Fedora 31: Chromium does not support h264 even after installing a lot of different packages
Hello. Fedora 31 (AMD64) and Chromium 78, I have installed following packages on the system, but still MP4-H264 is not supported by Chromium:
VLC + MPV + GNOME-MPV (celluloid) and their dependencies. gstreamer1-plugin-openh264, gstreamer1-libav, gstreamer1-plugins-ugly
I have seen < https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/quick-docs/installing-chromium-or-googl... > but widevine plugin is not easy accessibale, I just want a routine MP4 playback.
* chromium-libs-media-freeworld * is one version behind latest version (77) and requies downgrading to Chromium 77! while 78 is latest version.
There was no clear and straightforward instruction on the web.
On Sat, 30 Nov 2019 07:49:05 -0000 Farhad Mohammadi Majd via users users@lists.fedoraproject.org wrote:
Hello. Fedora 31 (AMD64) and Chromium 78, I have installed following packages on the system, but still MP4-H264 is not supported by Chromium:
VLC + MPV + GNOME-MPV (celluloid) and their dependencies. gstreamer1-plugin-openh264, gstreamer1-libav, gstreamer1-plugins-ugly
I have seen < https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/quick-docs/installing-chromium-or-googl...
but widevine plugin is not easy accessibale, I just want a routine MP4 playback.
- chromium-libs-media-freeworld * is one version behind latest
version (77) and requies downgrading to Chromium 77! while 78 is latest version.
There was no clear and straightforward instruction on the web.
I started the latest chromium, went to vimeo.com, and tried to play a video. It failed with a message about the player. I am able to play videos with firefox, so I think this is specific to chromium. I don't normally run chromium, so this might be expected behavior without the widevine plugin installed. Fedora will not include patent encumbered software, and mp4 is patent encumbered. You will have to follow the directions on the page you pointed to. To follow those instructions you will have to install the chrome browser, and then copy the libraries over, and uninstall chrome if you don't want it installed.
Maybe someone more knowledgeable of chromium can clarify whether the widevine plugin is necessary to play mp4 videos.
On Sat, 30 Nov 2019 07:49:05 -0000 Farhad Mohammadi Majd via users <users(a)lists.fedoraproject.org> wrote:
..... You will have to follow the directions on the page you pointed to. To follow those instructions you will have to install the chrome browser, and then copy the libraries over, and uninstall chrome if you don't want it installed.
It seems it does not work:
https://ask.fedoraproject.org/t/installing-widevine-for-chromium/2263
This resulted in the downgrade of chromimum to chromium-77.0.3865.
Nobody don't want an old and unsecure version of chromium only to can play normal MP4 videos.
On Mon, 02 Dec 2019 14:21:18 -0000 Farhad Mohammadi Majd via users users@lists.fedoraproject.org wrote:
On Sat, 30 Nov 2019 07:49:05 -0000 Farhad Mohammadi Majd via users <users(a)lists.fedoraproject.org> wrote:
..... You will have to follow the directions on the page you pointed to. To follow those instructions you will have to install the chrome browser, and then copy the libraries over, and uninstall chrome if you don't want it installed.
It seems it does not work:
https://ask.fedoraproject.org/t/installing-widevine-for-chromium/2263
This resulted in the downgrade of chromimum to chromium-77.0.3865.
Nobody don't want an old and unsecure version of chromium only to can play normal MP4 videos.
I followed Ed's advice and installed chromium-libs-media-freeworld and chromium-vaapi from RPMFusion. In downgraded the fedora chromium to 77, but installed chromium-freeworld-78.
Name : chromium-freeworld Version : 78.0.3904.108 Release : 1.fc31 Architecture: x86_64
And when I run chromium-freeworld, instead of chromium, I am able to play videos.
There are only 39 commits between 77 and 78, and 77 was built only 2 months ago, so it isn't like it is ancient. I didn't check security updates, so there might be some critical update, but likely not.
You can use the chromium-freeworld from UnitedRPMs (https://unitedrpms.github.io/); It works fine with widevine, flash, vaapi... I am playing Netflix, Vimeo...
Good luck
On 2019-11-30 15:49, Farhad Mohammadi Majd via users wrote:
Hello. Fedora 31 (AMD64) and Chromium 78, I have installed following packages on the system, but still MP4-H264 is not supported by Chromium:
VLC + MPV + GNOME-MPV (celluloid) and their dependencies. gstreamer1-plugin-openh264, gstreamer1-libav, gstreamer1-plugins-ugly
I have seen < https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/quick-docs/installing-chromium-or-googl... > but widevine plugin is not easy accessibale, I just want a routine MP4 playback.
- chromium-libs-media-freeworld * is one version behind latest version (77) and requies downgrading to Chromium 77! while 78 is latest version.
There was no clear and straightforward instruction on the web.
I was unable to play an mp4 file I have on my system with Fedora supplied Chromium.
I then installed chromium-libs-media-freeworld and chromium-vaapi from RPMFusion.
This resulted in the downgrade of chromimum to chromium-77.0.3865.
Now, I can play the mp4 file.
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