[LINK] Video streaming

[Kim Holburn]

I tried to use SBS On demand from a laptop the other day.  It insisted I create an account and login then never played the video.  I tried various browsers.  Maybe it's my adblockers or maybe it's that I don't run flash any more.  Eventually I gave up.

On the other hand my raspberry pi running osmc kodi runs SBS On demand and iview flawlessly and in reasonable resolution.  It's the main thing I use it for.

> On 2018/Feb/02, at 2:47 PM, David <dlochrin at key.net.au> wrote:
> 
> Once upon a time I could happily play ABC iView and SBS on-demand videos.  But now I have the latest Linux, Firefox & Videolan packages with H.264 support, and Flash, and nothing much works at all.
> 
> ABC iView plays at such a low frame-rate & resolution it's unwatchable.  The ABC seem to be doggedly persisting with Flash despite its terrible reputation regarding security and the fact it's disappearing from Firefox altogether, in fact all plugin support is going eventually.
> 
> SBS on-demand doesn't work at all, but I don't think it uses Flash (?).  The Firefox browser console displays a mass of diagnostics beginning with "Error: window.SBS.ensighten is undefined".
> 
> Videos on the Fairfax website don't work either.  I think it basically uses H.264 / MPEG-4 AVC, but the browser console reports:
> 
>> Cannot play media. No decoders for requested formats: application/vnd.apple.mpegurl, audio/mpegurl, audio/x-mpegurl, application/x-mpegurl, video/x-mpegurl, video/mpegurl, application/mpegurl, application/dash+xml, video/mp4;codecs="avc1.4d400d mp4a.40.2", application/vnd.apple.mpegurl, application/vnd.apple.mpegurl, video/mp4, video/mp4, video/mp4, video/mp4
> 
> But all is not lost, YouTube videos (H.264 / MPEG-4 AVC) work perfectly.  Pity I don't normally watch YouTube...
> 
> There's more at https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/why-do-i-have-click-activate-plugins and the "compatibility" document linked at the top of the article if anyone's interested.
> 
> DavidL.
> 
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