"This browser does not support video playback"

[Izzywizzy]

I'm having this problem with playing GIF or some video files where it says "This browser does not support video playback" and it happens frequently.
I've tried to restart the browser, but it doesn't seem to fix the problem. I've sent a feedback via SlimJet a few weeks ago but never heard anything back.

Hope I can get an answer or, a solution to this problem.

[RBTB2605]

I have experienced the very same thing.

[paul1149]

My other Chromium browser, Vivaldi, does this as well. It is a frequent problem, and getting worse. I now use Firefox to access twitter for this reason.

[RBTB2605]

My other Chromium browser, Vivaldi, does this as well. It is a frequent problem, and getting worse. I now use Firefox to access twitter for this reason.

I still have the latest Firefox installed and updated, even though I like Slimjet a lot more. So I guess that I shall do the same thing.

[dev]

I would say it's because slimjet depends on the OS to play some commercial codecs like H264, used by Twitter videos, and, on Windows, only from Windows 7 there is native support for that codec.

[paul1149]

Came across this:

But do you use the official build ("dev-official") or others, in your chrlauncher.ini file? With "ChromiumType=dev-official", MP4 videos do not work natively. Change to "ChromiumType=stable-codecs-sync" for example. Update. -https://www.reddit.com/r/Chromium/comme ... t_support/

And this:

Hello. This is because Twitter uses proprietary codecs in video files. Info at https://support.twitter.com/articles/20172128 (search the "mp4" word in this page). By default, Chromium does not support proprietary codecs (AAC, MP3, H.264/MP4) https://www.chromium.org/audio-video in the HTML <audio> and <video> elements. So, Chromium cannot natively play proprietary codecs :/ The only way is to compile Chromium yourself from its source-code with enabled proprietary codecs... or use another Chromium-like browser. For info, on Windows OS, we recompile Chromium with proprietary codecs (check guides at http://chromium.woolyss.com/#source-code) So, I well know this issue! -https://www.reddit.com/r/Chromium/comme ... t_support/

Maybe SJ could use the version of chrome with the codecs? I tried installing the ffmpeg codec pack onto my linux system, and it made no difference on twitter, even after a reboot.

[paul1149]

And another:

"why Chromium does not support H.264/MP4" Because it does not support proprietary codecs. Only free and open-source codecs are used. Note OpenH264 exists and is supported by Firefox... but Chromium does not use it :/ If you are developer, you can build your own Chromium version with proprietary codecs enabled: GYP_DEFINES proprietary_codecs=1 https://chromium.googlesource.com/chrom ... uctions.md -https://www.reddit.com/r/Chromium/comme ... ost_video/