Re: Firefox 115.5.0esr(64-bit) can't show mp4
On Sat, 2023-12-02 at 07:00 +0800, Bret Busby wrote:
> On 2/12/23 06:10, Van Snyder wrote:
> > When I try to view a mp4 video in Firefox 115.5.0esr(64-bit) on
> > Debian
> > GNU/Linux 10 (buster), it puts up a sad-face window saying "No
> > video
> > with supported format and MIME type found." It doesn't offer to
> > download
> > the file, or play it with an external application.
> >
> > ffmpeg is installed and up-to-date.
> >
> > Can it be made to work?
> >
> Perhaps, if you specified the URL of the file, it might be a step on
> the
> way t6o describing the problem...
http://vandyke.mynetgear.com/AuraMLS_SH2009.mp4
The same video is available as avi, and that works fine with Firefox by
launching an external viewer such as vlc or dragon. I would expect
Firefox to offer to download the file or choose a viewer instead of the
sad-face window.
>
> ....
> Bret Busby
> Armadale
> Western Australia
> (UTC+0800)
> .................
>
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