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thebeav

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Registered: 2011-02-27

Posts: 5

Issue Streaming Media from Web Browser

I'm having an issue where I'm unable to stream any media from a web browser. I first noticed it with YouTube videos, but I've also tested with Pandora and SoundCloud as well as just trying to view a Sample HTML5 video.

Issue:
When trying to view a video, I can click play but the video won't start playing. I can skip ahead to a later time and the image will change to whatever frame exists at that time, but still will not play. Music streaming (pandora / soundcloud) behave similarly where I can skip ahead in time but it never actually plays any sound.

Outside of a web browser, my audio/video appears to be working just fine. I can play audio/video files via VLC, mplayer, etc. In fact, I can use youtube-dl to download a video and then play it with VLC (not exactly a long-term solution )

I've verified the issue exists with the following browsers:

• chromium (official repos)

• firefox (official repos)

• google-chrome (AUR)

System:

• Arch x86_64 (all package up-to-date with pacman)

• Gnome3

• JACK Audio (installed but I have tried with the server running and also with it stopped via qjackctl)[/*[

• pulseaudio & pulseaudio-alsa

• ALSA

Troubleshooting Steps Attempted:

• Uninstalled chromium-pepper-flash (AUR) and tried chromium again. Issue still exists.

• Uninstalled flashplugin and tried firefox again. Issue still exists.

• Ran journalctl and then opened browser to try and play video. No messages were displayed.

Not sure if this is a bug or something wrong with my setup. It definitely used to work, but unfortunately I can't pinpoint an exact date or system upgrade that broke it. Shouldn't have been more than a week or two, though. Any and all help to troubleshoot and fix this issue is appreciated.

Edit: Fixed broken link.

Edit 2: I forgot to mention that my internet connection appears to be fine. Great ping, download, and upload on speedtest.net.

Last edited by thebeav (2015-09-11 16:32:59)

V1del

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Registered: 2012-10-16

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Re: Issue Streaming Media from Web Browser

Open browser in a terminal check the messages there

thebeav

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Registered: 2011-02-27

Posts: 5

Re: Issue Streaming Media from Web Browser

Open browser in a terminal check the messages there

I tried this last night actually when I was asking about my issue on the IRC channel. No messages were displayed when I tried to play HTML5 video (the "sample HTML5 video" above). When I went to YouTube, it did display something about Flash (Sorry not at that actual machine right now, so can't quote exactly.) but it wasn't an error I don't think and it was only when I went to the main YouTube page. When going to an individual video or when trying to play a video, no messages were displayed.

Should I try launching a browser with a verbose option (if that's even an option)?

I'll have to test further when I get home from work in a few hours.

Edit: The message I get when I launch chromium from terminal is:
[WARNING:flash/platform/pepper/pep_module.cpp(63)] SANDBOXED

I get this same message on my Arch VM at work, but the video streams just fine. So I'm thinking this warning message isn't a problem.

Last edited by thebeav (2015-09-11 20:11:23)