Video playback problems, troubleshooting and solutions on Linux.

Ruarí

@JSJB said in Video playback problems, troubleshooting and solutions on Linux.:

With vivaldi-snapshot 1.8.755.3-1 and chromium-codecs-ffmpeg-extra 55.0.2883.87-0ubuntu2.1329, I had no problem playing netflix and amazon videos (on my Linux version 4.7.0-1-686-pae 32 bit system).
After upgrading only vivaldi-snapshot to 1.8.770.9-1, netflix and amazon videos complain of widevine issues.

Keep your system up to date. You have an old Chromium codecs package. Alternatively install oxideqt-codecs-extra.

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@dLeon

Short answer from Packman Team:

Vivaldi does not support the audio or video format "h264"

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@dLeon

I don't use the SUSE repos! I use the Packman
http://packman.links2linux.de, which normally use the full package from source. The porblem is that libffmpeg.so is different to installed ffmpeg.

$ ffmpeg -codecs
ffmpeg version 3.2.4 Copyright (c) 2000-2017 the FFmpeg developers
built with gcc 6 (SUSE Linux)
configuration: --prefix=/usr --libdir=/usr/lib64 --shlibdir=/usr/lib64 --incdir=/usr/include/ffmpeg --extra-cflags='-fmessage-length=0 -grecord-gcc-switches -O2 -Wall -D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2 -fstack-protector-strong -funwind-tables -fasynchronous-unwind-tables -g' --optflags='-fmessage-length=0 -grecord-gcc-switches -O2 -Wall -D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2 -fstack-protector-strong -funwind-tables -fasynchronous-unwind-tables -g' --disable-htmlpages --enable-pic --disable-stripping --enable-shared --disable-static --enable-gpl --disable-openssl --enable-avresample --enable-libcdio --enable-gnutls --enable-ladspa --enable-libass --enable-libbluray --enable-libcelt --enable-libcdio --enable-libdc1394 --enable-libfreetype --enable-libgsm --enable-libopenjpeg --enable-libopus --enable-libpulse --enable-libschroedinger --enable-libspeex --enable-libtheora --enable-libvorbis --enable-libvpx --enable-libwebp --enable-netcdf --enable-vaapi --enable-vdpau --enable-libfdk_aac --enable-nonfree --enable-libmp3lame --enable-libtwolame --enable-libx264 --enable-libx265 --enable-libxvid --enable-x11grab
libavutil 55. 34.101 / 55. 34.101
libavcodec 57. 64.101 / 57. 64.101
libavformat 57. 56.101 / 57. 56.101
libavdevice 57. 1.100 / 57. 1.100
libavfilter 6. 65.100 / 6. 65.100
libavresample 3. 1. 0 / 3. 1. 0
libswscale 4. 2.100 / 4. 2.100
libswresample 2. 3.100 / 2. 3.100
libpostproc 54. 1.100 / 54. 1.100
Codecs:
D..... = Decoding supported
.E.... = Encoding supported
..V... = Video codec
..A... = Audio codec
..S... = Subtitle codec
...I.. = Intra frame-only codec
....L. = Lossy compression
.....S = Lossless compression

D.VI.. 012v Uncompressed 4:2:2 10-bit
[... many more ...]
DEV.L. h261 H.261
DEV.L. h263 H.263 / H.263-1996, H.263+ / H.263-1998 / H.263 version 2
D.V.L. h263i Intel H.263
DEV.L. h263p H.263+ / H.263-1998 / H.263 version 2
DEV.LS h264 H.264 / AVC / MPEG-4 AVC / MPEG-4 part 10 (decoders: h264 h264_vdpau ) (encoders: libx264 libx264rgb h264_nvenc h264_vaapi nvenc nvenc_h264 )
D.VIL. hap Vidvox Hap decoder
DEV.L. hevc H.265 / HEVC (High Efficiency Video Coding) (encoders: libx265 nvenc_hevc hevc_nvenc hevc_vaapi )
D.V.L. hnm4video HNM 4 video
[... many more ...]

Update 21:05:
See description on
https://en.opensuse.org/Additional_package_repositories#Packman

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@dLeon

The ffmpeg output was every time I copied it in, in large. I removed it copied it again in - still the same. I think it is an issue with the editor. Normally there is an special symbol or short to include code - but this is missing on this page.

If I look in the description, there seems to be no need anymore for 'chromium-ffmpeg' in chromium 64bit. So chromium works out of the box fine with h.264 - I can use it on my device (tested with:
http://www.quirksmode.org/html5/tests/video.html
). See output below (hopefully not in large):

$ zypper se -is vivaldi chromium iron ffmpeg

I think this issue is not big enough to go "the harder path". I will also check if it is possible to include vlc inside of Vivaldi, but so I read, the 'npapi-vlc' is not supported on Vivaldi.

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@dLeon

Thanks for the remark with the ticks. The "compose" I've not seen (to small and grey on grey), excuse me for that.

The check about chromium-ffmpeg I've checked first (I reeded some comments before), but this is no more available on packman for tumbleweed (see details on your packman link). But it seems that the h.264 support is included in the "Widevine CDM" ("chromium-plugin-widevinecdm") which includes the DRM management for codecs.
http://www.widevine.com/wv_drm.html

About NPAPI - plugins - I've read/heard it.

About the link in the other forum topic, I will check it.

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@dLeon

Update - I checked also the chromium installation. I find in the path the following link:

# ll /usr/lib64/chromium/plugins
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 18 3. Mär 02:10 /usr/lib64/chromium/plugins -> ../browser-plugins

# ll /usr/lib64/chromium/plugins/
insgesamt 1152
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 28 25. Feb 10:10 javaplugin.so -> /etc/alternatives/javaplugin
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 470352 11. Mär 06:29 libfreshwrapper-flashplayer.so
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 166984 5. Mär 04:22 libvlcplugin.so
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 106688 10. Jan 13:07 libxplayer-cone-plugin.so
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 111440 10. Jan 13:07 libxplayer-gmp-plugin.so
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 73576 10. Jan 13:07 libxplayer-mully-plugin.so
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 86384 10. Jan 13:07 libxplayer-narrowspace-plugin.so
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 73168 10. Jan 13:07 libxplayer-vegas-plugin.so
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 77040 13. Feb 07:31 skypebuttons.so

So it seems that all browser plugins are collected on this path. But if I add the link also in Vivaldi, it doesn't work. Also if I link each plugin directly in the root path, no change.

But if I rename:
mv /usr/lib64/vivaldi/libwidevinecdm.so /usr/lib64/vivaldi/libwidevinecdm1.so
and add the links
ln -s /usr/lib64/chromium/libwidevinecdmadapter.so /usr/lib64/vivaldi/libwidevinecdmadapter.so
and
ln -s /usr/lib64/chromium/libwidevinecdm.so /usr/lib64/vivaldi/libwidevinecdm.so

There are the Widevine CDM listed in the Plugins:

Widevine Content Decryption Module - Version: 1.0.123.456
Enables Widevine licenses for playback of HTML audio/video content. (version: 1.0.123.456)
Name: Widevine Content Decryption Module
Beschreibung: Enables Widevine licenses for playback of HTML audio/video content. (version: 1.0.123.456)
Version: 1.0.123.456
Speicherort: /usr/lib64/vivaldi/libwidevinecdmadapter.so
Typ: PPAPI (Out-of-Process)
Deaktivieren
MIME-Typen:
MIME-Typ Beschreibung Dateiendungen
application/x-ppapi-widevine-cdm Widevine Content Decryption Module
.

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@dLeon

I've received an update from Packman Team (Olaf)

Betreff: Re: [packman] Trouble with Vivaldi and h.264 Videos

Mon, 13 Mar 2017 21:08:37 +0100 from "Ulf":

normally should be inclueded in libffmpeg.so - but this one is the restricted one and not linkt with ffmpeg from packman. What is the reason?

Is vivaldi opensource?
Right now the variant in packman does just repackage a binary rpm package, which includes /opt/vivaldi/lib/libffmpeg.so.

Olaf

That was the first answer. So it seems to be an issue with also with the build responsibility and the Vivaldi code strategy.

Betreff: Re: [packman] Trouble with Vivaldi and h.264 Videos

Tue, 14 Mar 2017 10:04:34 +0100 From Olaf:

Right now the variant in packman does just repackage a binary rpm package, which includes /opt/vivaldi/lib/libffmpeg.so.

It is probably a packaging bug. The specfile refers to chromium-ffmpeg, which is not provided by anything anymore.

Olaf

Hmmm...

I don't know the next steps.

From my point of view it is more or less closed.

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@UbIx

Update from Packman Team (Olaf)

It is probably a packaging bug. The specfile refers to chromium-ffmpeg, which is not provided by anything anymore.

With this change the h264 thing apparently works:

https://pmbs.links2linux.org/request/show/3733

The problem seems to be that he can't fix it really - details see Link

Ruarí

I have largely rewritten both my guide and the script that automates fetching and installing a suitable libffmpeg. so for you

https://gist.github.com/ruario/bec42d156d30affef655

rijnsma

@rijnsma said in Video playback problems, troubleshooting and solutions on Linux.:

@CantankRus
The video in the link I wrote does nothing, but I have seen other video's on the site and on other sites, which did nothing before installing chromium-codecs-ffmpeg-extra. So more is working now than before. Thanks! (Now still the problem with Vivaldi jumping to other workspaces with some sites and of the disappearing of tabs in Vivaldi, later than 1.5
I now use 1.5 wich is doing fine. )

The problem (jumping through workspaces and disappearing tabs) is gone in version 1.8..
Thanks!!

loudermp

Thanks ruario your revised script works great.

TbGbe · Win: Snapshot Vivaldi 7.1.3554.3

@Gwen-Dragon Is the change between codec packages done automatically in Vivaldi ( all browsers? ) or do we need to remove the chromium-ffmpeg package?

TbGbe · Win: Snapshot Vivaldi 7.1.3554.3

@Gwen-Dragon Cool, thanks - no tweaking needed (for Vivaldi anyway).

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Yesterday I received following mail. Now after adding the chromium-ffmpeg-extra like proposed from Aliaksei, videos runs fine on openSUSE Tumbleweed (with Packman Tumbleweed repositories installed).

Gesendet: Mittwoch, 05. April 2017 um 12:07 Uhr; Von: "Aliaksei P."

[Solved] Add ffmpeg codecs for browsers based on Chromium.
zypper in chromium-ffmpeg-extra

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@dLeon said in Video playback problems, troubleshooting and solutions on Linux.:

Your patience is impressive to actually wait for them to provide it.

I work since many years with Linux, sometimes you need only a little bit time, than problems solve itself

rijnsma

@Gwen-Dragon said in Video playback problems, troubleshooting and solutions on Linux.:

@ruario

Why do you use oxideqt-codecs-extra now?

Why does your script install libffmpeg.so only for the local user and not for all?

@Gwen-Dragon said in Video playback problems, troubleshooting and solutions on Linux.:

@ruario

Why do you use oxideqt-codecs-extra now?

Why does your script install libffmpeg.so only for the local user and not for all?

@rijnsma said in Video playback problems, troubleshooting and solutions on Linux.:

@rijnsma said in Video playback problems, troubleshooting and solutions on Linux.:

@CantankRus
The video in the link I wrote does nothing, but I have seen other video's on the site and on other sites, which did nothing before installing chromium-codecs-ffmpeg-extra. So more is working now than before. Thanks! (Now still the problem with Vivaldi jumping to other workspaces with some sites and of the disappearing of tabs in Vivaldi, later than 1.5
I now use 1.5 wich is doing fine. )

The problem (jumping through workspaces and disappearing tabs) is gone in version 1.8..
Thanks!!

@rijnsma said in Video playback problems, troubleshooting and solutions on Linux.:

@rijnsma said in Video playback problems, troubleshooting and solutions on Linux.:

@CantankRus
The video in the link I wrote does nothing, but I have seen other video's on the site and on other sites, which did nothing before installing chromium-codecs-ffmpeg-extra. So more is working now than before. Thanks! (Now still the problem with Vivaldi jumping to other workspaces with some sites and of the disappearing of tabs in Vivaldi, later than 1.5
I now use 1.5 wich is doing fine. )

The problem (jumping through workspaces and disappearing tabs) is gone in version 1.8..
Thanks!!

But now I can't view as an example: http://nos.nl/uitzendingen/

Anybody? :scratch:

rijnsma

@Gwen-Dragon
I will wait a little, Gwen-Dragon. I am not happy with it. I use Vivaldi 1.5 again (and maybe try later what you write). 1.5 does great.
It is not only certain video in 1.6-1.8, but also not able to input sufficiant tabs from feedreader or e-mail into the browser and a jump to a wrong workspace when things stall. I thought it was over in 1.8 but it isn't. Chromium and Chrome also have the problem, so:
Yesterday I made a copy of my system, I deleted all Chromiumlike browsers (Chrome, Chromium, Vivaldi) and used Vivaldi-snapshot. That was better in accepting tabs, but then that video did not work.
Thank you very much for the reply and maybe I try in some new Vivaldi-version.

Other question if I may: is here an email notification after a reply?

eporte

Hi,

I read post but a problem persist. Actually, i'am at this point :

0_1493150034014_upload-d06d6eb3-4c29-4c1e-ae7a-a9f4d2d3ae86

Flash is recognize but not working. I have this situation : 0_1493150257620_220bd93e-33d6-432e-aaeb-567dee2e53d3.png

What's the problem in your opinion ?
Thanks

TbGbe · Win: Snapshot Vivaldi 7.1.3554.3

@eporte Just tried the direct page ( http://www.lcp.fr/le-direct/tnt )
Had similar problem at first - video wouldn't play, but I got something like "error 400 codec mismatch".

Then I used user-agent switcher extension to identify as Chrome (linux) and then reloaded.
This time I get a message that the video is Geo restricted.

You could try installing an extension to change the user agent for yourself.

eporte

Thanks. I finally solve the problem upgrading 1.9.818.29 dev (64 bits).