I just tested mine Ubunttu 20.04 Firefox 97 FaceBook plays videos fine
Chrome 98.04758.102 works fine on FaceBook
I needed to check in on FB once every 6 months anyway
On Fri, Feb 25, 2022 at 10:49 AM Samuel Stavole-Carter via PLUG-discuss <
plug-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org> wrote:
> 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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