Edge's (lack of) WebM support
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https://developer.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-edge/platform/status/webmcontainer/
WebM Container
An open media container format. Supported for adaptive streaming video on devices with VP9 hardware acceleration, may be enabled on any device via an about:flags setting.
Supported in Microsoft EdgeIf you just glanced at these links, you'd probably get the impression that Edge can play WebM video files just like every other fucking browser. After all, the new Microsoft is all about being cool and hip and supporting open standards, so that would make sense.
But no, read more carefully:
These are available to websites that use Media Source Extensions (MSE) to adaptively stream video content.
In other words: the format is supported, but only when it comes from the MSE Javascript API. Not when it's in a normal <video> tag. You know, the simple, default way to embed videos? Try it yourself. And this bug report confirms that the behavior is "by design" and they have no intention of changing it.
What the fuck? If the codec is already in the code, why not support it the normal way? It's like adding a PDF viewer in your OS, but you can only use it for files that were received through email or something.
It almost seems like they're being intentionally misleading so they can claim to support an open standard they don't actually want to support.
And at least in IE you could install third party video codecs. In Edge, you can't.
I just hope this post shows whenever anyone googles "Edge WebM support" so confused people can figure out what's going on.
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Huh. I just discovered apparently they're no longer hosting the ogg demo or Chrome mobile no longer supports it.
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@tsaukpaetra Works for me. Probably a network error.
I'll paste the direct link here... oh look, it embeds:
https://www.quirksmode.org/html5/videos/big_buck_bunny.ogv
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People actually use WebM?
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@anonymous234 said in Edge's (lack of) WebM support:
@tsaukpaetra Works for me. Probably a network error.
I'll paste the direct link here... oh look, it embeds:
https://www.quirksmode.org/html5/videos/big_buck_bunny.ogvWeird, I downloaded it by hand and it seems to break both media players I have (both VLC based)
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@raceprouk said in Edge's (lack of) WebM support:
People actually use WebM?
Every time I post a video capture to show off some forum bug.
(which is relatively often )
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@anonymous234 said in Edge's (lack of) WebM support:
@tsaukpaetra Works for me. Probably a network error.
I'll paste the direct link here... oh look, it embeds:
https://www.quirksmode.org/html5/videos/big_buck_bunny.ogv
Huh, interesting. That causes Pale Moon to crash on my system.
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@anonymous234 Works fine in Chrome on Windows 10.
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:@anonymous234:: WebM doesn't work in Edge the way it should
: It works fine in ChromeGotta love this place :D
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@raceprouk oops, I lost track of the thread after researching Big Buck Bunny. My bad. I can confirm, it doesn't work in Edge for me.
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@raceprouk said in Edge's (lack of) WebM support:
People actually use WebM?
4chan and e926 certainly do.
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@anonymous234 said in Edge's (lack of) WebM support:
the safe for work version of e621
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@erufael said in Edge's (lack of) WebM support:
@anonymous234 said in Edge's (lack of) WebM support:
@tsaukpaetra Works for me. Probably a network error.
I'll paste the direct link here... oh look, it embeds:
https://www.quirksmode.org/html5/videos/big_buck_bunny.ogv
Huh, interesting. That causes Pale Moon to crash on my system.
E_NO_REPRO
Works fine on Palemoon for me.
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@el_heffe Yeah it looks like it's specific to either Solus or my system. This warrants some more poking around.
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But can Edge play CMV files without crashing like mobile safari on my mom's 512MB RAM iPad?
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@lb_ I first met BBBunny when Microsoft promoted Silverlight with it. The demo was pretty impressive: it could change the resolution during playback to accommodate to screenspace size changes or network funkiness. YouTube couldn't do that back then.
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@tsaukpaetra Well whattya know, it works on Desktop Chrome...
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@marczellm said in Edge's (lack of) WebM support:
@lb_ I first met BBBunny when Microsoft promoted Silverlight with it. The demo was pretty impressive: it could change the resolution during playback to accommodate to screenspace size changes or network funkiness. YouTube couldn't do that back then.
It still can't. It either locks me in lowest quality, pauses every other second for buffering, or both.
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@gąska said in Edge's (lack of) WebM support:
@marczellm said in Edge's (lack of) WebM support:
@lb_ I first met BBBunny when Microsoft promoted Silverlight with it. The demo was pretty impressive: it could change the resolution during playback to accommodate to screenspace size changes or network funkiness. YouTube couldn't do that back then.
It still can't. It either locks me in lowest quality, pauses every other second for buffering, or both.
Are you using @ben_lubar's vpn?
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@tsaukpaetra why's @gąska in your quote lowercase?
Edit: why are all mentions lowercase
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@cArK yOu'Re NoT hElPiNg!1
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@cark said in Edge's (lack of) WebM support:
@GĄSKA @BY-JOINING-THIS-GROUP-YOU-AGREE-TO-BE-MENTIONED-RANDOMLY-FOR-NO-REASON-IS-THAT-OKAY-YES-NO
Annnd?
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So I'm not crazy for noticing it just now...