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[LUG] Debian 9 (Stretch) desktop, Chromium & Facebook video

 

FYI

Some Facebook videos played sound, and the scrubbing worked (small pictures as 
you scroll through, but the video didn't play correctly (fuzzy static image or 
black background).

The issue has been around a while but seems to be getting worse, presumably 
Facebook using VP9 more with Linux browsers.

On inspection the browser console in developer tools shows a complaint about 
VP9 codec not being available in WEBM.

Eventually found the right VP9 bug report in Debian.

https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=916451

Workaround might be to use User Agent switcher plugin to select an older 
browser (Safari for Linux works, but gives an "upgrade your browser" warning 
in Facebook, similarly mobile browsers all trigger other codecs to be used but 
mess with Facebook's layout horribly).

Debian Buster is frozen, so you might as well upgrade desktops at the next 
convenient point, and help remove the last few bugs before you break your 
servers.

I am probably the last Debian stable desktop user on the planet anyway.

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