Re: [gentoo-user] Imdb videos won't play in Chromium

[Alexander Kapshuk]

On Sun, Jun 4, 2017 at 7:45 PM, Rasmus Thomsen
<Rasmus.thomsen@××××××××××.com> wrote:
> So chromium does detect flash, that's something ;)
>
> Please go to advanced settings → content settings and allow flash for all
> sites ( just to test it - don't use this config as daily driver
>
> -------- Original Message --------
>
> On 4 Jun 2017, 18:41, Alexander Kapshuk < alexander.kapshuk@×××××.com>
> wrote:
>
>
> On Sun, Jun 4, 2017 at 6:51 PM, Rasmus Thomsen
> <Rasmus.thomsen@××××××××××.com> wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> Does chromium even recognize flash? Go to chrome://flash, it should
>> display
>> the current flash version under "Flash Plugin".
>> About the YouTube thing:
>> Are you sure that it doesn't use its HTML5 player? You can to go
>> youtube.com/html5 to check that.
>>
>> Regards,
>> Rasmus
>>
>>
>>
>> -------- Original Message --------
>>
>> On 4 Jun 2017, 07:17, Alexander Kapshuk < alexander.kapshuk@×××××.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>
>> With these installed:
>> equery -q l chromium adobe-flash
>> www-client/chromium-58.0.3029.110
>> www-plugins/adobe-flash-25.0.0.171
>>
>> Imdb.com videos won't play any more. I get a 'sorry, this video is
>> unsupported on this browser' message displayed.
>>
>> A friend of mine has the same version of chromium installed with no
>> adobe-flash installed on Arch Linux and he is able to play imdb
>> videos.
>>
>> I've Googled it, but so far have not been able to find a solution to this.
>>
>> Clearing browsing data didn't help either.
>>
>> Youtube videos play OK though.
>>
>> Anyone else has had the same trouble and been able to fix it?
>>
>> Thanks.
>>
>
> Here's the Flash plugin settings as detected by Chromium:
>
> About Flash
>
> Chromium58.0.3029.110 ()
> OSLinux
> Flash plugin25.0.0.171 /usr/lib/chromium/PepperFlash/libpepflashplayer.so
> --- Crash data ---
> Crash ReportingEnable crash reporting to see crash IDs
> For more detailshttps://support.google.com/chrome/?p=ui_usagestat
> --- GPU information ---
> --- GPU driver, more information ---
> Vendor Id0x10de
> Device Id0x0a23
> Driver vendorMesa
> Driver version13.0.5
> Driver date
> Pixel shader version3.30
> Vertex shader version3.30
> GL_VENDORnouveau
> GL_RENDERERGallium 0.4 on NV84
> GL_VERSION3.3 (Core Profile) Mesa 17.0.6
> GL_EXTENSIONSGL_AMD_conservative_depth GL_AMD_performance_monitor
> GL_AMD_shader_trinary_minmax GL_ARB_ES2_compatibility
> GL_ARB_ES3_compatibility GL_ARB_arrays_of_arrays GL_ARB_base_instance
> GL_ARB_blend_func_extended GL_ARB_buffer_storage
> GL_ARB_clear_buffer_object GL_ARB_clear_texture GL_ARB_clip_control
> GL_ARB_color_buffer_float GL_ARB_compressed_texture_pixel_storage
> GL_ARB_conditional_render_inverted GL_ARB_conservative_depth
> GL_ARB_copy_buffer GL_ARB_copy_image GL_ARB_cull_distance
> GL_ARB_debug_output GL_ARB_depth_buffer_float GL_ARB_depth_clamp
> GL_ARB_derivative_control GL_ARB_direct_state_access
> GL_ARB_draw_buffers GL_ARB_draw_elements_base_vertex
> GL_ARB_draw_instanced GL_ARB_enhanced_layouts
> GL_ARB_explicit_attrib_location GL_ARB_explicit_uniform_location
> GL_ARB_fragment_coord_conventions GL_ARB_fragment_layer_viewport
> GL_ARB_fragment_shader GL_ARB_framebuffer_object
> GL_ARB_framebuffer_sRGB GL_ARB_get_program_binary
> GL_ARB_get_texture_sub_image GL_ARB_half_float_pixel
> GL_ARB_half_float_vertex GL_ARB_instanced_arrays
> GL_ARB_internalformat_query GL_ARB_internalformat_query2
> GL_ARB_invalidate_subdata GL_ARB_map_buffer_alignment
> GL_ARB_map_buffer_range GL_ARB_multi_bind GL_ARB_occlusion_query2
> GL_ARB_pipeline_statistics_query GL_ARB_pixel_buffer_object
> GL_ARB_point_sprite GL_ARB_program_interface_query
> GL_ARB_provoking_vertex GL_ARB_robustness GL_ARB_sampler_objects
> GL_ARB_seamless_cube_map GL_ARB_separate_shader_objects
> GL_ARB_shader_bit_encoding GL_ARB_shader_objects
> GL_ARB_shader_subroutine GL_ARB_shader_texture_image_samples
> GL_ARB_shader_texture_lod GL_ARB_shading_language_420pack
> GL_ARB_shading_language_packing GL_ARB_stencil_texturing GL_ARB_sync
> GL_ARB_texture_barrier GL_ARB_texture_buffer_object
> GL_ARB_texture_buffer_range GL_ARB_texture_compression_rgtc
> GL_ARB_texture_float GL_ARB_texture_mirror_clamp_to_edge
> GL_ARB_texture_multisample GL_ARB_texture_non_power_of_two
> GL_ARB_texture_query_levels GL_ARB_texture_rectangle GL_ARB_texture_rg
> GL_ARB_texture_rgb10_a2ui GL_ARB_texture_stencil8
> GL_ARB_texture_storage GL_ARB_texture_storage_multisample
> GL_ARB_texture_swizzle GL_ARB_texture_view GL_ARB_timer_query
> GL_ARB_uniform_buffer_object GL_ARB_vertex_array_bgra
> GL_ARB_vertex_array_object GL_ARB_vertex_attrib_binding
> GL_ARB_vertex_shader GL_ARB_vertex_type_10f_11f_11f_rev
> GL_ARB_vertex_type_2_10_10_10_rev GL_ARB_viewport_array
> GL_ATI_blend_equation_separate GL_ATI_texture_float
> GL_ATI_texture_mirror_once GL_EXT_abgr GL_EXT_blend_equation_separate
> GL_EXT_depth_bounds_test GL_EXT_draw_buffers2 GL_EXT_draw_instanced
> GL_EXT_framebuffer_blit GL_EXT_framebuffer_multisample
> GL_EXT_framebuffer_multisample_blit_scaled GL_EXT_framebuffer_sRGB
> GL_EXT_packed_depth_stencil GL_EXT_packed_float
> GL_EXT_pixel_buffer_object GL_EXT_polygon_offset_clamp
> GL_EXT_provoking_vertex GL_EXT_shader_integer_mix GL_EXT_texture_array
> GL_EXT_texture_compression_rgtc GL_EXT_texture_filter_anisotropic
> GL_EXT_texture_integer GL_EXT_texture_mirror_clamp GL_EXT_texture_sRGB
> GL_EXT_texture_sRGB_decode GL_EXT_texture_shared_exponent
> GL_EXT_texture_snorm GL_EXT_texture_swizzle GL_EXT_timer_query
> GL_EXT_transform_feedback GL_EXT_vertex_array_bgra
> GL_EXT_window_rectangles GL_IBM_multimode_draw_arrays
> GL_KHR_context_flush_control GL_KHR_debug GL_MESA_pack_invert
> GL_MESA_shader_integer_functions GL_MESA_texture_signed_rgba
> GL_NV_conditional_render GL_NV_depth_clamp GL_NV_packed_depth_stencil
> GL_NV_texture_barrier GL_OES_EGL_image
>
>
>
> These are the html5 settings I have currently enabled:
>
> HTMLVideoElement
> H.264
> WebM VP8
>
> Media Source Extensions
> MSE & H.264
> MSE & WebM VP9
>
> The HTML5 player is currently used when possible.
>

Didn't help.

Imdb.com claims that most of their video content is in html5 anyway:
http://www.imdb.com/help/show_leaf?videogenerichelp