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 Message 21607 
 bp to All 
 Re: Chromium & Firefox can't play videos 
 08 Dec 25 15:30:01 
 
MSGID: <10h5hj3$3t4j4$2@dont-email.me> 46ce4c15
REPLY: <69361bd4@news.ausics.net> 12a1f021
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REPLYADDR bp@www.zefox.net
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Computer Nerd Kev  wrote:
> 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)?

If I point firefox at www.youtube.com the controlling terminal reports a
series of

[GFX1-]: Couldn't sanitize GL_RENDERER "V3D 7.1.7.0"
[GFX1-]: Couldn't sanitize GL_RENDERER "V3D 7.1.7.0"
GetShaderInfoLog() ->
0:2(12): error: extension `GL_EXT_shader_texture_lod' unsupported in fragment
shader

GetShaderSource() ->

#extension GL_EXT_shader_texture_lod: require
void main() {}

[GFX1-]: Couldn't sanitize GL_RENDERER "V3D 7.1.7.0"
[GFX1-]: Couldn't sanitize GL_RENDERER "V3D 7.1.7.0"
GetShaderInfoLog() ->
0:2(12): error: extension `GL_EXT_shader_texture_lod' unsupported in fragment
shader

GetShaderSource() ->

#extension GL_EXT_shader_texture_lod: require
void main() {}

Starting chromium causes the controlling terminal to emit
[I cancelled a request to set a keychain password right off the bat]

bob@raspberrypi:~/Downloads$ chromium www.youtube.com
[833661:833661:1207/193840.050998:ERROR:components/dbus/xdg/request.cc:164]
Request ended (non-user cancelled).
[833661:833703:1207/193854.893048:ERROR:google_apis/gcm/engine/r
gistration_request.cc:292] Registration response error message: 
EPRECATED_ENDPOINT
[833661:833661:1207/193855.098334:ERROR:mojo/public/cpp/bindings
lib/interface_endpoint_client.cc:732] Message 0 rejected by interface
blink.mojom.WidgetHost
[833719:833719:1207/193902.233304:ERROR:gpu/command_buffer/servi
e/shared_image/shared_image_factory.cc:928] Could not find Share
ImageBackingFactory with params: usage: Gles2Read|RasterRead|Dis
layRead|CpuWriteOnly|CpuRead, format: (Y_UV, 420, 8unorm, ExtSamplerOff),
share_between_threads: 0, gmb_type: shared_memory, size: 360x640, debug_label:
MediaGmbVideoFramePoolMappableSI_Pid:833752_Pid:833752
[1207/193902.250822:WARNING:third_party/crashpad/crashpad/snapsh
t/linux/exception_snapshot_linux.cc:263] fpsimd not found
[833719:833719:1207/193902.272407:ERROR:gpu/ipc/service/shared_i
age_stub.cc:206] SharedImageStub: Unable to create shared image
[833719:833719:1207/193907.651407:ERROR:gpu/command_buffer/servi
e/shared_image/shared_image_factory.cc:928] Could not find Share
ImageBackingFactory with params: usage: Gles2Read|RasterRead|Dis
layRead|CpuWriteOnly|CpuRead, format: (Y_UV, 420, 8unorm, ExtSamplerOff),
share_between_threads: 0, gmb_type: shared_memory, size: 360x640, debug_label:
MediaGmbVideoFramePoolMappableSI_Pid:0_Pid:0
[833719:833719:1207/193907.652464:ERROR:gpu/ipc/service/shared_i
age_stub.cc:206] SharedImageStub: Unable to create shared image
[833719:833719:1207/193907.655955:ERROR:gpu/command_buffer/servi
e/shared_image/shared_image_manager.cc:393] SharedImageManager::ProduceSkia:
Trying to Produce a Skia representation from a non-existent mailbox.
[833719:833719:1207/193907.930707:ERROR:gpu/command_buffer/servi
e/shared_image/shared_image_manager.cc:393] SharedImageManager::ProduceSkia:
Trying to Produce a Skia representation from a non-existent mailbox.
[833719:833719:1207/193913.095313:ERROR:gpu/command_buffer/servi
e/shared_image/shared_image_factory.cc:928] Could not find Share
ImageBackingFactory with params: usage: Gles2Read|RasterRead|Dis
layRead|CpuWriteOnly|CpuRead, format: (Y_UV, 420, 8unorm, ExtSamplerOff),
share_between_threads: 0, gmb_type: shared_memory, size: 360x640, debug_label:
MediaGmbVideoFramePoolMappableSI_Pid:0_Pid:0
[833719:833719:1207/193913.095521:ERROR:gpu/ipc/service/shared_i
age_stub.cc:206] SharedImageStub: Unable to create shared image
[833719:833719:1207/193913.328449:ERROR:gpu/command_buffer/servi
e/shared_image/shared_image_manager.cc:393] SharedImageManager::ProduceSkia:
Trying to Produce a Skia representation from a non-existent mailbox.
[833719:833719:1207/193916.390039:ERROR:gpu/command_buffer/servi
e/shared_image/shared_image_factory.cc:928] Could not find Share
ImageBackingFactory with params: usage: Gles2Read|RasterRead|Dis
layRead|CpuWriteOnly|CpuRead, format: (Y_UV, 420, 8unorm, ExtSamplerOff),
share_between_threads: 0, gmb_type: shared_memory, size: 360x640, debug_label:
MediaGmbVideoFramePoolMappableSI_Pid:0_Pid:0
[833719:833719:1207/193916.390923:ERROR:gpu/ipc/service/shared_i
age_stub.cc:206] SharedImageStub: Unable to create shared image
[833719:833719:1207/193916.397921:ERROR:gpu/command_buffer/servi
e/shared_image/shared_image_manager.cc:393] SharedImageManager::ProduceSkia:
Trying to Produce a Skia representation from a non-existent mailbox.
[833661:833703:1207/193921.825240:ERROR:google_apis/gcm/engine/r
gistration_request.cc:292] Registration response error message: 
EPRECATED_ENDPOIN

I've not paid any attention to controlling terminals on RasPiOS recently, 
so I don't really know what to expect. It certainly looks like both Firefox
and Chromium have things to complain about.

Thanks for writing!

bob prohaska


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