Hello.
I'm using FreeBSD 13.3 (where I run xorg) and actually I can't play any video in any browser but it varies from a website to another. The error is :
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It happens in Firefox,for example,when I try to play some video from youtube,but not everytime. In different places it happens everytime. Someone can help ? This is what says the "Codec Support Information" of Firefox :
I'm not experienced,but it seems that something is broken ? This is what I tried to fix it :
I have also disabled any extension that can interfere and I've reinstalled Firefox. It worked only for a while but then the problem came back. What else I can try ?
I'm using FreeBSD 13.3 (where I run xorg) and actually I can't play any video in any browser but it varies from a website to another. The error is :
"to play video you may need to install the required codecs"
and
The media could not be loaded, either because the server or network failed or because the format is not supported.
It happens in Firefox,for example,when I try to play some video from youtube,but not everytime. In different places it happens everytime. Someone can help ? This is what says the "Codec Support Information" of Firefox :
Code:
H264 Unsupported Unsupported
VP9 Supported Unsupported
VP8 Supported Unsupported
AV1 Supported Unsupported
HEVC Unsupported Unsupported
Theora Supported Unsupported
AAC Unsupported Unsupported
MP3 Supported Unsupported
Opus Supported Unsupported
Vorbis Supported Unsupported
FLAC Supported Unsupported
Wave Supported Unsupported
I'm not experienced,but it seems that something is broken ? This is what I tried to fix it :
Code:
# pkg install openh264
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# nvidia-smi
Sat Mar 16 02:15:59 2024
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| NVIDIA-SMI 550.54.14 Driver Version: 550.54.14 CUDA Version: N/A |
|-----------------------------------------+------------------------+----------------------+
| GPU Name Persistence-M | Bus-Id Disp.A | Volatile Uncorr. ECC |
| Fan Temp Perf Pwr:Usage/Cap | Memory-Usage | GPU-Util Compute M. |
| | | MIG M. |
|=========================================+========================+======================|
| 0 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3GB Off | 00000000:01:00.0 On | N/A |
| 58% 42C P8 8W / 120W | 434MiB / 3072MiB | 0% Default |
| | | N/A |
+-----------------------------------------+------------------------+----------------------+
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| Processes: |
| GPU GI CI PID Type Process name GPU Memory |
| ID ID Usage |
|=========================================================================================|
| 0 N/A N/A 6084 G /usr/local/libexec/Xorg 177MiB |
| 0 N/A N/A 6185 G xfwm4 2MiB |
| 0 N/A N/A 36940 G firefox 251MiB |
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
# kldstat | grep nvidia
11 1 0xffffffff83413000 125658 nvidia-modeset.ko
12 1 0xffffffff83600000 3117fe0 nvidia.ko
# pkg install drm-kmod
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The most recent versions of packages are already installed
I have also disabled any extension that can interfere and I've reinstalled Firefox. It worked only for a while but then the problem came back. What else I can try ?