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For a couple of days now Instagram linked videos won't play here. Actually some of them will -- my own reels and anything linked with that button that looks like a movie 'clapper'. But videos that show the triangular arrow pointing to the right, nothing happens when you click. Not sure if this is a FF issue or maybe something changed at Instagram. Did a google search and nothing came up.

This is the link to the video that will not play in FireFox. https://www.swingtechnologies.com/UploadVideos/clarkj@pobox.com/S200629_019 B.mp4

I recently updated my browser, and I've noticed that while listening to music on YouTube, for some reason, the volume slider within the player also controls the stream volume within KDE Plasma's volume mixer, making for a much more frustrating experience. Now the volume resets to what was set on YOUTUBE rather than sticking to what was set in the VOLUME MIXER every time a new video plays or any time the page refreshes. This means that the volume gets reset every. single. time. The issue with this is not only that YouTube's volume slider isn't as accurate as KDE Plasma's, but also that a media player in a browser shouldn't be controlling its own system volume within the mixer because it causes issues and frustrations like these.

How do I separate player and stream volume?

Here's my inxi so you can see what I'm using/what I'm on: ```text System:

 Kernel: 6.12.9-arch1-1-znver4 arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 14.2.1 clocksource: tsc
   avail: hpet,acpi_pm parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/@/boot/vmlinuz-linux-znver4
   root=UUID=22984bc3-83f6-4891-a0a2-238f768ee899 rw rootflags=subvol=@
   resume=UUID=499703b6-f007-4f7c-8275-23c80bee1446 loglevel=3 ibt=off
 Desktop: KDE Plasma v: 6.2.5 tk: Qt v: N/A info: frameworks v: 6.10.0 wm: kwin_wayland tools:
   avail: lxlock vt: 1 dm: SDDM Distro: Garuda base: Arch Linux

Machine:

 Type: Desktop Mobo: Micro-Star model: MPG B650 CARBON WIFI (MS-7D74) v: 1.0
   serial: <superuser required> uuid: <superuser required> UEFI: American Megatrends LLC. v: 1.E0
   date: 07/25/2024

CPU:

 Info: model: AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D bits: 64 type: MT MCP arch: Zen 4 gen: 4 level: v4 note: check
   built: 2022+ process: TSMC n5 (5nm) family: 0x19 (25) model-id: 0x61 (97) stepping: 2
   microcode: 0xA601209
 Topology: cpus: 1x dies: 1 clusters: 1 cores: 8 threads: 16 tpc: 2 smt: enabled cache:
   L1: 512 KiB desc: d-8x32 KiB; i-8x32 KiB L2: 8 MiB desc: 8x1024 KiB L3: 96 MiB desc: 1x96 MiB
 Speed (MHz): avg: 4546 min/max: 545/5050 boost: enabled scaling: driver: amd-pstate-epp
   governor: performance cores: 1: 4546 2: 4546 3: 4546 4: 4546 5: 4546 6: 4546 7: 4546 8: 4546
   9: 4546 10: 4546 11: 4546 12: 4546 13: 4546 14: 4546 15: 4546 16: 4546 bogomips: 134463
 Flags: avx avx2 ht lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 sse4a ssse3 svm
 Vulnerabilities: <filter>

Graphics:

 Device-1: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD/ATI] Navi 31 [Radeon RX 7900 XT/7900 XTX/7900 GRE/7900M]
   vendor: Sapphire NITRO+ driver: amdgpu v: kernel arch: RDNA-3 code: Navi-3x
   process: TSMC n5 (5nm) built: 2022+ pcie: gen: 4 speed: 16 GT/s lanes: 16 ports:
   active: DP-1,DP-2 empty: HDMI-A-1,HDMI-A-2,Writeback-1 bus-ID: 03:00.0 chip-ID: 1002:744c
   class-ID: 0300
 Device-2: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD/ATI] Raphael vendor: Micro-Star MSI driver: amdgpu
   v: kernel arch: RDNA-2 code: Navi-2x process: TSMC n7 (7nm) built: 2020-22 pcie: gen: 4
   speed: 16 GT/s lanes: 16 ports: active: none empty: DP-3, DP-4, DP-5, HDMI-A-3, Writeback-2
   bus-ID: 14:00.0 chip-ID: 1002:164e class-ID: 0300 temp: 43.0 C
 Display: wayland server: X.org v: 1.21.1.15 with: Xwayland v: 24.1.4 compositor: kwin_wayland
   driver: X: loaded: amdgpu unloaded: modesetting,radeon alternate: fbdev,vesa dri: radeonsi
   gpu: amdgpu d-rect: 5120x2880 display-ID: 0
 Monitor-1: DP-1 pos: bottom-l model: LG (GoldStar) ULTRAGEAR serial: <filter> built: 2023 res:
   mode: 2560x1440 hz: 144 scale: 120% (1.2) to: 2133x1200 dpi: 109 gamma: 1.2
   size: 597x336mm (23.5x13.23") diag: 685mm (27") ratio: 16:9 modes: max: 2560x1440 min: 640x480
 Monitor-2: DP-2 pos: top-right model: LG (GoldStar) ULTRAGEAR serial: <filter> built: 2023 res:
   mode: 2560x1440 hz: 144 scale: 213% (2.13) to: 1200x2133 dpi: 109 gamma: 1.2
   size: 597x336mm (23.5x13.23") diag: 685mm (27") ratio: 16:9 modes: max: 2560x1440 min: 640x480
 API: EGL v: 1.5 hw: drv: amd radeonsi platforms: device: 0 drv: radeonsi device: 1
   drv: radeonsi device: 2 drv: swrast gbm: drv: kms_swrast surfaceless: drv: radeonsi wayland:
   drv: radeonsi x11: drv: radeonsi
 API: OpenGL v: 4.6 compat-v: 4.5 vendor: amd mesa v: 24.3.3-arch1.2 glx-v: 1.4
   direct-render: yes renderer: AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX (radeonsi navi31 LLVM 19.1.6 DRM 3.59
   6.12.9-arch1-1-znver4) device-ID: 1002:744c memory: 23.44 GiB unified: no display-ID: :1.0
 API: Vulkan v: 1.4.303 layers: 15 device: 0 type: discrete-gpu name: AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX
   (RADV NAVI31) driver: N/A device-ID: 1002:744c surfaces: xcb,xlib,wayland device: 1
   type: integrated-gpu name: AMD Radeon Graphics (RADV RAPHAEL_MENDOCINO) driver: N/A
   device-ID: 1002:164e surfaces: xcb,xlib,wayland device: 2 type: cpu name: llvmpipe (LLVM
   19.1.6 256 bits) driver: N/A device-ID: 10005:0000 surfaces: xcb,xlib,wayland
 Info: Tools: api: clinfo, eglinfo, glxinfo, vulkaninfo de: kscreen-console,kscreen-doctor
   gpu: corectrl wl: wayland-info x11: xdpyinfo, xprop, xrandr

Aud io:

 Device-1: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD/ATI] Navi 31 HDMI/DP Audio driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel
   pcie: gen: 4 speed: 16 GT/s lanes: 16 bus-ID: 03:00.1 chip-ID: 1002:ab30 class-ID: 0403
 Device-2: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD/ATI] Rembrandt Radeon High Definition Audio
   vendor: Micro-Star MSI driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel pcie: gen: 4 speed: 16 GT/s lanes: 16
   bus-ID: 14:00.1 chip-ID: 1002:1640 class-ID: 0403
 Device-3: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Family 17h/19h/1ah HD Audio vendor: Micro-Star MSI
   driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel pcie: gen: 4 speed: 16 GT/s lanes: 16 bus-ID: 14:00.6
   chip-ID: 1022:15e3 class-ID: 0403
 Device-4: JMTek LLC. USB PnP Audio Device driver: hid-generic,snd-usb-audio,usbhid type: USB
   rev: 1.1 speed: 12 Mb/s lanes: 1 mode: 1.1 bus-ID: 1-5.1:4 chip-ID: 0c76:161e class-ID: 0300
 Device-5: Micro Star USB Audio driver: hid-generic,snd-usb-audio,usbhid type: USB rev: 2.0
   speed: 480 Mb/s lanes: 1 mode: 2.0 bus-ID: 1-6:3 chip-ID: 0db0:70d3 class-ID: 0300
 API: ALSA v: k6.12.9-arch1-1-znver4 status: kernel-api with: aoss type: oss-emulator tools: N/A
 Server-1: sndiod v: N/A status: off tools: aucat,midicat,sndioctl
 Server-2: PipeWire v: 1.2.7 status: active with: 1: pipewire-pulse status: active
   2: wireplumber status: active 3: pipewire-alsa type: plugin 4: pw-jack type: plugin
   tools: pactl,pw-cat,pw-cli,wpctl

Network:

 Device-1: Realtek RTL8125 2.5GbE vendor: Micro-Star MSI driver: r8169 v: kernel pcie: gen: 2
   speed: 5 GT/s lanes: 1 port: c000 bus-ID: 0f:00.0 chip-ID: 10ec:8125 class-ID: 0200
 IF: enp15s0 state: down mac: <filter>
 Device-2: MEDIATEK MT7922 802.11ax PCI Express Wireless Network Adapter driver: mt7921e
   v: kernel pcie: gen: 2 speed: 5 GT/s lanes: 1 bus-ID: 10:00.0 chip-ID: 14c3:0616 class-ID: 0280
 IF: wlp16s0 state: up mac: <filter>
 Info: services: NetworkManager, smbd, systemd-timesyncd, wpa_supplicant

Bluetooth:

 Device-1: MediaTek Wireless_Device driver: btusb v: 0.8 type: USB rev: 2.1 speed: 480 Mb/s
   lanes: 1 mode: 2.0 bus-ID: 1-7:8 chip-ID: 0e8d:0616 class-ID: e001 serial: <filter>
 Report: btmgmt ID: hci0 rfk-id: 0 state: up address: <filter> bt-v: 5.2 lmp-v: 11 status:
   discoverable: no pairing: no class-ID: 6c0104

Drives:

 Local Storage: total: 2.73 TiB used: 493.01 GiB (17.6%)
 SMART Message: Unable to run smartctl. Root privileges required.
 ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1 maj-min: 259:4 vendor: Western Digital model: WD BLACK SN770 1TB
   size: 931.51 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 63.2 Gb/s lanes: 4 tech: SSD
   serial: <filter> fw-rev: 731120WD temp: 38.9 C scheme: GPT
 ID-2: /dev/nvme1n1 maj-min: 259:0 vendor: Smart Modular Tech. model: SHPP41-2000GM
   size: 1.82 TiB block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 63.2 Gb/s lanes: 4 tech: SSD
   serial: <filter> fw-rev: 51060A20 temp: 57.9 C scheme: GPT

Partition:

 ID-1: / raw-size: 1.79 TiB size: 1.79 TiB (100.00%) used: 493.01 GiB (27.0%) fs: btrfs
   dev: /dev/nvme1n1p2 maj-min: 259:2
 ID-2: /boot/efi raw-size: 300 MiB size: 299.4 MiB (99.80%) used: 588 KiB (0.2%) fs: vfat
   dev: /dev/nvme1n1p1 maj-min: 259:1
 ID-3: /home raw-size: 1.79 TiB size: 1.79 TiB (100.00%) used: 493.01 GiB (27.0%) fs: btrfs
   dev: /dev/nvme1n1p2 maj-min: 259:2
 ID-4: /var/log raw-size: 1.79 TiB size: 1.79 TiB (100.00%) used: 493.01 GiB (27.0%) fs: btrfs
   dev: /dev/nvme1n1p2 maj-min: 259:2
 ID-5: /var/tmp raw-size: 1.79 TiB size: 1.79 TiB (100.00%) used: 493.01 GiB (27.0%) fs: btrfs
   dev: /dev/nvme1n1p2 maj-min: 259:2

Swap:

 Kernel: swappiness: 133 (default 60) cache-pressure: 100 (default) zswap: no
 ID-1: swap-1 type: zram size: 30.45 GiB used: 1.81 GiB (6.0%) priority: 100 comp: zstd
   avail: lzo-rle,lzo,lz4,lz4hc,deflate,842 max-streams: 16 dev: /dev/zram0
 ID-2: swap-2 type: partition size: 33.5 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) priority: -2 dev: /dev/nvme1n1p3
   maj-min: 259:3

Sensors:

 System Temperatures: cpu: 74.1 C mobo: 54.0 C
 Fan Speeds (rpm): N/A
 GPU: device: amdgpu temp: 43.0 C device: amdgpu temp: 72.0 C mem: 78.0 C fan: 568
watts: 165.00

Info:

 Memory: total: 32 GiB note: est. available: 30.45 GiB used: 16.65 GiB (54.7%)
 Processes: 567 Power: uptime: 6h 30m states: freeze,mem,disk suspend: deep avail: s2idle
   wakeups: 0 hibernate: platform avail: shutdown, reboot, suspend, test_resume image: 12.17 GiB
   services: org_kde_powerdevil, power-profiles-daemon, upowerd Init: systemd v: 257
   default: graphical tool: systemctl
 Packages: 2003 pm: pacman pkgs: 1982 libs: 581 tools: octopi,pamac,paru pm: appimage pkgs: 0
   pm: flatpak pkgs: 21 Compilers: clang: 19.1.6 gcc: 14.2.1 Client: shell wrapper v: 5.2.37-release
   inxi: 3.3.37

Garuda (2.6.26-1.1):

 System install date:     2024-12-16
 Last full system update: 2025-01-16 ↻
 Is partially upgraded:   No
 Relevant software:       snapper NetworkManager dracut
 Windows dual boot:       Probably (Run as root to verify)
 Failed units:            

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I got this new Chromebook, and now I'm having issues using YouTube. When I select a video to watch, a message pops up at the top saying "To play video, you may need to install the required video codecs." I am able to watch the video I selected anyhow, with some minor issues with the picture and its frames I believe, however, when I try to watch a different video, it does not work. Sometimes it will play for a short bit, but will then stop, and start buffering. When I then refresh the page, the video will not play and will only buffer. I am not sure what to do, and if this is an issue with the browser, or the device itself, please help?

For the past several days I have not had any sound when linked to video from news email and others. The sound icon on the face of the video is completely at fullest. I am 88 years old and have very limited digital skills. I have not been able to understand how to restore the sound. Don't understand why or how this happened. Please help. Susan J Morris

I'm not sure if this is a Firefox or Google problem, I'm guessing Firefox because it doesn't happen in Chrome.

Every time I try to login to google in Firefox it auto logs me into a specific account, I don't mean it is already logged in, I'm logged out and where the blank field is to enter your account username(email) the drop down pops up and shows all the gmail accounts and picks one on its own then procedes to the next page for the password on its own. It's like someone took control of the mouse and was doing it for me. Really pisses me off because I'm trying to login to a different account and it chooses the same one every time and I can't choose. If this is some kind of auto login feature please tell me how to turn it off.

My Firefox browser has been crashing for a while now (Years). It's fine playing YouTube and BBC iPlayer but when I advance the time marker to a different part of the stream or video, it crashes. It also has a problem when playing slots. It seems to crash a lot making it impossible to play.

I have tried using Firefox in Troubleshooting Mode but the same things happen.

Here's the crash report ID

Report ID Date Submitted bp-a9b8bd6e-9258-4a25-badc-bda480250308 08/03/2025, 13:41

Many thanks in anticipation and I hope someone can help me fix these issues.

No audio on Firefox. Google Chrome has sound. Settings at normal audio volumes. Tried computer shut off and re-boot. Tried reload of Firebox.but that didn't help. Had scam attempt just before no audio issue...not sure if that problem.

Whenever I play videos on YouTube in Firefox, the video is always choppy and does not run smoothly. I’ve tried restarting the browser and checking my internet connection, but the issue continues. This problem only happens in Firefox, not in other browsers.

Hello,

NVIDIA RTX Video Enhancements are not working in firefox at all. By not working, i mean neither Super Resolution neither HDR enhancements work at all, not even the badge shows up, and the NVIDIA app reports the status as "inactive". The video is not upscaled, and the content isn't getting put into HDR. It is on globally on my system, and does work on all the chromium based browsers installed on my system, even on the discord app itself.

I tried a latest firefox fresh install, with youtube playback, or just opening a video file directly with the browser. This worked on chromium browsers, but not on firefox.

I'm on windows 10 64bit with a 3060 gpu. (the only gpu in the system.) I have 4 monitors connected, but still get the same issue with only one. Hardware decoding is force enabled, and about:support reports that hardware decoding is supported for H264, VP8, VP9 and AV1 too. I even get the same amount of video-decode usage in task manager on both chromium and firefox while video is playing.

Thanks in advance.

I was able to stream news from CTV news site but for some unknown reason I cannot stream it like I used too I cannot figure out why! Something must be wrong with my setup. Please help me fix my problem.

Whenever I use Google Meet in the Firefox browser, it works well at first people can hear me. However, for a few seconds, my microphone suddenly cuts out, and I have to raise my voice for it to work again. My microphone remains enabled and does not disconnect when the audio cuts out, but people are still unable to hear me. I have already set my microphone to 'Always Allow' instead of 'Allow Temporarily, but the problem persists.Can anyone help me with this

Hi, so I've been having Audio "Popping and Crackling" while using sites like YouTube. At first I thought it was earbuds going bad. But after listening to audio in different apps the sound bug was not present. There's something wrong with audio in this bulid of

Firefox for Android 135.0 (Build #2016070975), hg-17c38d56ca55+ GV: 135.0-20250130195129 AS: 135.0.1

I've recently done a clean reinstall of Windows 11 and have noticed that, only for Firefox (134.0.2, build ID 20250120135430), a few videos playback without any audio, yet the same videos play with audio when using edge as a comparison. Most (if not all) of these videos did play with audio in Firefox prior to this reinstall.

Firstly, I'm pretty sure this is not a windows sound mixer issue since many videos on the same page and tab play back with audio just fine in Firefox. The same goes for it not relating to the Firefox setting 'Speaker selection', under (burger) > settings > privacy & security > Permissions because videos of different formats (or using different players) on the same page play back audio fine. The tab is not muted. Again, some videos on the same browser tab play audio fine; some of a particular format or player only play the video, while missing the audio (and where Edge plays the same video with audio).

Another common and potentially relevant issue I've seen is that, this being a 'Windows 11 N" install, it was initially missing the settings > system > optional features > Media feature pack, but that is now something I've successfully added. I should add that windows did report problems when I initially tried to add the media feature pack but, after a very long delay, it eventually appeared to succeed when I ran a couple of DISM incantations that I think ended with - "dism /online /add-capability /capabilityname:Media.MediaFeaturePack~~~~0.0.1.0"

I have the 'Play DRM-controlled content' setting enabled.

Comparing the Firefox vs Edge video playback on this video test page - https://tools.woolyss.com/html5-audio-video-tester/ I get the following results (don't know how to get it formatted/aligned correctly, sorry) -

                           FF vid    FF audio    Edge vid    Edge audio
av1-opus-sita.webm          Works     Works       Works       Works
vp9-vorbis-spring.webm      Works     Works       Works       Works
vp8-vorbis-sintel.webm      Works     Works       Works       Works
avc-aac-nerdist-friends.mp4 Works     MISSING     Works       Works
avc-aac-big-buck-bunny.m4v  Works     MISSING     Works       Works
avc-mp3-sita.mov            Works     Works       Works       Works

And perhaps also relevant is that there's also a difference in the audio-only samples further down the table on the same page -

                   FF audio   Edge audio
audio-sample.mp3    Works      Works
audio-sample.weba   Works      Works
audio-sample.ogg    Works      Works
audio-sample.opus   Works      Works
audio-sample.flac   Works      Works
audio-sample.wav    Works      Works
audio-sample.m4a    FAILS      Works
ac192.mp3           Works      Works
spoonradio-hd.aac   FAILS      Works
audio.opus          Works      Works

Also, every 'v.redd.it' / reddit-video-player video plays the video fine but has no sound when using Firefox but plays both sound and video fine with Edge. Here's one for example - https://old.reddit.com/r/funny/comments/1i7y1nr/rock_paper_scissors/

I've seen lots of similar (but not identical) issues on Firefox video with no audio problems with suggestions a few things to try. In addition to what I've already mentioned above, I've tried the following without success -

- Restarting Windows - Restarting Firefox - Restarting Firefox with addons/extensions disabled - 'about:support' > Refresh Firefox - 'about:support' > Clear startup cache - (hamburger) > more tools > task manager > (click the little profile icon for the page playing the video) - I've checked the settings suggested here: https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/fix-common-audio-and-video-issues#w_check-some-firefox-settings

I realise it may be possible to side-step this problem by flailing around with more drastic work-arounds like trying a clean re-install of Windows or a full uninstall and clean of Firefox, but that doesn't really help figure out the problem, which leaves the possibility it could easily happen again to me or others when it might be something that can be more properly fixed or guarded against in Firefox itself, so I hope someone can suggest what might be done to home in on identifying the cause of the problem and so learn whether a more precise fix can be employed.