My understanding is that gstreamer has been deprecated, while ffmpeg has taken over. I was then able to play video on youtube and vimeo. However I was still unable to play video from youtube, so I uninstalled all three packages.Īfter seeing the suggestions on bbs.archlinux to install gst-plugins-ugly, I installed: Running: 'pacman -Qs ffmpeg' showed I had ffmpeg installed (version 1:3.3.2-2).
This link: suggests a fix can be found by installing:
I got different errors when I forced youtube to play Flash, so the original issue had to be an HTML5 issue.Īfter reading the /html5 page, it looked like the playback issue might be a H.264 problem. I installed the Youtube Flash Player plugin for firefox in order to force youtube to play flash videos (I already had flashplugin installed). I was able to play video on youtube, vimeo, etc, by installing:Īfter digging around, it seems pretty clear this is a Flash/HTML5 issue.
The problem is driven by the H.264 video codec that enables HTML5 playback. I disabled all my plugins, but still no dice. I've only been using firefox, so I don't know what impact this might have on chromium.
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