Playing Videos in Firefox

Question

I use Ubuntu 18.04 and Firefox 60.0 (linux beginner!)

I just installed the flash player, but the only videos that are displayed in my browser are the ones on youtube. facebook and any other streaming-services can not play videos.

do i need to install/enable html5 somehow?

score 87 · Accepted Answer · answered May 13 '18 at 11:25

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If those streaming services use DRM, you must enable DRM in Firefox's settings: Preferences -> General -> Play DRM-controlled content You might also have to install package libavcodec-extra to get the codecs:

sudo apt install libavcodec-extra

answered May 13 '18 at 11:25

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works like a charm – Kamen Stoykov Jan 20 '19 at 09:57
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Great!, working now. – Gagan Feb 22 '19 at 17:07
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Works on 19.04, but how the hell is my grandma supposed to figure this out? We gotta do better than this... – Jack M Jun 20 '19 at 07:24
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didnt fix this in the latest version of ubuntu – Vikranth Aug 26 '19 at 17:31
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you have to restart firefox after the apt install – bb1950328 Jan 24 '20 at 18:49
It's not in "general", but in "content". – Quidam Apr 28 '20 at 02:17
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Used this command sudo apt install libavcodec-extra58 libavcodec-extra in ubuntu-20.04. Otherwise it threw unmet dependencies error. – theB Jul 23 '20 at 10:28

Playing Videos in Firefox

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