Will Firefox and/or Opera play video from sources other than Facebook?
On Fri, Feb 25, 2022 at 10:32 AM greg zegan via PLUG-discuss <
plug-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org> wrote:
> tried running Brave browser?
>
> On Friday, February 25, 2022, 10:30:19 AM MST, Thomas Scott via
> PLUG-discuss <plug-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org> wrote:
>
>
> I'm hesitant to ask since you've tried across multiple browsers, but have
> you checked your browser extensions? Might be blocked by a blocklist from
> ublock, adblock, etc... if you check the web console, is anything being
> denied when you load the page or press play? If I had to guess, it's either
> not getting there, or missing a codec. I don't run linux day to day on my
> desktop, but that's what I've seen in the past.
>
> I run nextdns.io instead of a pi-hole, and I've had complaints from
> family who were visiting that videos weren't loading. Lots of privacy
> centric filters block facebook aggressively (shocker). It begged the
> question why they were on the phone watching facebook videos when they flew
> across the country to spend time with us, but I digress.
>
> - Thomas Scott | mr.thomas.scott@gmail.com
>
>
> On Fri, Feb 25, 2022 at 11:58 AM Dennis McClellan via PLUG-discuss <
> plug-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org> wrote:
>
> For about the last month I can't get any video to work on Facebook.
>
> I get this message, (Sorry, we're having trouble playing this video. Learn
> More.)
>
> Hitting the Learn More tab brings me to another page that states "I can't
> view or play videos on Facebook.
>
> Restart Browser and computer. Did that
>
> Check internet connection. I have Cox's one-gigabyte connection.
>
> Update browser. Running Firefox 95.1.
>
> Let us know if you're still having issues playing video: I did twice. No
> response.
>
> I have the latest version of Mint (20.3)
>
> This also happens with the Opera browser but not the Chromium browser. I
> am a Firefox lover.
>
> Does anyone else have this issue?
>
>
> Dennis McClellan
> Linux (Mint) Cinnamon Desktop
> Livin' in and lovin' Arizona
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