Re: Chromium & Firefox can't play videos again

Message-ID	<69361bd4@news.ausics.net> (permalink)
From	Computer Nerd Kev <not@telling.you.invalid>
Subject	Re: Chromium & Firefox can't play videos again
Newsgroups	comp.sys.raspberry-pi
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Date	2025-12-08 10:29 +1000
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bp@www.zefox.net wrote:
> Once again an upgrade to Bookworm on a Pi5 has killed video playback in
> both Firefox and Chromium browsers. The video starts to load, thumbnails
> keep coming but the playback doesn't start and there's no sound. 
> 
> I've tested it on the New York Times, YouTube, Netflix and some homemade
> videos that used to work. Now nothing plays, failing in the same way.

When you start Firefox from a terminal does it complain about any
missing libraries? Do video files play in other programs using
libavcodec (mplayer, ffplay)?

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Chromium & Firefox can't play videos again bp@www.zefox.net - 2025-12-07 01:38 +0000
  Re: Chromium & Firefox can't play videos again Daniel James <daniel@me.invalid> - 2025-12-07 12:08 +0000
    Re: Chromium & Firefox can't play videos again bp@www.zefox.net - 2025-12-07 15:49 +0000
      Re: Chromium & Firefox can't play videos again Daniel James <daniel@me.invalid> - 2025-12-07 23:41 +0000
  Re: Chromium & Firefox can't play videos again Computer Nerd Kev <not@telling.you.invalid> - 2025-12-08 10:29 +1000
    Re: Chromium & Firefox can't play videos again bp@www.zefox.net - 2025-12-08 03:44 +0000
      Re: Chromium & Firefox can't play videos again not@telling.you.invalid (Computer Nerd Kev) - 2025-12-09 07:49 +1000
        Re: Chromium & Firefox can't play videos again bp@www.zefox.net - 2025-12-08 22:28 +0000
          Re: Chromium & Firefox can't play videos again Andy Burns <usenet@andyburns.uk> - 2025-12-08 22:33 +0000
          Re: Chromium & Firefox can't play videos again Daniel James <daniel@me.invalid> - 2025-12-09 10:42 +0000
          Re: Chromium & Firefox can't play videos again Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2025-12-21 02:57 +0000
            Re: Chromium & Firefox can't play videos again candycanearter07 <candycanearter07@candycanearter07.nomail.afraid> - 2025-12-25 01:20 +0000
    Re: Chromium & Firefox can't play videos again Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2025-12-18 06:52 +0000
      Re: Chromium & Firefox can't play videos again bp@www.zefox.net - 2025-12-18 16:53 +0000
      Re: Chromium & Firefox can't play videos again Computer Nerd Kev <not@telling.you.invalid> - 2025-12-20 17:38 +1000
        Re: Chromium & Firefox can't play videos again Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2025-12-20 22:51 +0000
          Re: Chromium & Firefox can't play videos again Computer Nerd Kev <not@telling.you.invalid> - 2025-12-22 10:50 +1000
            Re: Chromium & Firefox can't play videos again Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2025-12-22 04:44 +0000
              Re: Chromium & Firefox can't play videos again Computer Nerd Kev <not@telling.you.invalid> - 2025-12-22 15:53 +1000
                Re: Chromium & Firefox can't play videos again Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2025-12-22 23:14 +0000

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