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I don't know if its just me, but the GIFVs embedded on the page dont load for me, unless I click on them to open them in a page on their own, and the second one

I don't know if its just me, but the GIFVs embedded on the page dont load for me, unless I click on them to open them in a page on their own, and the second one doesn't play even in this case. Firefox 32.0.3 on Linux

m_myers 12y ago
GIFs just work. GIFVs might or might not work. That's a huge difference.
Vanayad 12y ago
works for me, chrome / windows
Forbo 12y ago
I'm getting the same behavior in Chromium 38.0.2125.101 (build 290379) on OSX 10.9.4.
mhandley 12y ago
Exactly the same for me - Firefox 32.0.3 on MacOS.
photoGrant 12y ago
Same. FireFox 32.0.3 OS X
rjn 12y ago
It is asking for adobe flash on linux
- u124556 12y ago
  It uses flash as a fallback if your browser doesn't support mp4 video.
saidajigumi 12y ago
That's probably because Firefox on OS X (32.0.3) doesn't yet handle H.264, which is what these GIFV files really are. FF on Windows (32.0.2) does support H.264, and the GIFV files play as expected. IIRC, FF on Android was the first version to get H.264 support, which it's had for some time now. EDIT: You can check codec support for your current browser+platform at YouTube's HTML5 page, below. I briefly dug around in Bugzilla for this issue, but haven't found it yet. https://www.youtube.com/html5 https://www.youtube.com/html5
- ssalenik 12y ago
  You're right, the page you linked shows that my browser doesn't have support for H.264... though then I'm confused as to why the first GIFV loads for me when I open it on a separate page...
wjoe 12y ago
They work for me, Firefox 32.0.3 on Arch Linux. You'll likely need some gstreamer packages installed (I think the package on Arch is gst-plugins-good for h264), same as for watching YouTube videos in HTML5 mode rather than Flash. There's also an about:config option "media.gstreamer.enabled" which needs to be set to true, but I don't remember ever having to set this myself.
- ssalenik 12y ago
  I'm also on Arch. I had to install the 'gst-libav' package (possibly in adition to the gst-plugins-good?) for it to work. Thanks.

m_myers 12y ago

GIFs just work. GIFVs might or might not work. That's a huge difference.

Vanayad 12y ago

works for me, chrome / windows

Forbo 12y ago

I'm getting the same behavior in Chromium 38.0.2125.101 (build 290379) on OSX 10.9.4.

mhandley 12y ago

Exactly the same for me - Firefox 32.0.3 on MacOS.

photoGrant 12y ago

Same. FireFox 32.0.3 OS X

rjn 12y ago

It is asking for adobe flash on linux

u124556 12y ago
It uses flash as a fallback if your browser doesn't support mp4 video.

saidajigumi 12y ago

That's probably because Firefox on OS X (32.0.3) doesn't yet handle H.264, which is what these GIFV files really are. FF on Windows (32.0.2) does support H.264, and the GIFV files play as expected. IIRC, FF on Android was the first version to get H.264 support, which it's had for some time now. EDIT: You can check codec support for your current browser+platform at YouTube's HTML5 page, below. I briefly dug around in Bugzilla for this issue, but haven't found it yet. https://www.youtube.com/html5 https://www.youtube.com/html5

ssalenik 12y ago
You're right, the page you linked shows that my browser doesn't have support for H.264... though then I'm confused as to why the first GIFV loads for me when I open it on a separate page...

wjoe 12y ago

They work for me, Firefox 32.0.3 on Arch Linux. You'll likely need some gstreamer packages installed (I think the package on Arch is gst-plugins-good for h264), same as for watching YouTube videos in HTML5 mode rather than Flash. There's also an about:config option "media.gstreamer.enabled" which needs to be set to true, but I don't remember ever having to set this myself.

ssalenik 12y ago
I'm also on Arch. I had to install the 'gst-libav' package (possibly in adition to the gst-plugins-good?) for it to work. Thanks.