Re: iceweasel "Video can't be played because the file is corrupt"

2014-11-16 Thread Brad Rogers
On Sat, 15 Nov 2014 21:39:29 + Lisi Reisz wrote: Hello Lisi, >Thanks, Brad. NP. >As I said, I could only alter Flash, and that made no difference. >Still: "Video can't be played because the file is corrupt". TBH, I'm not really sure what's happening, since the H264 codec doesn't seem to

Re: iceweasel "Video can't be played because the file is corrupt"

2014-11-15 Thread Lisi Reisz
On Saturday 15 November 2014 20:38:42 Brad Rogers wrote: > On Fri, 14 Nov 2014 22:15:05 + > Lisi Reisz wrote: > > Hello Lisi, > > >Sorry, Brad. You are assuming too much functioning brain power. H264 > >has only always and never. Flash has all three, but once I have set it > > You're right;

Re: iceweasel "Video can't be played because the file is corrupt"

2014-11-15 Thread Brad Rogers
On Fri, 14 Nov 2014 22:15:05 + Lisi Reisz wrote: Hello Lisi, >Sorry, Brad. You are assuming too much functioning brain power. H264 >has only always and never. Flash has all three, but once I have set it You're right; I'd not noticed that before. Sorry. >to ask to activate, where is the

Re: iceweasel "Video can't be played because the file is corrupt"

2014-11-14 Thread songbird
Lisi Reisz wrote: > On Friday 14 November 2014 21:04:26 Brad Rogers wrote: >> On Fri, 14 Nov 2014 15:48:48 + >> Lisi Reisz wrote: >> >> Hello Lisi, >> >> >I have two plugins there. Open H264 video codec and Shockwave Flash. >> >The first says: "Play back web video and use video chats." >> >>

Re: iceweasel "Video can't be played because the file is corrupt"

2014-11-14 Thread Lisi Reisz
On Friday 14 November 2014 21:04:26 Brad Rogers wrote: > On Fri, 14 Nov 2014 15:48:48 + > Lisi Reisz wrote: > > Hello Lisi, > > >I have two plugins there. Open H264 video codec and Shockwave Flash. > >The first says: "Play back web video and use video chats." > > You should see a drop list ne

Re: iceweasel "Video can't be played because the file is corrupt"

2014-11-14 Thread Brad Rogers
On Fri, 14 Nov 2014 17:48:27 +0200 Georgi Naplatanov wrote: Hello Georgi, >I don't know about VLC, I had the impression that the problem is >playing videos in FireFox. That's right. The plugin I use calls VLC to do the actual playing. >Playing H.264 videos in FireFox for Linux was introduced

Re: iceweasel "Video can't be played because the file is corrupt"

2014-11-14 Thread Brad Rogers
On Fri, 14 Nov 2014 15:48:48 + Lisi Reisz wrote: Hello Lisi, >I have two plugins there. Open H264 video codec and Shockwave Flash. >The first says: "Play back web video and use video chats." You should see a drop list next to them with three options; Always, Never & Ask to Activate. Set

Re: iceweasel "Video can't be played because the file is corrupt"

2014-11-14 Thread koanhead
On Fri, 14 Nov 2014 11:00:03 +0100, Lisi Reisz wrote: > On Friday 14 November 2014 09:18:22 Brad Rogers wrote: >> On Fri, 14 Nov 2014 08:56:08 + Lisi Reisz >> wrote: > >> You seem to have missed my question about which plugin/backend >> Iceweasel is using to play the video. > > How do I fi

Re: iceweasel "Video can't be played because the file is corrupt"

2014-11-14 Thread Georgi Naplatanov
On 11/14/2014 03:54 PM, Brad Rogers wrote: > On Fri, 14 Nov 2014 12:00:15 +0200 Georgi Naplatanov > wrote: > > Hello Georgi, > >> You should install gstreamer1.0-libav (for Jessie). > > How does that help VLC? I don't know about VLC, I had the impression that the problem is playing videos in F

Re: iceweasel "Video can't be played because the file is corrupt"

2014-11-14 Thread Lisi Reisz
On Friday 14 November 2014 13:50:31 Brad Rogers wrote: > On Fri, 14 Nov 2014 09:51:06 + > Lisi Reisz wrote: > > Hello Lisi, > > >On Friday 14 November 2014 09:18:22 Brad Rogers wrote: > >> True, although you're running Iceweasel from experimental by the look > >> of it. > > > >No, back-ports.

Re: iceweasel "Video can't be played because the file is corrupt"

2014-11-14 Thread Brad Rogers
On Fri, 14 Nov 2014 12:00:15 +0200 Georgi Naplatanov wrote: Hello Georgi, >You should install gstreamer1.0-libav (for Jessie). How does that help VLC? {time passes} I tried nevertheless, and saw no changes. -- Regards _ / ) "The blindingly obvious is / _)rad

Re: iceweasel "Video can't be played because the file is corrupt"

2014-11-14 Thread Brad Rogers
On Fri, 14 Nov 2014 09:51:06 + Lisi Reisz wrote: Hello Lisi, >On Friday 14 November 2014 09:18:22 Brad Rogers wrote: >> True, although you're running Iceweasel from experimental by the look >> of it. >No, back-ports. In that case, backports is currently running the same version as experimen

Re: iceweasel "Video can't be played because the file is corrupt"

2014-11-14 Thread Georgi Naplatanov
On 11/14/2014 10:23 AM, Brad Rogers wrote: > On Fri, 14 Nov 2014 08:01:01 + Lisi Reisz > wrote: > > Hello Lisi, > >> I can reproduce the problem on Iceweasel 33.1. > > I still have the same issues I reported previously, even with > 33.1. A thought occurs; What plugin are you using for mp4

Re: iceweasel "Video can't be played because the file is corrupt"

2014-11-14 Thread Lisi Reisz
On Friday 14 November 2014 09:18:22 Brad Rogers wrote: > On Fri, 14 Nov 2014 08:56:08 + > Lisi Reisz wrote: > > Hello Lisi, > > >Sorry, I allowed succinctness to over-ride clarity. My 33.1 doesn't > >play back mp4. I get the error message reported by the OP: > > I understood that although th

Re: iceweasel "Video can't be played because the file is corrupt"

2014-11-14 Thread Brad Rogers
On Fri, 14 Nov 2014 08:56:08 + Lisi Reisz wrote: Hello Lisi, >Sorry, I allowed succinctness to over-ride clarity. My 33.1 doesn't >play back mp4. I get the error message reported by the OP: I understood that although that wasn't clearly expressed in my answer to you. >I also didn't menti

Re: iceweasel "Video can't be played because the file is corrupt"

2014-11-14 Thread Lisi Reisz
On Friday 14 November 2014 08:23:50 Brad Rogers wrote: > On Fri, 14 Nov 2014 08:01:01 + > Lisi Reisz wrote: > > Hello Lisi, > > >I can reproduce the problem on Iceweasel 33.1. > > I still have the same issues I reported previously, even with 33.1. A > thought occurs; What plugin are you usin

Re: iceweasel "Video can't be played because the file is corrupt"

2014-11-14 Thread Brad Rogers
On Fri, 14 Nov 2014 08:01:01 + Lisi Reisz wrote: Hello Lisi, >I can reproduce the problem on Iceweasel 33.1. I still have the same issues I reported previously, even with 33.1. A thought occurs; What plugin are you using for mp4 playback? I'm using VLC from DMO. -- Regards _

Re: iceweasel "Video can't be played because the file is corrupt"

2014-11-14 Thread Lisi Reisz
On Sunday 26 October 2014 18:21:59 Brad Rogers wrote: > On Sun, 26 Oct 2014 17:13:16 + > "St-Laurent, Pierre" wrote: > > Hello Pierre, > > >Type "http://www.nordet.net/etc/noreaster.mp4"; in the url bar > >I get "Video can't be played because the file is corrupt". > > I don't see that report(1

Re: iceweasel "Video can't be played because the file is corrupt"

2014-10-27 Thread Andreas Rönnquist
On Sun, 26 Oct 2014 23:18:28 -0700, Bob Holtzman wrote: >On Sun, Oct 26, 2014 at 08:41:11PM +0100, Andreas Rönnquist wrote: -- 8< -- >> Look again - the version of Iceweasel in stable is 31.2.0, Debian has >> started to provide the ES

Re: iceweasel "Video can't be played because the file is corrupt"

2014-10-27 Thread Scott Ferguson
On 27/10/14 18:45, Simon Hollenbach wrote: > On 27/10/14 07:18, Bob Holtzman wrote: >> Uhh, maybe look yet again. Mine says 24.6.0. To make sure I just ran >> apt-get update && apt-get upgrade with no change to browser or system. > > I suggest to everyone wanting to know the available versions of

Re: iceweasel "Video can't be played because the file is corrupt"

2014-10-27 Thread Simon Hollenbach
On 27/10/14 07:18, Bob Holtzman wrote: Uhh, maybe look yet again. Mine says 24.6.0. To make sure I just ran apt-get update && apt-get upgrade with no change to browser or system. I suggest to everyone wanting to know the available versions of some Debian package using . For iceweasel in all

Re: iceweasel "Video can't be played because the file is corrupt"

2014-10-26 Thread Bob Holtzman
On Sun, Oct 26, 2014 at 08:41:11PM +0100, Andreas Rönnquist wrote: > On Sun, 26 Oct 2014 19:23:13 +, > Brad Rogers wrote: > > >On Sun, 26 Oct 2014 18:56:12 + > >"St-Laurent, Pierre" wrote: > > > >Hello Pierre, > > > >>Thanks Brad for giving it a try. > > > >You're welcome. > > > >>I think

Re: iceweasel "Video can't be played because the file is corrupt"

2014-10-26 Thread Brad Rogers
On Sun, 26 Oct 2014 20:41:11 +0100 Andreas Rönnquist wrote: Hello Andreas, >Look again - the version of Iceweasel in stable is 31.2.0, Debian has Yes, you're right. I was looking in the wrong place (oldstable)(1). So, much of what I said ref apples and oranges is moot. Sorry for the confusio

Re: iceweasel "Video can't be played because the file is corrupt"

2014-10-26 Thread Andreas Rönnquist
On Sun, 26 Oct 2014 19:23:13 +, Brad Rogers wrote: >On Sun, 26 Oct 2014 18:56:12 + >"St-Laurent, Pierre" wrote: > >Hello Pierre, > >>Thanks Brad for giving it a try. > >You're welcome. > >>I think this confirms that the problem only affects stable (wheezy). > >I had to look up the version

Re: iceweasel "Video can't be played because the file is corrupt"

2014-10-26 Thread Brad Rogers
On Sun, 26 Oct 2014 18:56:12 + "St-Laurent, Pierre" wrote: Hello Pierre, >Thanks Brad for giving it a try. You're welcome. >I think this confirms that the problem only affects stable (wheezy). I had to look up the version supplied in stable. At v3.15.6 it's /ancient/ in browser terms. >

Re: iceweasel "Video can't be played because the file is corrupt"

2014-10-26 Thread St-Laurent, Pierre
> I don't see that report > I'm using iceweasel from experimental on a testing machine. Thanks Brad for giving it a try. I think this confirms that the problem only affects stable (wheezy). As a side note, the video runs fine on Internet Explorer and on Android. Thanks again for giving it a try,

Re: iceweasel "Video can't be played because the file is corrupt"

2014-10-26 Thread Brad Rogers
On Sun, 26 Oct 2014 17:13:16 + "St-Laurent, Pierre" wrote: Hello Pierre, >Type "http://www.nordet.net/etc/noreaster.mp4"; in the url bar >I get "Video can't be played because the file is corrupt". I don't see that report(1), but the video downloads so slowly (>3 mins here) that playing it i

iceweasel "Video can't be played because the file is corrupt"

2014-10-26 Thread St-Laurent, Pierre
Hi, I use debian stable (wheezy) on my amd-64 laptop. Somewhere over the last weeks my iceweasel stopped playing mp4 videos. I get the error message "Video can't be played because the file is corrupt". iceweasel was playing the same video file perfectly fine a few weeks ago. I haven't changed a