Vimeo videos not playing
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Hi,
I've seen this issue before in the forum but those with the issue didn't provide a solution or further information. I'm using the latest stable Vivaldi release 2.1.1337.36.
I'm using a Hackintosh system with a discrete Nvidia GTX 670. Here's the report from vivaldi://gpu. I'd also like to say that I've tried also disabling adblockers for the domain and also tried incognito mode to avoid 3rd party potential issues but the issue remains. What could it be?
Graphics Feature Status Canvas: Hardware accelerated Flash: Hardware accelerated Flash Stage3D: Hardware accelerated Flash Stage3D Baseline profile: Hardware accelerated Compositing: Hardware accelerated Multiple Raster Threads: Enabled Native GpuMemoryBuffers: Hardware accelerated Out-of-process Rasterization: Unavailable Hardware Protected Video Decode: Unavailable Rasterization: Unavailable Skia Deferred Display List: Disabled Skia Renderer: Disabled Surface Synchronization: Enabled Video Decode: Hardware accelerated Viz Service Display Compositor: Disabled WebGL: Hardware accelerated WebGL2: Hardware accelerated Driver Bug Workarounds adjust_src_dst_region_for_blitframebuffer decode_encode_srgb_for_generatemipmap disable_2d_canvas_auto_flush disable_framebuffer_cmaa get_frag_data_info_bug needs_offscreen_buffer_workaround pack_parameters_workaround_with_pack_buffer regenerate_struct_names remove_invariant_and_centroid_for_essl3 scalarize_vec_and_mat_constructor_args set_zero_level_before_generating_mipmap unfold_short_circuit_as_ternary_operation unpack_alignment_workaround_with_unpack_buffer unpack_overlapping_rows_separately_unpack_buffer use_intermediary_for_copy_texture_image use_unused_standard_shared_blocks disabled_extension_GL_KHR_blend_equation_advanced disabled_extension_GL_KHR_blend_equation_advanced_coherent Problems Detected Some GPUs on Mac can perform poorly with GPU rasterization. Disable all known NVidia GPUs other than the Geforce 6xx and 7xx series, which have been tested.: 613272, 614468 Disabled Features: gpu_rasterization Protected video decoding with swap chain is for Windows and Intel only Disabled Features: protected_video_decode Work around a bug in offscreen buffers on NVIDIA GPUs on Macs: 89557 Applied Workarounds: needs_offscreen_buffer_workaround Unfold short circuit on Mac OS X: 307751 Applied Workarounds: unfold_short_circuit_as_ternary_operation Always rewrite vec/mat constructors to be consistent: 398694 Applied Workarounds: scalarize_vec_and_mat_constructor_args Mac drivers handle struct scopes incorrectly: 403957 Applied Workarounds: regenerate_struct_names glGenerateMipmap fails if the zero texture level is not set on some Mac drivers: 560499 Applied Workarounds: set_zero_level_before_generating_mipmap Pack parameters work incorrectly with pack buffer bound: 563714 Applied Workarounds: pack_parameters_workaround_with_pack_buffer Alignment works incorrectly with unpack buffer bound: 563714 Applied Workarounds: unpack_alignment_workaround_with_unpack_buffer copyTexImage2D fails when reading from IOSurface on multiple GPU types.: 581777 Applied Workarounds: use_intermediary_for_copy_texture_image Unpacking overlapping rows from unpack buffers is unstable on NVIDIA GL driver: 596774 Applied Workarounds: unpack_overlapping_rows_separately_unpack_buffer Use GL_INTEL_framebuffer_CMAA on ChromeOS: 535198 Applied Workarounds: disable_framebuffer_cmaa glGetFragData{Location|Index} works incorrectly on Max: 638340 Applied Workarounds: get_frag_data_info_bug Decode and encode before generateMipmap for srgb format textures on macosx: 634519 Applied Workarounds: decode_encode_srgb_for_generatemipmap Insert statements to reference all members in unused std140/shared blocks on Mac: 618464 Applied Workarounds: use_unused_standard_shared_blocks adjust src/dst region if blitting pixels outside read framebuffer on Mac: 644740 Applied Workarounds: adjust_src_dst_region_for_blitframebuffer Mac driver GL 4.1 requires invariant and centroid to match between shaders: 639760, 641129 Applied Workarounds: remove_invariant_and_centroid_for_essl3 Disable KHR_blend_equation_advanced until cc shaders are updated: 661715 Applied Workarounds: disable(GL_KHR_blend_equation_advanced), disable(GL_KHR_blend_equation_advanced_coherent) glFlush error on Mac: 841755 Applied Workarounds: disable_2d_canvas_auto_flush Viz service display compositor is not enabled by default. Disabled Features: viz_display_compositor Skia renderer is not used by default. Disabled Features: skia_renderer Skia deferred display list is not used by default. Disabled Features: skia_deferred_display_list Version Information Data exported 2018-10-31T09:42:55.442Z Chrome version Chrome/70.0.3538.77 Operating system Mac OS X 10.12.6 Software rendering list URL https://chromium.googlesource.com/chromium/src/+/0f6ce0b0cd63a12cb4eccea3637b1bc9a29148d9/gpu/config/software_rendering_list.json Driver bug list URL https://chromium.googlesource.com/chromium/src/+/0f6ce0b0cd63a12cb4eccea3637b1bc9a29148d9/gpu/config/gpu_driver_bug_list.json ANGLE commit id unknown hash 2D graphics backend Skia/70 193565807f7fd2a2c14e21b44c545cc03ebe134f- Command Line /Applications/Vivaldi.app/Contents/MacOS/Vivaldi -psn_0_45067 --restore-last-session --flag-switches-begin --flag-switches-end --ppapi-flash-path=/Users/albertomartinez/Library/Application Support/Google/Chrome/PepperFlash/28.0.0.137/PepperFlashPlayer.plugin --disable-smooth-scrolling Driver Information Initialization time 120 In-process GPU false Passthrough Command Decoder false Sandboxed true GPU0 VENDOR = 0x10de [NVIDIA Corporation], DEVICE= 0x1189 [NVIDIA GeForce GTX 670 OpenGL Engine] *ACTIVE* Optimus false AMD switchable false Driver vendor NVIDIA Driver version 10.17.5 Driver date GPU CUDA compute capability major version 0 Pixel shader version 4.10 Vertex shader version 4.10 Max. MSAA samples 8 Machine model name iMac Machine model version 14.2 GL_VENDOR NVIDIA Corporation GL_RENDERER NVIDIA GeForce GTX 670 OpenGL Engine GL_VERSION 4.1 NVIDIA-10.17.5 355.10.05.45f01 GL_EXTENSIONS GL_ARB_blend_func_extended GL_ARB_draw_buffers_blend GL_ARB_draw_indirect GL_ARB_ES2_compatibility GL_ARB_explicit_attrib_location GL_ARB_gpu_shader_fp64 GL_ARB_gpu_shader5 GL_ARB_instanced_arrays GL_ARB_internalformat_query GL_ARB_occlusion_query2 GL_ARB_sample_shading GL_ARB_sampler_objects GL_ARB_separate_shader_objects GL_ARB_shader_bit_encoding GL_ARB_shader_subroutine GL_ARB_shading_language_include GL_ARB_tessellation_shader GL_ARB_texture_buffer_object_rgb32 GL_ARB_texture_cube_map_array GL_ARB_texture_gather GL_ARB_texture_query_lod GL_ARB_texture_rgb10_a2ui GL_ARB_texture_storage GL_ARB_texture_swizzle GL_ARB_timer_query GL_ARB_transform_feedback2 GL_ARB_transform_feedback3 GL_ARB_vertex_attrib_64bit GL_ARB_vertex_type_2_10_10_10_rev GL_ARB_viewport_array GL_EXT_debug_label GL_EXT_debug_marker GL_EXT_depth_bounds_test GL_EXT_framebuffer_multisample_blit_scaled GL_EXT_texture_compression_s3tc GL_EXT_texture_filter_anisotropic GL_EXT_texture_mirror_clamp GL_EXT_texture_sRGB_decode GL_APPLE_client_storage GL_APPLE_container_object_shareable GL_APPLE_flush_render GL_APPLE_object_purgeable GL_APPLE_rgb_422 GL_APPLE_row_bytes GL_APPLE_texture_range GL_ATI_texture_mirror_once GL_NV_texture_barrier Disabled Extensions GL_KHR_blend_equation_advanced GL_KHR_blend_equation_advanced_coherent Disabled WebGL Extensions Window system binding vendor Window system binding version Window system binding extensions Direct rendering Yes Reset notification strategy 0x0000 GPU process crash count 0 Compositor Information Tile Update Mode Zero-copy Partial Raster Enabled GpuMemoryBuffers Status ATC Software only ATCIA Software only DXT1 Software only DXT5 Software only ETC1 Software only R_8 GPU_READ, SCANOUT, SCANOUT_CPU_READ_WRITE, GPU_READ_CPU_READ_WRITE, GPU_READ_CPU_READ_WRITE_PERSISTENT R_16 Software only RG_88 Software only BGR_565 Software only RGBA_4444 Software only RGBX_8888 Software only RGBA_8888 GPU_READ, SCANOUT, SCANOUT_CPU_READ_WRITE, GPU_READ_CPU_READ_WRITE, GPU_READ_CPU_READ_WRITE_PERSISTENT BGRX_8888 GPU_READ, SCANOUT, SCANOUT_CPU_READ_WRITE BGRX_1010102 GPU_READ, SCANOUT, SCANOUT_CPU_READ_WRITE, GPU_READ_CPU_READ_WRITE, GPU_READ_CPU_READ_WRITE_PERSISTENT RGBX_1010102 Software only BGRA_8888 GPU_READ, SCANOUT, SCANOUT_CPU_READ_WRITE, GPU_READ_CPU_READ_WRITE, GPU_READ_CPU_READ_WRITE_PERSISTENT RGBA_F16 GPU_READ, SCANOUT, SCANOUT_CPU_READ_WRITE, GPU_READ_CPU_READ_WRITE, GPU_READ_CPU_READ_WRITE_PERSISTENT YVU_420 Software only YUV_420_BIPLANAR GPU_READ, SCANOUT, SCANOUT_CPU_READ_WRITE, GPU_READ_CPU_READ_WRITE, GPU_READ_CPU_READ_WRITE_PERSISTENT UYVY_422 GPU_READ, SCANOUT, SCANOUT_CPU_READ_WRITE, GPU_READ_CPU_READ_WRITE, GPU_READ_CPU_READ_WRITE_PERSISTENT Display(s) Information Info Display[1127232686] bounds=[0,0 1920x1080], workarea=[0,23 1920x1057], scale=1, external. Color space information {primaries_d50_referred: [[0.6478, 0.3316], [0.3210, 0.5983], [0.1560, 0.0649]], transfer:0.0000*x + 0.0000 if x < 0.0000 else (1.0000*x + 0.0000)**1.9610 + 0.0000, matrix:RGB, range:FULL} Bits per color component 8 Bits per pixel 24 Video Acceleration Information
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@gwen-dragon vivaldi://gpu shows that hardware acceleration is enabled, so this is not what's breaking playback. Vivaldi uses the macOS platform decoders to play certain types of media, such as H.264, but those only support official Apple hardware... and actually, what Vivaldi uses does not even work on some iMac's. (I also don't know whether or not this problem affects official Apple hardware with 3rd-party eGPU's.)
If media on problematic sites works on Safari on your system, it might be theoretically possible to also get this working on Vivaldi... and you can then try to file a bug report. (Whether or not it will be accepted by the Vivaldi team is another matter.) However, if videos won't play, even with GPU hardware acceleration enabled, I don't know of any workarounds.
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@xyzzy said in Vimeo videos not playing:
If media on problematic sites works on Safari on your system, it might be theoretically possible to also get this working on Vivaldi
Thanks for your answers and tips. It sound possible. I've tried to play videos in Safari and specially important IMO, I've tried the same videos on Chrome (as Chrome and Vivaldi share its core. Chrome also plays Vimeo's videos flawlessly. I've opened chrome://gpu side by side in both browsers and it's exactly the same in both. I have no clue about what can it be the cause. My GPU is the same an iMac from late 2013 should have, so theoretically it should work. I don't know what else to try
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I don't know if this is useful or not, but comparing the javascript console between Chrome and Vivaldi I only see one difference at the end:
With Chrome it works and I can play the video, while with Vivaldi I can't. Here's the video, just in case somebody else want to try:
https://vimeo.com/channels/staffpicks/295361990I've also tried some HTML5 tests and everything seems quite similar. Actually, the video codecs compatibility show exactly the same supported formats as Chrome or Firefox. Here's a screenshot:
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Chrome can play this content because it comes bundled with its own suite of codecs that can decode all popular media formats. Google has virtually unlimited funds at its disposal and can afford to pay the huge licence fees required to do this.
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@xyzzy I read that before: Google can pay the licence fees, Vivaldi cannot. Is it an option make a paid version of Vivaldi without the problems of video play back that keep coming back and back. I would pay for a Vivaldi with a solution for the video troubles; better than every time after an update blowing ventilator, no videos on some sites etc etc (on a Mac).
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I am experiencing this as well. Have checked the :Flags tweaks, with no success.
Yikes! this is not good
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@gsonix said in Vimeo videos not playing:
I am experiencing this as well. Have checked the :Flags tweaks, with no success.
Are you using a Mac or a Hackintosh? Does it also has a Nvidia GPU?
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Mac, el capitan. no not hackintosh. Yes, Nvidia gpu.
also happening with youtube about 50% of the time and with facebook videos as well
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@gsonix I also am having trouble with web videos playing. El Capitan, Mac Pro, AMD Radeon HD 6xxx-series 1 GB VRAM. I tried the recommendations on the forum to no avail. Some YouTube videos will play, but many will not. Twitter videos and many other videos also won't play. These videos work fine on the same computer when using Safari.
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Same issue here. Vivaldi 2.1.1337.47, MacOS 10.13.6 on a 2010 Mac mini, 8GB RAM, videos work fine in Safari but not in Vivaldi.
Youtube generally works, but almost nothing else does.
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Hackintosh Mojave 10.14.1 with AMD RX560 gpu same issue.
Almost every video website with H5 player fail to load, but Chrome 70 work fine. -
@gsonix Does vivaldi://gpu show that hardware acceleration has been disabled? If this is the case, it's likely that your GPU has been blacklisted and that you might be able to get media playback working on all sites by enabling the #ignore-gpu-blacklist flag. (Obligatory warning: use caution when changing ANY flag from its default.)
There is a known problem with Vivaldi on 2010(-ish) era Macs with Radeon GPUs; I don't know of any workarounds to enable playback of H.264 (or any other proprietary) media on those systems. However, I'm not aware of any such issues affecting genuine Macs with NVIDIA GPUs.
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@xyzzy Thanks, this is how I have things at the moment, as recommended, I believe.
As well, this is most definitely a genuine mac, and with NVIDIA GeForce GT 120 512 MB video card.
ps, I set the blacklist to deal with a screen jitter/glitch issue which the setting did fix. Reverting that option didn't have an effect on the video playback issue.
thanks
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@gsonix Okay but your vivaldi://gpu output still shows that hardware acceleration is unavailable. Do you have Use Hardware Acceleration When Available enabled in Vivaldi's Webpages settings? If this option is not checked, then media playback won't work properly on Mac either.
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is this a prefs, or in that vivadli/flags? link?
@xyzzy said in Vimeo videos not playing:
@gsonix Vivaldi's Webpages settings?
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@gsonix
Vivaldi / Preferences...
from the macOS menu bar, then go to the Webpages section. After changing this setting, you'll need to restart Vivaldi. -
thanks. Yes I disabled this setting to deal with another graphics problem. With this enabled, Vivaldi's graphics are extremely glitchy, full of artifacts and is unusable as a browser. As well, enabling that setting doesn't get video playback working anyways.
It's nice to try and troubleshoot this stuff, but imo, the problem is not with my settings, there is a problem with the browser. I've never had any of these issues with any other browser. I'm willing to help the devs in the regard, but if it becomes an issue of how I've setup a myriad of settings and flags, and not "why is the browser not doing what it's supposed to do out of the box" then it seems to me that the larger problem of Vivaldi's graphics handling is not being addressed.
cheers
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@gsonix (sigh) Yeah, that's why the Chromium team blacklists a driver (it's unstable and/or makes their code unstable) and why overriding the blacklist can lead to problems... and why enabling other graphics-related flags can make the situation even worse. The underlying decoders in macOS couldn't care less whether or not Chromium has blacklisted the GPU. Hopefully, the Vivaldi team is watching and can make it a priority to implement a more optimal video decoding solution that will work even when Vivaldi is using software-based rendering.
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thanks xyzzy, yup hopefully the devs are looking into it. I linked this thread in the bug report. cheers!