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      iarla last edited by Gaëlle

      I see the below error regularly on Youtube. It's been like this for many months. Is it a typical problem on Vivaldi for Mac? 1.16.1183.3 (Official Build) (64-bit)

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        xyzzy Moderator @iarla last edited by

        @iarla On some Macs, yes, some videos types will not play if Vivaldi's GPU hardware acceleration is not available on your system. This has been a longstanding issue for which many of us are all still waiting for a fix.

        Youtube videos are often available in several formats. Youtube videos encoded in, say, the vp9 format will play fine even with if hardware acceleration is unavailable; some other formats, such as H.264, will not.

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          iarla @xyzzy last edited by

          @xyzzy thanks, I appreciate the info. I do have a late 2011 MacBook Pro. I've reported the issue as a bug, but I'm sure I'm not the first.

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            TonyCr @xyzzy last edited by

            @xyzzy Is this being addressed, yet? I'm moving from Chrome to Vivaldi, and I generally like it. However, this problem is going to be an issue since I view a lot of embedded videos or via links.

            Thanks.

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              vitvit last edited by

              @xyzzy But the same video runs at the same machine (iMac, late 2009) at any other browser (Opera etc.) At https://gist.github.com/ruario/bec42d156d30affef655 all videos are running. But none at facebook and a lot at youtube.

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                xyzzy Moderator last edited by

                I appreciate all of your patience and all reports that you post here. This is a huge problem that has gone on for too long already. However, I don't work for Vivaldi so I have limited insight into what actually goes on behind the scenes. All that I can tell you is that all of the Mac media playback bugs are still open and have a high priority assigned to them. I also do my best to make sure that all critical issues affecting the Vivaldi Mac community don't get forgotten.

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                  vitvit last edited by

                  I was happy after installing the last update. But just for a short while. Now I have the same issue with fb-videos.

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                    Chas4 last edited by

                    You can try this flag chrome://flags/#ignore-gpu-blacklist (Vivaldi &/or macOS might get unstable), what I noticed is that for some reason some audio and some video codecs are getting disabled by a GPU backlist.

                    Should also note the version of macOS you are using.


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                    However, many devices are excluded access to Web content.

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                      luisdesistemas @iarla last edited by

                      @iarla i am having the same issue and even if i try to stay updated
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                      So if anywone knows how or when it will be fixed, we all will be glad to know!

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                      • Gaëlle
                        Gaëlle - Ambassador - last edited by

                        Sorry for the trouble you encountered playing youtube videos. In order to help us fix this issue, we need you to report it us as described here:
                        https://help.vivaldi.com/article/report-media-issues-with-mac/

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                        • Chas4
                          Chas4 last edited by

                          @MoonDawg said in YouTube videos often fail to play:

                          https://youtu.be/ryizGGoz2ns

                          The stats for nerds (right click on the video) list codecs of avc1 / mp4

                          Should also mention the version of macOS you are using

                          I see the error with macOS 10.14.2


                          Why Open the Web?

                          Despite the connecting purpose of the Web, it is not entirely open to all of its users.
                          When used correctly, HTML documents can be displayed across platforms and devices.
                          However, many devices are excluded access to Web content.

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                          • Chas4
                            Chas4 last edited by Chas4

                            Apple released macOS 10.14.3 & security updates for older versions of macOS today.
                            Tried the video and it did not play (I do have hardware acceleration disabled to work around a Chromium bug of forcing the dedicated GPU when it works fine with the integrated GPU)


                            Why Open the Web?

                            Despite the connecting purpose of the Web, it is not entirely open to all of its users.
                            When used correctly, HTML documents can be displayed across platforms and devices.
                            However, many devices are excluded access to Web content.

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                              Knuthf @Gaëlle last edited by

                              @gaelle But how about accepting that we post in apparently wrong groups, and try to read through is all carefully and consider if just posting the bug / problem he suggest that something else is wrong. That what you believe the problem to be stems from not fully understanding the problem. I have had the request moved and deleted, and bluntly, I know the problem and can fix the code - but I have to repeat the "fix" every time I receive a new version of Vivaldi. Yes - I have posted the fix. I don´t know it it fixes it all. I got my video working, but still get the "wrong codec" - and sometime I know the reason. Where to place it - how to report? Very good question. It is not really video you see.

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