Video not supported?

[sgunhouse]

sgunhouse Moderator Volunteer last edited by

Looks okay here in 37.

[A Former User]

A Former User last edited by

I'm still using Opera 36 as I'm still running it on Windows XP, which may or may not be relevant.
I just tried it again, and the video appears to load OK, and the player controls appear, but then the "This browser does not support video playback" message comes up in the video window.
Does anyone have a link to another video of the same type I could try without being a Twitter member?

[sgunhouse]

sgunhouse Moderator Volunteer last edited by

Consider seeing what Youtube says you support.

[A Former User]

A Former User last edited by

it says Opera 36 supports everything except "H.264" and "MSE & H.264".
YouTube works fine using HTML5.

[leocg]

leocg Moderator Volunteer last edited by

it says Opera 36 supports everything except "H.264" and "MSE & H.264".

That video most probably uses H264, what can't be played in Opera on XP because XP doesn't natively supports H264.

[A Former User]

A Former User last edited by

Ah, of course that is very probably the reason!
Thanks.
If Google Chrome works OK with it, I'm just surprised that Opera doesn't.

[leocg]

leocg Moderator Volunteer last edited by

If Google Chrome works OK with it, I'm just surprised that Opera doesn't.

Chrome has its own (media) decoder. For some reasons - mainly legal AFAIK - Opera can't have its own decoder so it relies on the OS to play some codecs, like H264.

[A Former User]

A Former User last edited by

try installing a minimal set of Klite codec pack and try playing it again

[A Former User]

A Former User last edited by

I actually already have the K-Lite Codec Pack installed, and have had for many years.
It's rather an old version now though (8.2.0) as I haven't updated it for ages, so I may try a newer version to see if that makes any difference.
Thanks for the pointer.

[leocg]

leocg Moderator Volunteer last edited by

try installing a minimal set of Klite codec pack and try playing it again

It wouldn't help as the support should be native.

[A Former User]

A Former User last edited by

I thought that might be the case!
Not a big deal, if I run across another video that won't play in Opera, I'll just use Chrome to watch it!
Thanks everyone for your help.

[newoperanut]

newoperanut last edited by

Thanks for this. I have the same issue, and thought I was missing a codec.