I found instructions to install ffmpeg, additional codecs and hardware accelerated codecs here: Howto/Multimedia - RPM Fusion
However, it is not clear to me whether ffmpeg, additional codes and hardware accelerated codecs are dependencies or if they are independent solutions, nor is it clear what I actually need to install.
I am new to Linux on the desktop and I don’t want to install anything but what is the minimal necessary to play video in Firefox. What should I do?
Other than being related to “video”, the symptoms don’t seem related to me. I am not experiencing any crashing or performance problems when watching video on YouTube.
If it is a Fedora problem, I’m hoping the Framework team can provide a resolution as Fedora is a supported distro.
Before I begin having you run various commands, I’d like to understand how you changed the default installation?
Just did a clean installation, selected all the defaults per our guide, played multiple YT videos in Firefox. Can you walk me through what may be different with your configuration?
I downloaded Fedora 39 to a USB stick and did a fresh install. I enabled 3rd party repos and updated the bios to 3.03. Other than that I haven’t done any configuration other than what is possible through the GUI.
I have a Batch 1 AMD, if that matters.
On further investigation, I’m able to play video in Chrome without installation of any other software, so this must be a problem related to Firefox’s default setup under Fedora.
I tried both of these and the behaviour didn’t change. I will continue to use other browsers as a workaround and monitor this thread if anyone else is able to document a solution.
Matt, could you clarify that you are testing the right thing? YouTube is working correctly. It is only other videos (HTML5?) videos that are not working correctly. The parent post has a link to a page with a video that produces the error.
