700
      Re: Video refuses to play - only audio Arno Welzel <usenet@arnowelzel.de> - 2025-12-12 12:48 +0100
  Re: Video refuses to play - only audio Arno Welzel <usenet@arnowelzel.de> - 2025-12-03 19:06 +0100
    Re: Video refuses to play - only audio Siard <saylor259@mailbox.org> - 2025-12-03 22:07 +0100
      Re: Video refuses to play - only audio JJ <jj4public@gmail.com> - 2025-12-04 10:36 +0700
        Re: Video refuses to play - only audio Siard <saylor259@mailbox.org> - 2025-12-04 10:29 +0100
          Re: Video refuses to play - only audio Robert Prins <robert@prino.org> - 2025-12-04 22:35 +0000
            Re: Video refuses to play - only audio Siard <saylor259@mailbox.org> - 2025-12-04 22:42 +0100
            Re: Video refuses to play - only audio Arno Welzel <usenet@arnowelzel.de> - 2025-12-12 12:52 +0100
    Re: Video refuses to play - only audio Robert Prins <robert@prino.org> - 2025-12-04 22:31 +0000
  Re: Video refuses to play - only audio Dale <dalekellytoo@gmail.com> - 2025-12-03 20:02 -0500
  Re: Video refuses to play - only audio Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2025-12-14 20:21 +0000

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