zdf.de no video, but chromium ok. (for testers, it's country restricted: DE)

michaa7

On zdf.de I get "LEIDER WIRD KEIN VIDEOFORMAT VON IHREM GERÄT UNTERSTÜTZT." (=No video format (?) supported by your device) wheresas chromium plays the file. It seems zdf has become somewhat pickier about the user agent than it was in the past.

chromium: Version 64.0.3282.119 (Entwickler-Build) built on Debian buster/sid, running on Debian buster/sid (64-Bit)Version 64.0.3282.119 (Entwickler-Build) built on Debian buster/sid, running on Debian buster/sid (64-Bit)
vivaldi stable: 1.14.1077.50 (Stable channel) (64-Bit)
vivaldi snapshot: 1.15.1104.3 (Offizieller Build) snapshot (64-Bit)

But what can I do?

TbGbe · Win: Snapshot Vivaldi 7.4.3671.3

@michaa7 The Live stream (Olympics) is country restricted.
However, news shows such as https://www.zdf.de/nachrichten/heute-19-uhr/180221-19h-100.html
plays OK for me on Vivaldi 1.15.1104.3 running on Windows 10 Pro.
I realise your on Linux, but I'm not sure the difficulty is the user agent.

Check the links/scripts from the later posts in the Video Problems thread:
https://forum.vivaldi.net/topic/12973/video-playback-problems-troubleshooting-and-solutions-on-linux/

michaa7

@gwen-dragon

I had the newest codecs installed already, but just to be sure I updated your script (thanks for your service) and run it. Codecs were the newest.

So tell me, can you play this file?
https://www.zdf.de/serien/die-rosenheim-cops/da-fehlt-etwas-100.html

But after playing around a little bit I found out that I can play that file when coping the url to a new tab. Which is odd because it is exactly the same URL ... and I can reproduce it.

michaa7

@gwen-dragon

Thanks.

Of the 5 files I can play three. Both DRM protected files (BBB) won't play (I assume this is expected?).

michaa7

@gwen-dragon

Ok, but zdf.de is not drm protected, is it? So this has nothing to do with the problem of vivaldi not properly playing files on zdf.de.

michaa7

Ok, thanks re DRM.

I've no extensions installed. I can live with the workaround (copying URL) so I consider the issue mitigated.

Thank's again.

Otscho

Same Problem here. ZDF says no supported video format found.
Even copy'n Paste of the url into a new tab doesn't work.
I have a LMDE2 (based on stable debian) and ffmpeg version 2.6.9 installed.

michaa7

@otscho
I had problems with zdf.de since some time (month). Now, although all the codecs were the newest ones according to the output of gwen-dragons script, after retrying it again videos on zdf.de now work as expected.
So re-installing the codec might be helpfull although I hate these kind of solutions because they remind me of Windows times ...

Otscho

@Gwen-Dragon thank you for the hint. I investigated the installed codecs with your script. There was an older version in .local/lib/vivaldi/libffmpeg.so
After installing the newest ones for current user all is fine now.
Videos on zdf now work like a charm.
Is the cron-job option of your script able to install codecs only for current user with the -u switch?

@michaa7 Maybe the cron-job option of Gwen-Dragons script is a solution for you. So you don't have to reinstall manually.

Otscho

@gwen-dragon Thank you. I directly tested your new script. Works.
New Investigation Information is nice.
I recently added a cronjob entry for user.
Also added two lines to your Script, so I get a notification via 'notify-send' when the cronjob has done its job where it tells me whether codec is up to date or codec got updated.