Video not supported?

[davehawley]

davehawley last edited by

I've come across a problem here with the embedded video.
In Opera 36 it just puts up a message saying "This browser does not support video playback".
It works fine in Google Chrome.
It's not the same problem as some are having with Facebook videos, as they work fine for me.
Anyone any idea why this particular video won't play?

[g00g00]

g00g00 last edited by

This particular ?! Can you play other videos from embedded tweet ?

[davehawley]

davehawley last edited by

Not sure, as I'm not a member of Twitter.

[g00g00]

g00g00 last edited by

You don't need to be a member to be able to see videos

[sgunhouse]

sgunhouse Moderator last edited by

Looks okay here in 37.

[davehawley]

davehawley 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 last edited by

Consider seeing what Youtube says you support.

[davehawley]

davehawley last edited by

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

[leocg]

leocg Moderator 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.

[davehawley]

davehawley 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 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.

[athlonite]

athlonite last edited by

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

[davehawley]

davehawley 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 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.

[davehawley]

davehawley 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.