Subj : Re: Chromium & Firefox can't play videos again To : All From : Computer Nerd Kev Date : Tue Dec 09 2025 07:49:59 bp@www.zefox.net wrote: > Computer Nerd Kev wrote: >> bp@www.zefox.net wrote: >>> Once again an upgrade to Bookworm on a Pi5 has killed video playback in >>> both Firefox and Chromium browsers. The video starts to load, thumbnails >>> keep coming but the playback doesn't start and there's no sound. >>> >>> I've tested it on the New York Times, YouTube, Netflix and some homemade >>> videos that used to work. Now nothing plays, failing in the same way. >> >> When you start Firefox from a terminal does it complain about any >> missing libraries? Do video files play in other programs using >> libavcodec (mplayer, ffplay)? > > If I point firefox at www.youtube.com the controlling terminal > reports a series of Well it's not complaining about missing/broken libraries like libavcodec, so maybe that's working. Still I say again: Do video files play in other programs using libavcodec (mplayer, ffplay)? > I've not paid any attention to controlling terminals on RasPiOS recently, > so I don't really know what to expect. It certainly looks like both Firefox > and Chromium have things to complain about. In my experience Firefox complains a lot (I don't use Chrom*), so it's not clear if those messages are relevent to your problem, but you could try disabling graphics acceleration in the settings since the warnings/errors are about that. -- __ __ #_ < |\| |< _# --- PyGate Linux v1.5.1 * Origin: Dragon's Lair, PyGate NNTP<>Fido Gate (3:633/10) .