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claudiogc

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Registered: 2015-06-16

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[SOLVED]Problem with .mp4 videos in Firefox.

Good evening!

I'm using Firefox38.0.5  and i'm getting the following error message when i try to see .mp4 video files in some websites.

Video format or MIME type is not supported.

I read Firefox doesn't support .mp4, but in Windows7, the same version of Firefox i can see .mp4 videos!

Thanks!

Last edited by claudiogc (2015-06-22 10:47:21)

karol

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Registered: 2009-05-06

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Re: [SOLVED]Problem with .mp4 videos in Firefox.

Make sure you have optional dependencies installed and restart the browser. Please provide a link to some videos that don't work for you.

claudiogc

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Registered: 2015-06-16

Posts: 108

Re: [SOLVED]Problem with .mp4 videos in Firefox.

make sure you have optional dependencies installed

Could you be more specific about these optional dependencies? I just installed Fireox with "pacman -S firefox". I'm in a 64bit system.

The links:
http://www.html5videoplayer.net/html5vi … video-test

http://www.w3schools.com/html/html5_video.asp
Here, if i remove the tag "  <source src="mov_bbb.ogg" type="video/ogg">" in "Try it yourself" option i get the same error

Knute

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From: Minot, ND

Registered: 2009-03-17

Posts: 604

Re: [SOLVED]Problem with .mp4 videos in Firefox.

If you install mozplugger you can specify which application is used to open mp4s. 

All that message means is that firefox doesn't know what to open that type of file with.  mozplugger should fix that for you.

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claudiogc

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Registered: 2015-06-16

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Re: [SOLVED]Problem with .mp4 videos in Firefox.

If you install mozplugger you can specify which application is used to open mp4s. 

All that message means is that firefox doesn't know what to open that type of file with.  mozplugger should fix that for you.

I installed but nothing changed. I don't know if i have to change something in "/etc/mozpluggerrc" file. If yes, i have no idea what to change. I have installed vlc and mplayer for videos. That file has more than 300 lines! I don't know what to do!

Knute

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From: Minot, ND

Registered: 2009-03-17

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Re: [SOLVED]Problem with .mp4 videos in Firefox.

Have you run

mozplugger-update

yet?

Also, the man page explains in detail how to configure and use it.

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claudiogc

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Registered: 2015-06-16

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Re: [SOLVED]Problem with .mp4 videos in Firefox.

Have you run

mozplugger-update

yet?

Yes.

Also, the man page explains in detail how to configure and use it.

Do you now  an easier way?

ayekat

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Registered: 2011-01-17

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Re: [SOLVED]Problem with .mp4 videos in Firefox.

make sure you have optional dependencies installed

Could you be more specific about these optional dependencies? I just installed Fireox with "pacman -S firefox". I'm in a 64bit system.

There is `pacman -Qi` - it gives a nice overview about a package, including mandatory and optional dependencies. Check if the optional ones (especially the media plugins) are installed.

Also, the man page explains in detail how to configure and use it.

Do you now  an easier way?

Seriously?

Last edited by ayekat (2015-06-22 05:28:18)

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claudiogc

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Re: [SOLVED]Problem with .mp4 videos in Firefox.

There is `pacman -Qi` - it gives a nice overview about a package, including mandatory and optional dependencies. Check if the optional ones (especially the media plugins) are installed.

Thanks, dude!
I saw there was an optional video package not installed, "gst-libav: h.264 video".  I installed and now is working fine!
So, i have installed of the optional packages: "gst-plugins-good: h.264 video" and "gst-libav: h.264 video".

Last edited by claudiogc (2015-06-22 10:46:51)