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infosecau | on: Unlocking any car from X brand in most of the world
Hi - I've fixed this and uploaded a replacement video with less loud beeps. Sorry about that.
exodust | parent | next
I can't play the video at all in firefox desktop because the video is encoded as h265 which firefox won't play unless specific extensions are installed.

h264 is the better choice for short progressive download clips on websites if compatibility matters.

yobert | root | parent | next
H265 plays fine in firefox for me! No special extensions, just linux
NavinF | root | parent | next
Your system is broken, FF has supported h265 on every OS for a long time now:

>Firefox enables HEVC on:

>Windows from Firefox 134 using either hardware (on devices that support it, where the range is the same as Edge) or software (on Windows the user must pay for and install an extension)

>macOS from Firefox 136 using either hardware or software.

>Linux from Firefox 137 using either hardware or software (via the system ffmpeg).

>Android from Firefox 137 using hardware only.

https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/Media/Guides/Fo...

...and even if this wasn't the case, FF has 2.5% market share. Using a 20 year old codec for 2.5% would be insane. If anything, he should be using a newer codec like AV1 that's also widely supported.

michaelt | root | parent | next
> Using a 20 year old codec for 2.5% would be insane.

Surprisingly, in my experience h264 produces higher quality (better VMAF) for the same bitrate.

My theory is all the codec-optimisation attention went to h264 because of the crazy licensing situation of h265

NavinF | root | parent
The crazy licensing situation is only relevant to nerds, pretty much any chip you care about has hardware h265 decode.

You probably used the wrong settings. Netflix said "AV1 streaming sessions achieve VMAF scores that are 4.3 points higher than AVC and 0.9 points higher than HEVC sessions" 9 months ago: https://netflixtechblog.com/av1-now-powering-30-of-netflix-s...

cubefox | root | parent
> If anything, he should be using a newer codec like AV1 that's also widely supported.

I don't think that's accurate, since the first Apple processors with AV1 support only came out in late 2023 (A17 Pro, M3).

capitainenemo | root | parent | next
huh. plays fine for me in firefox stable on linux, and with no extensions in firefox. Do you mean OS extensions?
alt227 | root | parent
Plays fine for me in Firefox on Windows.
netsharc | parent
God.. Nice write-up, horrible video.. "oh let's go from portrait to landscape in the middle of the recording!".

It's a one minute video, would it have been so hard to redo it.

Edit: raining downvotes, well fuck me, I guess you all prefer sloppy shit.

UqWBcuFx6NV4r | root | parent | next
you would do yourself some good to learn to differentiate constructive criticism from this sort of mean vitriol. I have no doubt that this is the explanation for the downvotes. there is truly no need to be so abrasive. it only serves to detract from whatever good-faith intentions you had, if any.
Barbing | root | parent | next

  “Thanks for the nice write-up. Gotta admit the video still irks me. Like, portrait to landscape mid-recording… Since it was only a minute, think re-recording would be well worth it.”
-anti-sloppy non-downvote-magnet comment potential
alt227 | root | parent
Your description of the video describes the quality of your post very well, which is why you are being downvoted.