On 8/23/2017 1:10 AM, null wrote:
Desiree wrote:
On 8/22/2017 4:20 AM, null wrote:
WaltS48 wrote:
On 8/22/17 7:17 AM, null wrote:
There seems to be a kind of war going on between the proponents of
Adobe Flash, something open source called Webm, and the HTML5 player.
Increasingly videos from this or that source will not play in either
SM or FF.
For instance, recent videos posted to Youtube increasingly will not
play in SM 2.46. Instead, an error message says "Your browser does
not currently recognize and of the video formats available. Click
here to visit our frequently asked questions about HTML5 video."
The same problem occurs in FF 52.3.0.
Going to the offered Youtube FAQ, the information there is confusing
and inadequate - it does not tell me exactly what I have to do or
what I need in order to play video that apparently wants the HTML
player . . . whatever exactly that is!
Chrome 49.0.2623.112 *will* run the *same* videos that the others
won't.
What is going on here!? Very difficult to get any clear explanation
about this.
Can anyone explain?
Do you have HTML5 support?
<https://www.youtube.com/html5>
What is checked there?
Using SM, The page asks the question "What does this browser support?"
The following boxes are ticked :
HTMLVideoElement
Media Source Extensions
WebM VP8
MSE & WebM VP9
The following boxes have an exclamation mark in them :
H.264
MSE & H.264
Do I have HTML5 support? From the above, I'm unclear.
Can you play this youtube video "HTML5 Video as Fast as Possible"?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IsXEVQRaTX8
Yes, I can play that video. Had already watched it, as an OP had earlier
alerted me to it. However, although the guy does explain some of the
reasons why HTML5 is desirable, he doesn't really discuss the video
problem issue or the precise easons for it.
I have SeaMonkey 2.48 on Windows 8.0 Pro. The above video plays using
"MSE & WebM VP9".
How did you determine that it plays using MSE & WebM VP9? I don't see
any way I can do that myself.
When the video starts to play, right click on the gear icon in the
bottom right corner. Then click on "Stats for Nerds" at the bottom of
the list. You can see all sorts of useful information when you do this.
Look at Mime type in the list. You should see MSE and WebM VP9.
Does the youtube HTML5 page say that "The HTML5 player is currently
used when possible"?
Yes, it does. The annoying thing about that statement is that it
DOESN'T say what - if anything - Youtube does with the video if it is
NOT possible to use the HTML5 player. Why can't things just default to .
. . well . . . something else?
If you have Flash Player plugin installed you used to be able to play
most you tube videos in Flash if it won't play in HTML5. This one
though, on Pale Moon where I deliberately have no support for HTML5
video, I get a message on the player's black background screen that my
"browser does not currently recognize any of the video formats
available". I have Flash enabled for youtube yet it won't play in
Flash. Youtube has been converting more and more videos to html5 only
which is not a surprise because Flash Player will be decommissioned in
December 2020. Many youtube videos still play slow and inferior using
HtML5 and are much better in Flash but that is changing and this
particular one plays great in HTML5. I have youtube HD extension (on
Seamonkey, Pale Moon and Fx) to force all youtube video to play in high
definition automatically. I also have Youtube Flash Video Player
extension which makes Flash Player default for playback on youtube. But
this particular video is available only in HTML5 player.
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