Subj : Re: View Videos To : All From : jbclem4@charter.net Date : Thu Jan 31 2019 19:16:21 Path: eternal-september.org!reader02.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org !.POSTED!not-for-mail From: "jbclem" Newsgroups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.general Subject: Re: View Videos Date: Sat, 4 Nov 2017 17:36:17 -0700 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 78 Message-ID: References: Injection-Date: Sun, 5 Nov 2017 00:36:24 -0000 (UTC) Injection-Info: reader02.eternal-september.org; posting-host="13e6687ea992b0ebcd245c740e2aa3af"; logging-data="26951"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX19hhZ7i5s/rNvf51C+OyZGd" X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.5512 X-RFC2646: Format=Flowed; Response X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2900.5512 Cancel-Lock: sha1:gZVX3IvMDDw5GkHoINlAL3FS+m0= X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal Xref: news.eternal-september.org microsoft.public.windowsxp.general:134419 The funny thing is that when I run into this kind of problem, I go to Chrome v49 and the video almost always works. I'm using WinXP pro sp3. "Paul" wrote in message news:otj8iu$iok$1@dont-email.me... > XPer wrote: >> Win XP Pro all updated. >> Firefox updated. >> >> Some on-line videos i can watch and some are scrambled and some say >> "No compatible source for this media" >> >> In some cases i can download and view in VLC but mostly I cannot >> download. >> >> What am i missing ? > > Details. Youtube ? > >> How do I view them ? > > Carefully. > > There aren't a lot of media classifiers. There is > GSpot tool, which tells you which CODECs a downloaded > video used. There is some "Media Info" or the like, > but in a quick test, I wasn't impressed. While GSpot > is "old" now, it's still the best at what it does. > > But when it comes to streaming, the streaming video > can be a format picked by the server (depends on bitrate > measurement of your connection, or a preference you've > set). You can also in some cases, visit a certain page > and select HTML5 video in preference to Flash video. > Not all browsers play the entire suite of HTML5 video > types. > > Chrome is no longer provided for WinXP. > > Chrome-alikes (SRWare Iron, Opera) will inherit > Chrome's hatred for WinXP, so you cannot escape that > way. I think the Youtube web page that checks HTML5 features, > it voted the Chrome set as complete (six tick marks, no > X marks). > > http://www.youtube.com/html5 > > Firefox isn't quite complete. > > If I knew of an alternative, I'd be using it. > > Normally VLC could play what you downloaded. > FFMPEG ("ffplay") should be able to play quite > a few. These would be using their own internal > CODECs. You would only have a lot of DirectShow > CODECs (ones GSPOT could use), if you downloaded > some CODEC pack, and with the "bias" setting > on each CODEC, you can create a mess for yourself > (wrong CODEC gets selected) without too much trouble. > > Personally, I prefer private CODECs, like in VLC, > because you can uninstall VLC if it pisses you off. > > And there's no such thing as easy-peasy video. > If you're not struggling, you're not trying > hard enough to break it. > > ******* > > Netflix is video with digital rights management (DRM). > The video window is "wrapped" with something that > prevents unauthorized access. And as well, it should > stop you from downloading, and only support streaming. > > Paul --- Platinum Xpress/Win/WINServer v3.1 * Origin: Prison Board BBS Mesquite Tx //telnet.RDFIG.NET www. (1:124/5013) .