Here is the youtube test page that indicates if h.264 is working https://www.youtube.com/html5 - if Chromium is broken, H.264 and MSE & H.264 are red.
And here is a test of the video tag capabilities: http://www.quirksmode.org/html5/tests/video.html - if Chromium is broken, the H.264/MP4 video is not playing -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to chromium-browser in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1650730 Title: streaming, H.264 doesn't work in Chromium codecs Status in chromium-browser package in Ubuntu: Fix Released Bug description: After upgrading chromium from 53.0.2785.143-0ubuntu1.1307 to 55.0.2883.87-0ubuntu0.16.10.1328 google music (https://play.google.com/music/listen#/home) does not work and show me this: Missing Flash Player You need the latest Adobe Flash Player to listen to music. Note: I have never had adobe flash installed: $ dpkg -l | grep "adobe\|flash" ii kwordquiz 4:16.04.3-0ubuntu1 amd64 flashcard learning program $ and it worked an hour ago (before updating)! ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.10 Package: chromium-browser 55.0.2883.87-0ubuntu0.16.10.1328 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.8.0-30.32-generic 4.8.6 Uname: Linux 4.8.0-30-generic x86_64 NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia_uvm nvidia_drm nvidia_modeset nvidia ApportVersion: 2.20.3-0ubuntu8.2 Architecture: amd64 CurrentDesktop: KDE Date: Sat Dec 17 12:26:57 2016 Desktop-Session: '/usr/share/xsessions/plasma' '/etc/xdg/xdg-/usr/share/xsessions/plasma:/etc/xdg:/usr/share/kubuntu-default-settings/kf5-settings' '/usr/share//usr/share/xsessions/plasma:/usr/local/share/:/usr/share/:/var/lib/snapd/desktop' DetectedPlugins: Env: 'None' 'None' InstallationDate: Installed on 2014-07-05 (895 days ago) InstallationMedia: Kubuntu 14.04 LTS "Trusty Tahr" - Release amd64 (20140416.1) Load-Avg-1min: 1.36 Load-Processes-Running-Percent: 0.3% MachineType: System manufacturer System Product Name ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-4.8.0-30-generic.efi.signed root=UUID=6cdd6da7-49a5-4892-8a76-48d290860bcf ro acpi=force apm=power_off quiet splash vt.handoff=7 SourcePackage: chromium-browser UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to yakkety on 2016-10-09 (68 days ago) dmi.bios.date: 01/07/2014 dmi.bios.vendor: American Megatrends Inc. dmi.bios.version: 0701 dmi.board.asset.tag: To be filled by O.E.M. dmi.board.name: X79-DELUXE dmi.board.vendor: ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC. dmi.board.version: Rev 1.xx dmi.chassis.asset.tag: Asset-1234567890 dmi.chassis.type: 3 dmi.chassis.vendor: Chassis Manufacture dmi.chassis.version: Chassis Version dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAmericanMegatrendsInc.:bvr0701:bd01/07/2014:svnSystemmanufacturer:pnSystemProductName:pvrSystemVersion:rvnASUSTeKCOMPUTERINC.:rnX79-DELUXE:rvrRev1.xx:cvnChassisManufacture:ct3:cvrChassisVersion: dmi.product.name: System Product Name dmi.product.version: System Version dmi.sys.vendor: System manufacturer gconf-keys: /desktop/gnome/applications/browser/exec = b'firefox\n'/desktop/gnome/url-handlers/https/command = b'sensible-browser %s\n'/desktop/gnome/url-handlers/https/enabled = b'true\n'/desktop/gnome/url-handlers/http/command = b'sensible-browser %s\n'/desktop/gnome/url-handlers/http/enabled = b'true\n'/desktop/gnome/session/required_components/windowmanager = b''/apps/metacity/general/compositing_manager = b''/desktop/gnome/interface/icon_theme = b'gnome\n'/desktop/gnome/interface/gtk_theme = b'Clearlooks\n' modified.conffile..etc.default.chromium-browser: [deleted] To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/chromium-browser/+bug/1650730/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp