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    • leocg
      leocg Moderator Volunteer last edited by

      If you download the video and play it in Windows Media Player, does it play fine?

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      • yeaheah
        yeaheah last edited by

        If you download the video and play it in Windows Media Player, does it play fine?

        Yes, Windows Media Player can play this video without problems.

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        • leocg
          leocg Moderator Volunteer last edited by

          Yes, Windows Media Player can play this video without problems.

          Did you ever installed any codecs? Or does it plays natively?

          Also, if you try to play the video directly in Opera, does it play?

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          • yeaheah
            yeaheah last edited by

            Yes, Windows Media Player can play this video without problems.

            Did you ever installed any codecs? Or does it plays natively?
            Also, if you try to play the video directly in Opera, does it play?

            I never installed any codecs.
            And when i play it directly in Opera, there is only sound and the video still is black.

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            • zalex108
              zalex108 last edited by admin

              And about that!?
              https://forums.opera.com/post/116719

              Weird if IE has problems too.

              "You cannot know the meaning of your life until you are connected to the power that created you". 路 Shri Mataji Nirmala Devi

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              • yeaheah
                yeaheah last edited by admin

                And about that!?
                https://forums.opera.com/post/116719
                Weird if IE has problems too.

                I created new profile, i followed your advice.

                But it didn't help.
                The sound is there but no video (it's still black).

                馃槥

                With Opera i have at least sound, but my IE 11.0.9600.18537 can't play the video at all (no sound, no video).

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                • zalex108
                  zalex108 last edited by

                  The most annoying:

                  With Opera i have at least sound, but my IE 11.0.9600.18537 can't play the video at all (no sound, no video).

                  but it works in Media Player....

                  I don't have any codec pack installed but the video works fine.

                  BTW, K-lite or any other may help.

                  "You cannot know the meaning of your life until you are connected to the power that created you". 路 Shri Mataji Nirmala Devi

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                  • yeaheah
                    yeaheah last edited by

                    The most annoying:

                    With Opera i have at least sound, but my IE 11.0.9600.18537 can't play the video at all (no sound, no video).

                    but it works in Media Player....
                    I don't have any codec pack installed but the video works fine.
                    BTW, K-lite or any other may help.

                    Installed now K-Lite Full Codec Package and rebootet.

                    But it didn't help either.

                    Still same problem.

                    馃槥

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                    • zalex108
                      zalex108 last edited by

                      O.O

                      Do you use any adblocker into FF or Chrome?

                      Some times this happens to me in some sites because the AdbBocker blocks part of ads but there is an Overlay hidden the video.

                      Another option, check site options with Site Settings and / or in Adobe Flash and PC options for "Fail.to"


                      聽

                      https://www.macromedia.com/support/documentation/en/flashplayer/help/settings_manager07.html

                      https://forums.adobe.com/thread/977699

                      "You cannot know the meaning of your life until you are connected to the power that created you". 路 Shri Mataji Nirmala Devi

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                      • davehawley
                        davehawley last edited by

                        Go here and see what formats your browsers support.
                        It's a bit out of date now, but should show if the browser supports HTML5 video.
                        It's possible that Opera is trying to play the video using HTML5, but is failing and not dropping back to the Flash player.
                        馃檪

                        Still in mourning for Opera 12.........

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                        • mariakatosvich
                          mariakatosvich last edited by

                          All other browser don't have Flash either. But they can play this video.

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                          • davehawley
                            davehawley last edited by

                            I've now checked with Firefox, and the video plays there using Flash as the default.
                            If I disable the Flash plugin, the video still plays, using HTML5 instead.
                            I downloaded the video, and it appears to be a a standard H.264 .mp4 file, nothing unusual about it at all.
                            It does look as if the site is telling the browser to try to play it with Flash first for some reason, and then drop back to HTML5 if that fails, usually it's the other way around of course!
                            For some reason, the OP's installation of Opera (and IE) seems to be not dropping over to HTML5 properly when the Flash player fails as it isn't installed.
                            馃檪

                            Still in mourning for Opera 12.........

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                            • zalex108
                              zalex108 last edited by

                              馃啓

                              I forgot Flash it's not installed on the system.

                              "You cannot know the meaning of your life until you are connected to the power that created you". 路 Shri Mataji Nirmala Devi

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                              • leocg
                                leocg Moderator Volunteer last edited by

                                but it works in Media Player....
                                I don't have any codec pack installed but the video works fine.
                                BTW, K-lite or any other may help.

                                If the video plays on WMP even without any codec have been installed, it means that Windows is able to play it natively so installing a codec pack wouldn't make any difference.

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                                • leocg
                                  leocg Moderator Volunteer last edited by

                                  All other browser don't have Flash either. But they can play this video.

                                  Check opera://gpu/ to see if there are any error message under 'log messages'. Also check what it says about video decode/encode.

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                                  • yeaheah
                                    yeaheah last edited by

                                    All other browser don't have Flash either. But they can play this video.

                                    Check opera://gpu/ to see if there are any error message under 'log messages'. Also check what it says about video decode/encode.

                                    Video Decode: Software only, hardware acceleration unavailable

                                    • Video Encode: Hardware accelerated

                                    Log Messages
                                    GpuProcessHostUIShim: The GPU process exited normally. Everything is okay.

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                                    • davehawley
                                      davehawley last edited by

                                      Did you check the test page I linked to in an earlier post?
                                      Does the first video (H.264/MP4) play OK in Opera (and IE for that matter)?
                                      馃檪

                                      Still in mourning for Opera 12.........

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                                      • yeaheah
                                        yeaheah last edited by

                                        Did you check the test page I linked to in an earlier post?
                                        Does the first video (H.264/MP4) play OK in Opera (and IE for that matter)?

                                        Opera plays all 3 videos fine, all with sound and video.

                                        IE can only play the H.264/MP4 (with sound and video).

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                                        • yeaheah
                                          yeaheah last edited by

                                          Go here and see what formats your browsers support.
                                          It's a bit out of date now, but should show if the browser supports HTML5 video.
                                          It's possible that Opera is trying to play the video using HTML5, but is failing and not dropping back to the Flash player.

                                          Opera plays all 3 videos fine, all with sound and video.

                                          IE can only play the H.264/MP4 (with sound and video).

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                                          • leocg
                                            leocg Moderator Volunteer last edited by

                                            Video Decode: Software only, hardware acceleration unavailable

                                            • Video Encode: Hardware accelerated

                                            This may be a problem when running h264 videos. See if enabling opera://flags/#ignore-gpu-blacklist makes any difference.

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