After ports update, Firefox is unable to play live streams in youtube etc.

nxjoseph

nxjoseph

Hi,

I have recently updated my ports tree and upgraded the packages. It seems after the update, i can't seem to play any live stream content in youtube, kick etc. However, shorts or normal videos play fine. I even tried with clean firefox profile. I am using ESR one btw.

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Also I am not alone on this problem.

Ports last commit: commit a95691072d4b997387cd81b91e9d5135a1cec93d (origin/main)
Code: 
% freebsd-version -kru
14.3-RELEASE-p7
14.3-RELEASE-p7
14.3-RELEASE-p7


Pkg messages log
Code: 
Dec 26 12:11:20 freebsd pkg[80828]: pkg upgraded: 2.4.2_1 -> 2.5.1
Dec 26 12:11:28 freebsd pkg[84869]: cups upgraded: 2.4.15_1 -> 2.4.16
Dec 26 12:11:28 freebsd pkg[84869]: drm-61-kmod upgraded: 6.1.128.1403000_7 -> 6.1.128.1403000_8
Dec 26 12:11:28 freebsd pkg[84869]: easy-rsa upgraded: 3.2.4,1 -> 3.2.5_1,1
Dec 26 12:11:28 freebsd pkg[84869]: freebsd-release-manifests upgraded: 20251128 -> 20251209
Dec 26 12:11:28 freebsd pkg[84869]: gettext-runtime upgraded: 0.23.1 -> 0.26
Dec 26 12:11:29 freebsd pkg[84869]: bash-5.3.9 installed
Dec 26 12:11:29 freebsd pkg[84869]: fontconfig upgraded: 2.15.0_3,1 -> 2.17.1,1
Dec 26 12:11:29 freebsd pkg[84869]: git upgraded: 2.51.2 -> 2.52.0
Dec 26 12:11:29 freebsd pkg[84869]: gpu-firmware-amd-kmod-renoir upgraded: 20230625.1403000_2 -> 20250109.1403000
Dec 26 12:11:29 freebsd pkg[84869]: gstreamer1 upgraded: 1.26.9 -> 1.26.9_1
Dec 26 12:11:29 freebsd pkg[84869]: harfbuzz upgraded: 10.3.0 -> 12.2.0
Dec 26 12:11:29 freebsd pkg[84869]: flare upgraded: 0.17.5 -> 0.17.5_1
Dec 26 12:11:29 freebsd pkg[84869]: iso-codes upgraded: 4.18.0 -> 4.19.0
Dec 26 12:11:29 freebsd pkg[84869]: jpeg-turbo upgraded: 3.1.2 -> 3.1.3
Dec 26 12:11:29 freebsd pkg[84869]: libdrm upgraded: 2.4.123,1 -> 2.4.131,1
Dec 26 12:11:29 freebsd pkg[84869]: libdvdread-7.0.0 installed
Dec 26 12:11:29 freebsd pkg[84869]: libdvdnav-7.0.0 installed
Dec 26 12:11:29 freebsd pkg[84869]: libgpg-error upgraded: 1.56 -> 1.58
Dec 26 12:11:29 freebsd pkg[84869]: libudfread-1.2.0 installed
Dec 26 12:11:29 freebsd pkg[84869]: libbluray-1.4.0,1 installed
Dec 26 12:11:29 freebsd pkg[84869]: libva upgraded: 2.22.0_1 -> 2.23.0
Dec 26 12:11:30 freebsd pkg[84869]: libxkbcommon upgraded: 1.13.0 -> 1.13.0_1
Dec 26 12:11:30 freebsd pkg[84869]: luajit upgraded: 2.1.0.20251116 -> 2.1.0.20251208
Dec 26 12:11:30 freebsd pkg[84869]: mupdf upgraded: 1.26.10,1 -> 1.27.0,1
Dec 26 12:11:30 freebsd pkg[84869]: newsboat upgraded: 2.41_1 -> 2.41_2
Dec 26 12:11:30 freebsd pkg[84869]: nss upgraded: 3.119 -> 3.119.1
Dec 26 12:11:30 freebsd pkg[84869]: opus upgraded: 1.5.2 -> 1.6
Dec 26 12:11:30 freebsd pkg[84869]: pciids upgraded: 20251206 -> 20251216
Dec 26 12:11:30 freebsd pkg[84869]: png upgraded: 1.6.52 -> 1.6.53
Dec 26 12:11:30 freebsd pkg[84869]: librsvg2-rust upgraded: 2.61.2_1 -> 2.61.3
Dec 26 12:11:30 freebsd pkg[84869]: portlint upgraded: 2.22.8 -> 2.23.0
Dec 26 12:11:30 freebsd pkg[84869]: py311-urllib3 upgraded: 2.6.0,1 -> 2.6.2,1
Dec 26 12:11:30 freebsd pkg[84869]: shaderc upgraded: 2025.5 -> 2025.5_1
Dec 26 12:11:30 freebsd pkg[84869]: spirv-tools upgraded: 2025.4 -> 2025.5
Dec 26 12:11:30 freebsd pkg[84869]: mesa-dri upgraded: 24.1.7_9 -> 24.1.7_10
Dec 26 12:11:30 freebsd pkg[84869]: srt-1.5.4 installed
Dec 26 12:11:30 freebsd pkg[84869]: vulkan-headers upgraded: 1.4.327 -> 1.4.336
Dec 26 12:11:30 freebsd pkg[84869]: vulkan-loader upgraded: 1.4.327 -> 1.4.336
Dec 26 12:11:31 freebsd pkg[84869]: ffmpeg upgraded: 6.1.2_17,1 -> 8.0.1,1
Dec 26 12:11:31 freebsd pkg[84869]: ffmpegthumbnailer upgraded: 2.3.0 -> 2.3.0_1
Dec 26 12:11:31 freebsd pkg[84869]: firefox-esr upgraded: 140.6.0,2 -> 140.6.0_1,2
Dec 26 12:11:31 freebsd pkg[84869]: libheif upgraded: 1.19.8_5 -> 1.19.8_6
Dec 26 12:11:31 freebsd pkg[84869]: mpv upgraded: 0.40.0_5,1 -> 0.40.0_6,1
Dec 26 12:11:31 freebsd pkg[84869]: xkbcomp upgraded: 1.4.7 -> 1.5.0
Dec 26 12:11:31 freebsd pkg[84869]: xterm upgraded: 404 -> 406
Dec 26 12:11:31 freebsd pkg[84869]: zathura-pdf-mupdf upgraded: 0.4.6 -> 0.4.6_1
Dec 26 12:11:49 freebsd pkg[78208]: binutils-2.44,1 deinstalled
Dec 26 12:11:49 freebsd pkg[78208]: gcc13-13.3.0_3 deinstalled
Dec 26 12:11:49 freebsd pkg[78208]: mpc-1.3.1_1 deinstalled
Dec 26 12:11:49 freebsd pkg[78208]: mpfr-4.2.2,1 deinstalled
Dec 26 12:12:11 freebsd devd[54977]: check_clients:  dropping disconnected client
Dec 26 12:56:13 freebsd shutdown[63889]: power-down by root:
Dec 26 12:56:14 freebsd kernel: .
Dec 26 12:56:14 freebsd syslogd: exiting on signal 15

firefox codec support page
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Video capabilities test page
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ffmpeg provides firefox wit h X264 , X265 playback decoding i believe. what happened to ffmpeg package during the upgrade ?
in your list its upgraded from v6 to v8 .

do :

# pkg info ffmpeg and check which options are turned on ?
 
nxjoseph said:
I am using ESR one btw.
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Firefox works for me:

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Code: 
root@jupiter:~ # pkg info firefox
firefox-146.0.1,2
Name           : firefox
Version        : 146.0.1,2
Installed on   : Fri Dec 26 18:52:14 2025 CET
Origin         : www/firefox
Architecture   : FreeBSD:16:amd64
Prefix         : /usr/local
Categories     : wayland www
Licenses       : 
Maintainer     : gecko@FreeBSD.org
WWW            : https://www.firefox.com/
Comment        : Web browser based on the browser portion of Mozilla
Options        :
    ALSA           : off
    CANBERRA       : off
    DBUS           : on
    DEBUG          : off
    FFMPEG         : on
    JACK           : on
    LIBPROXY       : off
    LTO            : off
    OPTIMIZED_CFLAGS: on
    PROFILE        : on
    PULSEAUDIO     : on
    SNDIO          : on
    TEST           : off
 
Code: 
firefox-esr-140.6.0_1,2
Name           : firefox-esr
Version        : 140.6.0_1,2
Installed on   : Fri Dec 26 12:11:31 2025 +03
Origin         : www/firefox-esr
Architecture   : FreeBSD:14:amd64
Prefix         : /usr/local
Categories     : wayland www
Licenses       :
Maintainer     : gecko@FreeBSD.org
WWW            : https://www.firefox.com/
Comment        : Web browser based on the browser portion of Mozilla
Options        :
        ALSA           : off
        CANBERRA       : off
        DBUS           : on
        DEBUG          : off
        FFMPEG         : on
        JACK           : off
        LIBPROXY       : off
        LTO            : off
        OPTIMIZED_CFLAGS: on
        PROFILE        : on
        PULSEAUDIO     : off
        SNDIO          : off
        TEST           : off


ffmpeg-8.0.1,1
Name           : ffmpeg
Version        : 8.0.1,1
Installed on   : Fri Dec 26 23:05:28 2025 +03
Origin         : multimedia/ffmpeg
Architecture   : FreeBSD:14:amd64
Prefix         : /usr/local
Categories     : audio multimedia net
Licenses       : GPLv3+, LGPL3+
Maintainer     : multimedia@FreeBSD.org

WWW            : https://ffmpeg.org/
Comment        : Realtime audio/video encoder/converter and streaming server
Options        :
        ALSA           : off
        AMR_NB         : off
        AMR_WB         : off
        AOM            : on
        ARIBB24        : off
        ASM            : on
        ASS            : on
        BS2B           : off
        CACA           : off
        CDIO           : off
        CODEC2         : off
        DAV1D          : on
        DC1394         : off
        DEBUG          : off
        DOCS           : on
        DRM            : on
        DVD            : on
        FDK_AAC        : off
        FLITE          : off
        FONTCONFIG     : on
        FREETYPE       : on
        FREI0R         : on
        FRIBIDI        : off
        GCRYPT         : off
        GLSLANG        : off
        GME            : off
        GMP            : on
        GNUTLS         : on
        GPL3           : on
        GSM            : off
        HARFBUZZ       : on
        ICONV          : on
        ILBC           : off
        JACK           : off
        JXL            : on
        KVAZAAR        : off
        LADSPA         : off
        LAME           : on
        LCMS2          : on
        LENSFUN        : off
        LIBBLURAY      : on
        LIBPLACEBO     : on
        LIBRSVG2       : on
        LIBXML2        : on
        LTO            : on
        LV2            : off
        MFX            : off
        MODPLUG        : off
        MYSOFA         : off
        NETWORK        : on
        NONFREE        : off
        NVENC          : on
        OPENAL         : off
        OPENCL         : off
        OPENGL         : off
        OPENH264       : off
        OPENJPEG       : off
        OPENMPT        : off
        OPENSSL        : off
        OPTIMIZED_CFLAGS: on
        OPUS           : on
        POCKETSPHINX   : off
        PULSEAUDIO     : off
        RABBITMQ       : off
        RAV1E          : off
        RIST           : off
        RTCPU          : on
        RUBBERBAND     : off
        SDL            : off
        SHADERC        : on
        SMB            : off
        SNAPPY         : off
        SNDIO          : off
        SOXR           : off
        SPEEX          : off
        SRT            : on
        SSH            : off
        SVTAV1         : on
        TENSORFLOW     : off
        TESSERACT      : off
        THEORA         : off
        TWOLAME        : off
        V4L            : on
        VAAPI          : on
        VAPOURSYNTH    : off
        VDPAU          : on
        VIDSTAB        : off
        VMAF           : on
        VORBIS         : on
        VO_AMRWBENC    : off
        VPL            : off
        VPX            : on
        VULKAN         : on
        VVENC          : off
        WEBP           : on
        X264           : on
        X265           : on
        XCB            : on
        XVID           : off
        XVIDEO         : off
        ZIMG           : off
        ZMQ            : off
        ZVBI           : off
 
nxjoseph said:
Code: 
firefox-esr-140.6.0_1,2
Name           : firefox-esr
Version        : 140.6.0_1,2
Installed on   : Fri Dec 26 12:11:31 2025 +03
Origin         : www/firefox-esr
Architecture   : FreeBSD:14:amd64
Prefix         : /usr/local
Categories     : wayland www
Licenses       :
Maintainer     : gecko@FreeBSD.org
WWW            : https://www.firefox.com/
Comment        : Web browser based on the browser portion of Mozilla
Options        :
        ALSA           : off
        CANBERRA       : off
        DBUS           : on
        DEBUG          : off
        FFMPEG         : on
        JACK           : off
        LIBPROXY       : off
        LTO            : off
        OPTIMIZED_CFLAGS: on
        PROFILE        : on
        PULSEAUDIO     : off
        SNDIO          : off
        TEST           : off
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the ffmpeg options , not firefox . ffmpeg has a long list of decode codecs that can be individually selected.
 
drsnx60 said:
compare the list of selected FFMPEG options in V6 an V8 !
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no, no port options change.

Code: 
grep -e '---Begin OPTIONS List---' -A98 /poudriere/data/logs/bulk/latest-per-pkg/ffmpeg/6.1.2_17,1/143amd64-default.log > old-ffmpeg-options

grep -e '---Begin OPTIONS List---' -A98 /poudriere/data/logs/bulk/latest-per-pkg/ffmpeg/8.0.1,1/143amd64-default.log > new-ffmpeg-options

--- old-ffmpeg-options  2025-12-26 23:26:50.530221000 +0300
+++ new-ffmpeg-options  2025-12-26 23:27:02.192011000 +0300
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 ---Begin OPTIONS List---
-===> The following configuration options are available for ffmpeg-6.1.2_17,1:
+===> The following configuration options are available for ffmpeg-8.0.1,1:
      ALSA=off: ALSA audio architecture support
      AMR_NB=off: AMR Narrow Band audio support (opencore)
      AMR_WB=off: AMR Wide Band audio support (opencore)
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
      DEBUG=off: Build with debugging support
      DOCS=on: Build and/or install documentation
      DRM=on: KMS grabbing using libdrm
+     DVD=on: Support for DVD
      FDK_AAC=off: AAC audio encoding via Fraunhofer FDK
      FLITE=off: Voice synthesis support via libflite
      FONTCONFIG=on: X11 font configuration support
@@ -35,9 +36,9 @@
      LAME=on: LAME MP3 audio encoder support
      LCMS2=on: Little CMS 2.x support
      LENSFUN=off: Camera lens database support via LensFun
-     LIBBLURAY=off: Blu-ray discs support via libbluray
+     LIBBLURAY=on: Blu-ray discs support via libbluray
      LIBPLACEBO=on: GPU filters from libplacebo
-     LIBRSVG2=off: SVG vector graphics support via librsvg2
+     LIBRSVG2=on: SVG vector graphics support via librsvg2
      LIBXML2=on: XML parser support via libxml2
      LTO=on: Use Link-Time Optimization
      LV2=off: LV2 audio filtering
@@ -68,12 +69,10 @@
      SNDIO=off: Sndio audio support
      SOXR=off: SoX resampler support via libsoxr
      SPEEX=off: Speex audio format support
-     SRT=off: Haivision SRT protocol via libsrt
+     SRT=on: Haivision SRT protocol via libsrt
      SSH=off: SSH protocol support
      SVTAV1=on: AV1 encoding via SVT-AV1
-     SVTHEVC=off: HEVC encoding via SVT-HEVC
-     SVTVP9=off: VP9 encoding via SVT-VP9
-     TENSORFLOW=off: TensorFlow as a DNN module backend for DNN based filters like sr
+     TENSORFLOW=off: TensorFlow as a DNN module backend
      TESSERACT=off: Optical Character Recognition via Tesseract
      THEORA=off: Encoding support for theora via libtheora
      TWOLAME=off: TwoLAME MP2 audio encoder support
@@ -88,6 +87,7 @@
      VPL=off: Intel oneVPL (aka Quick Sync Video)
      VPX=on: VP8/VP9 video codec support
      VULKAN=on: Vulkan filters
+     VVENC=off: H.266/VVC encoding support via VVenC
      WEBP=on: WebP image format support
      X264=on: H.264 video codec support via x264
      X265=on: H.265 video codec support via x265
(END)
 
vp9/vp8 protocols are mentionend being used for live streaming , and there seem to be some diffs in the the list you shared above
 
drsnx60 said:
vp9/vp8 protocols are mentionend being used for live streaming , and there seem to be some diffs in the the list you shared above
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Because while updating to version 8, some options got removed by maintainers, i don't know the reason why.

I opened a bug report on bugzilla.
Bug 291974 - multimedia/ffmpeg 8.0.1_1,1, www/firefox-esr 140.6.0_1,2: Unable to play live streams, downgrading ffmpeg to 6.1.2_17,1 fixes it

It also happened on reddit, i guess most of them didn't play.

Currently, i've downgraded ffmpeg to working version, then locked it with pkg.
 
Hi this is the result using FFmpeg V8 with V8 /V9 codecs enabled and firefox 146.01 on top of FreeBSD 16 -current.
FreeBSD xxxxxxx 16.0-CURRENT FreeBSD 16.0-CURRENT #2 main-n282793-e8567de718a4

Live streams from Youtube are playable.

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I see, well this is what I built ffmpeg 8 with:


#/ var/db/ports/multimedia_ffmpeg # cat options
# This file is auto-generated by 'make config'.
# Options for ffmpeg-8.0.1_1,1
_OPTIONS_READ=ffmpeg-8.0.1_1,1
_FILE_COMPLETE_OPTIONS_LIST=ALSA AMR_NB AMR_WB AOM ARIBB24 ASM ASS BS2B CACA CDIO CODEC2 DAV1D DC1394 DEBUG DOCS DRM DVD FDK_AAC FLITE FONTCONFIG FREETYPE FREI0R FRIBIDI GLSLANG GME GSM HARFBUZZ ICONV ILBC JACK JXL KVAZAAR LADSPA LAME LCMS2 LENSFUN LIBBLURAY LIBPLACEBO LIBRSVG2 LIBXML2 LTO LV2 MFX MODPLUG MYSOFA NETWORK NVENC OPENAL OPENCL OPENGL OPENH264 OPENJPEG OPENMPT OPTIMIZED_CFLAGS OPUS POCKETSPHINX PULSEAUDIO RABBITMQ RAV1E RIST RTCPU RUBBERBAND SDL SHADERC SMB SNAPPY SNDIO SOXR SPEEX SRT SSH SVTAV1 TENSORFLOW TESSERACT THEORA TWOLAME V4L VAAPI VAPOURSYNTH VDPAU VIDSTAB VMAF VORBIS VO_AMRWBENC VPL VPX VULKAN VVENC WEBP X264 X265 XCB XVID XVIDEO ZIMG ZMQ ZVBI GCRYPT GMP GNUTLS OPENSSL GPL3 NONFREE
OPTIONS_FILE_UNSET+=ALSA
OPTIONS_FILE_UNSET+=AMR_NB
OPTIONS_FILE_UNSET+=AMR_WB
OPTIONS_FILE_SET+=AOM
OPTIONS_FILE_UNSET+=ARIBB24
OPTIONS_FILE_SET+=ASM
OPTIONS_FILE_SET+=ASS
OPTIONS_FILE_UNSET+=BS2B
OPTIONS_FILE_SET+=CACA
OPTIONS_FILE_SET+=CDIO
OPTIONS_FILE_SET+=CODEC2
OPTIONS_FILE_SET+=DAV1D
OPTIONS_FILE_UNSET+=DC1394
OPTIONS_FILE_UNSET+=DEBUG
OPTIONS_FILE_SET+=DOCS
OPTIONS_FILE_SET+=DRM
OPTIONS_FILE_SET+=DVD
OPTIONS_FILE_UNSET+=FDK_AAC
OPTIONS_FILE_UNSET+=FLITE
OPTIONS_FILE_SET+=FONTCONFIG
OPTIONS_FILE_SET+=FREETYPE
OPTIONS_FILE_SET+=FREI0R
OPTIONS_FILE_UNSET+=FRIBIDI
OPTIONS_FILE_UNSET+=GLSLANG
OPTIONS_FILE_UNSET+=GME
OPTIONS_FILE_UNSET+=GSM
OPTIONS_FILE_SET+=HARFBUZZ
OPTIONS_FILE_SET+=ICONV
OPTIONS_FILE_UNSET+=ILBC
OPTIONS_FILE_UNSET+=JACK
OPTIONS_FILE_SET+=JXL
OPTIONS_FILE_UNSET+=KVAZAAR
OPTIONS_FILE_SET+=LADSPA
OPTIONS_FILE_SET+=LAME
OPTIONS_FILE_SET+=LCMS2
OPTIONS_FILE_UNSET+=LENSFUN
OPTIONS_FILE_SET+=LIBBLURAY
OPTIONS_FILE_SET+=LIBPLACEBO
OPTIONS_FILE_UNSET+=LIBRSVG2
OPTIONS_FILE_SET+=LIBXML2
OPTIONS_FILE_SET+=LTO
OPTIONS_FILE_SET+=LV2
OPTIONS_FILE_UNSET+=MFX
OPTIONS_FILE_UNSET+=MODPLUG
OPTIONS_FILE_SET+=MYSOFA
OPTIONS_FILE_SET+=NETWORK
OPTIONS_FILE_SET+=NVENC
OPTIONS_FILE_SET+=OPENAL
OPTIONS_FILE_SET+=OPENCL
OPTIONS_FILE_SET+=OPENGL
OPTIONS_FILE_UNSET+=OPENH264
OPTIONS_FILE_UNSET+=OPENJPEG
OPTIONS_FILE_UNSET+=OPENMPT
OPTIONS_FILE_SET+=OPTIMIZED_CFLAGS
OPTIONS_FILE_SET+=OPUS
OPTIONS_FILE_UNSET+=POCKETSPHINX
OPTIONS_FILE_SET+=PULSEAUDIO
OPTIONS_FILE_UNSET+=RABBITMQ
OPTIONS_FILE_UNSET+=RAV1E
OPTIONS_FILE_UNSET+=RIST
OPTIONS_FILE_SET+=RTCPU
OPTIONS_FILE_SET+=RUBBERBAND
OPTIONS_FILE_UNSET+=SDL
OPTIONS_FILE_SET+=SHADERC
OPTIONS_FILE_UNSET+=SMB
OPTIONS_FILE_UNSET+=SNAPPY
OPTIONS_FILE_SET+=SNDIO
OPTIONS_FILE_SET+=SOXR
OPTIONS_FILE_SET+=SPEEX
OPTIONS_FILE_UNSET+=SRT
OPTIONS_FILE_UNSET+=SSH
OPTIONS_FILE_SET+=SVTAV1
OPTIONS_FILE_UNSET+=TENSORFLOW
OPTIONS_FILE_SET+=TESSERACT
OPTIONS_FILE_SET+=THEORA
OPTIONS_FILE_UNSET+=TWOLAME
OPTIONS_FILE_SET+=V4L
OPTIONS_FILE_SET+=VAAPI
OPTIONS_FILE_UNSET+=VAPOURSYNTH
OPTIONS_FILE_SET+=VDPAU
OPTIONS_FILE_UNSET+=VIDSTAB
OPTIONS_FILE_SET+=VMAF
OPTIONS_FILE_SET+=VORBIS
OPTIONS_FILE_UNSET+=VO_AMRWBENC
OPTIONS_FILE_UNSET+=VPL
OPTIONS_FILE_SET+=VPX
OPTIONS_FILE_SET+=VULKAN
OPTIONS_FILE_UNSET+=VVENC
OPTIONS_FILE_SET+=WEBP
OPTIONS_FILE_SET+=X264
OPTIONS_FILE_SET+=X265
OPTIONS_FILE_SET+=XCB
OPTIONS_FILE_SET+=XVID
OPTIONS_FILE_SET+=XVIDEO
OPTIONS_FILE_UNSET+=ZIMG
OPTIONS_FILE_UNSET+=ZMQ
OPTIONS_FILE_UNSET+=ZVBI
OPTIONS_FILE_UNSET+=GCRYPT
OPTIONS_FILE_SET+=GMP
OPTIONS_FILE_UNSET+=GNUTLS
OPTIONS_FILE_SET+=OPENSSL
OPTIONS_FILE_SET+=GPL3
OPTIONS_FILE_SET+=NONFREE
 
I am using packages on FreeBSD 14.3-RELEASE-p7 and Firefox doesn't have a problem but Waterfox does. It plays videos on youtube but links on FreeBSD forum for example shows error.
error.gif
 
Can confirm this - videos on reddit or twitch will no longer play with firefox + ffmpeg 8.

However, youtube videos play fine via skipvids, which I've been using for quite a while now because playback on youtube has been broken since forever thanks to the massive enshitification of that platform. videos on youtube.com would either stop immediately after hitting play or only play for a maximum of 59 seconds and no further.
 
I built waterfox 140.6 esr , with ffmpeg 8 from source code in ports. I can click on a youtube link in a forum/blog and open the youtube video in waterfox.
 
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