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89c51

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Firefox 24 and .mp4

The new firefox is supposed to work with .mp4 files using gstreamer. However sites like vine & vimeo don't work.

Other sites like instagram work ok.

Haven't tested on many sited but is this a known "bug"

sekret

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Re: Firefox 24 and .mp4

What gstreamer packages do you have installed? Look at the optional dependencies of firefox!

skanky

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Re: Firefox 24 and .mp4

Can you give a link to a non-working vimeo? The ones I've just tried all work,
Also, did you install the optional  gstreamer0.10-good-plugins (which covers mp4)?

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karol

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Re: Firefox 24 and .mp4

You may also need gstreamer0.10-ugly-plugins for h.264 decoding.

89c51

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Re: Firefox 24 and .mp4

warning: gstreamer0.10-ugly-plugins-0.10.19-6 is up to date -- reinstalling
warning: gstreamer0.10-good-plugins-0.10.31-3 is up to date -- reinstalling

The videos on the main page (vimeo.com) don't work. There is no play icon on them.

weird

skanky

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Re: Firefox 24 and .mp4

All okay here. If you've got all four optional gstreamer plugin packages installed, I don't know.

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Zuf

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Re: Firefox 24 and .mp4

Check your about:config option media.gstreamer.enabled

89c51

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Re: Firefox 24 and .mp4

Check your about:config option media.gstreamer.enabled

Yeah. That was the first thing i did.

The thing is that it works on some sites and does not in others.

BTW (slightly unrelated) is .mp4 on firefox supposed to be HW accelerated with the open amd drivers??

Last edited by 89c51 (2013-09-18 14:49:59)

89c51

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Re: Firefox 24 and .mp4

All okay here. If you've got all four optional gstreamer plugin packages installed, I don't know.

Whats your graphics setup?? (amd/nvidia open/closed).

All the plugins are installed:

Optional Deps  : networkmanager: Location detection via available WiFi networks
                 [installed]
                 gstreamer0.10-base-plugins: vorbis decoding, ogg demuxing
                 [installed]
                 gstreamer0.10-bad-plugins: aac, vp8 and opus decoding
                 [installed]
                 gstreamer0.10-good-plugins: webm and mp4 demuxing [installed]
                 gstreamer0.10-ugly-plugins: h.264 decoding [installed]
                 libpulse: PulseAudio audio driver [installed]

skanky

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Re: Firefox 24 and .mp4

All okay here. If you've got all four optional gstreamer plugin packages installed, I don't know.

Whats your graphics setup?? (amd/nvidia open/closed).

Intel, using xf86-video-intel.

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karol

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Re: Firefox 24 and .mp4

See the last comment https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=799318#c47 -> https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=884558#c1

89c51

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Re: Firefox 24 and .mp4

Thanks karol.

I 'll have to wait for upstream to fix this.

89c51

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Re: Firefox 24 and .mp4

Upping this cause i noticed another possible problem. When playing .mp4 videos (youtube) firefox doesn't close properly. Leaves a process behind consuming 100% of the CPU. Don't think it happens all the time.

Anyone noticed similar behavior.

karol

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Re: Firefox 24 and .mp4

There's also https://bugs.archlinux.org/task/36997 , but I think it's only partially related.

Upping this cause i noticed another possible problem. When playing .mp4 videos (youtube) firefox doesn't close properly. Leaves a process behind consuming 100% of the CPU. Don't think it happens all the time.

Anyone noticed similar behavior.

My firefox behaves properly.

Last edited by karol (2013-09-20 18:37:52)

89c51

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Re: Firefox 24 and .mp4

During playback it doesn't consume more than 20%. On youtube. (BTW isn't this supposed to be HW accelerated and not consume anything?) Its after i close it. Wierd

Karol you are a treasure. Thanks for the answers.

Edit: I tested with a video on the bug report and get 100+% CPU consumption.

Last edited by 89c51 (2013-09-20 19:34:38)