Videos not playing in various browsers

[MoodyBlues]

Well, my other thread is getting no love... So how about this?!

I recently posted that, with Chrome, videos play just fine--but without sound. So I tried other browsers a few days ago when I wanted to see a specific video. [It's not on YouTube, so that wasn't an option.] Here's what I got:

Firefox

Opera

DuckDuckGo, before and after touching it

In each case, I have the most recent version; I double-checked in Play to see if there were updates--there weren't.

I was finally able to watch the video by using Epic, a browser I don't even recall hearing of before.

Any ideas?

Moto Z² Force, Oreo 8.0.0, not rooted.

 

[ocnbrze]

just curious, why not use the ABC-Live TV app? it does not need a browser.

here is a bit of info on HLS:
https://www.dacast.com/blog/hls-streaming-protocol/

i just went into chrome on my note 10+ and had no problem playing videos with sound. im using chrome 83.0.4103.96

 

[MoodyBlues]

just curious, why not use the ABC-Live TV app? it does not need a browser.

Because the bigger issue is separate from ABC. It could've been any clip.

here is a bit of info on HLS:
https://www.dacast.com/blog/hls-streaming-protocol/

Thanks, I'll take a look.

Just thinking out loud here, but if you're already using the most recent version of a browser--a big, major, well-known browser!--you wouldn't expect to get that error message, right?

i just went into chrome on my note 10+ and had no problem playing videos with sound. im using chrome 83.0.4103.96

Hmmm... I think there's just something flaky about my phone. Luckily, it only rears its ugly head on the rare occasions when I try to view a video in a browser.

 

[ocnbrze]

Because the bigger issue is separate from ABC. It could've been any clip.

Thanks, I'll take a look.

Just thinking out loud here, but if you're already using the most recent version of a browser--a big, major, well-known browser!--you wouldn't expect to get that error message, right?

Hmmm... I think there's just something flaky about my phone. Luckily, it only rears its ugly head on the rare occasions when I try to view a video in a browser.

never seen that message before. i only knew of html5 and never heard of hls, until now. if i ever want to stream something i use the appropriate app instead of the browser.

curious as to which browsers you have tried?

 

[MoodyBlues]

curious as to which browsers you have tried?

They're in bold in my OP!

 

[ocnbrze]

I just got some new glasses......i guess I need newer ones..... again!!!!!

Lol!!!!!!

 

[MoodyBlues]

Eh... excuses, excuses... *SMH*