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Youtube Html5 and beep sound

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Ok I was wandering what would happen if I would have full html5 features on youtube So I searched on internet and found out how to enable the features so I ended up enabling this on firefox

media.mediasource.enabled;true media.mediasource.mp4.enabled;true media.fragmented-mp4.exposed;true media.fragmented-mp4.use-blank-decoder;true

After I enabled this features I got the ability to watch 1080P videos and even 60 fps versions were available but the sound did not work anymore. Instead of the original video audio I was getting one long tone sound.

So is there a way to fix this issue or I should create a bug report?

Thank you for your time

Ok I was wandering what would happen if I would have full html5 features on youtube So I searched on internet and found out how to enable the features so I ended up enabling this on firefox media.mediasource.enabled;true media.mediasource.mp4.enabled;true media.fragmented-mp4.exposed;true media.fragmented-mp4.use-blank-decoder;true After I enabled this features I got the ability to watch 1080P videos and even 60 fps versions were available but the sound did not work anymore. Instead of the original video audio I was getting one long tone sound. So is there a way to fix this issue or I should create a bug report? Thank you for your time

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Those prefs are disabled for a reason. MSE works on Windows and Mac, but not on Linux.

445 // Whether to enable MediaSource support.
446 // We want to enable on non-release  builds and on release windows and mac
447 // but on release builds restrict to YouTube. We don't enable for other
448 // configurations because code for those platforms isn't ready yet.
449 #if defined(XP_WIN) || defined(XP_MACOSX)
450 pref("media.mediasource.enabled", true);
451 #else
452 pref("media.mediasource.enabled", false);
453 #endif
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Chosen Solution

Those prefs are disabled for a reason. MSE works on Windows and Mac, but not on Linux.

445 // Whether to enable MediaSource support.
446 // We want to enable on non-release  builds and on release windows and mac
447 // but on release builds restrict to YouTube. We don't enable for other
448 // configurations because code for those platforms isn't ready yet.
449 #if defined(XP_WIN) || defined(XP_MACOSX)
450 pref("media.mediasource.enabled", true);
451 #else
452 pref("media.mediasource.enabled", false);
453 #endif
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I think I got a fix for you!

After I updated my OS to Windows 10, and did these changes in about:config to get 1080p, some of the videos were making this sound, and some videos even had a completely green screen.

I did some digging and I found out that it was "media.fragmented-mp4.exposed" that was causing this problem.

So all I had to do was to turn everything to "true", and leaving "media.fragmented-mp4.exposed" on "false".


I was then able to view 1080p videos without any problems.

I hope this helps :)

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CiRiX said

I think I got a fix for you! After I updated my OS to Windows 10, and did these changes in about:config to get 1080p, some of the videos were making this sound, and some videos even had a completely green screen. I did some digging and I found out that it was "media.fragmented-mp4.exposed" that was causing this problem. So all I had to do was to turn everything to "true", and leaving "media.fragmented-mp4.exposed" on "false". I was then able to view 1080p videos without any problems. I hope this helps :)

I have been getting a blank green screen and a long annoying BEEEEEEEEP on any JW Player video. I can't believe it! I've been trying to figure out a fix for this for over a MONTH. Thank you. Your fix worked. I am using Linux, btw, and it works fine now, FINALLY, with "media.fragmented-mp4.exposed" on "false".

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Luxx said

CiRiX said
I think I got a fix for you! After I updated my OS to Windows 10, and did these changes in about:config to get 1080p, some of the videos were making this sound, and some videos even had a completely green screen. I did some digging and I found out that it was "media.fragmented-mp4.exposed" that was causing this problem. So all I had to do was to turn everything to "true", and leaving "media.fragmented-mp4.exposed" on "false". I was then able to view 1080p videos without any problems. I hope this helps :)

I have been getting a blank green screen and a long annoying BEEEEEEEEP on any JW Player video. I can't believe it! I've been trying to figure out a fix for this for over a MONTH. Thank you. Your fix worked. I am using Linux, btw, and it works fine now, FINALLY, with "media.fragmented-mp4.exposed" on "false".

I am glad it worked out! :)