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bp@www.zefox.net wrote:
> 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
Well it's not complaining about missing/broken libraries like
libavcodec, so maybe that's working. Still I say again: Do video
files play in other programs using libavcodec (mplayer, ffplay)?
> 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.
In my experience Firefox complains a lot (I don't use Chrom*), so
it's not clear if those messages are relevent to your problem, but
you could try disabling graphics acceleration in the settings since
the warnings/errors are about that.
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