I have latest Comodo Dragon browser with pepper flash installed…
I have twitter account and while I surfing I realized that CD cannot open twitter videos.
The error message says “This browser does not support video playback.” :-TD
are there any lack of codec in Comodo Dragon? How can I solve this?
I tested on Google Chrome and Comodo IceDragon. They can play this video. The problem only for CD.
Yes. The video uses AVC/H.264 for video and AAC for audio, which are not supported by Dragon/Chromodo, as they are proprietary (costly for Comodo to support).
What can I recommend? That you ask Twitter and others to use VP9 and Opus/Vorbis? That you ask Comodo to make Dragon/Chromodo use the system’s decoders for proprietary formats? That you use a browser that supports the formats you need it to support?
Absolutely pathetic that Dragon can’t play the world’s biggest social media programme’s videos from Twitter…I don’t want to leave my favourite browser, but you are forcing me to…
Shame on you! :-TD
Because there is not one format is supported by all browsers. While WebM (VP8/VP9/Vorbis/Opus) is supported by all variants of Chromium and Firefox, AVC/AAC is supported by Chrome, Opera, IE, Edge, Safari, and on most systems, Firefox (+ derivatives).
Thanks JoWa,
Open media could solve a lot of issues. :-TU
I realise not any one format is supported by all browsers, but some formats are more compatible with a greater range than others as you have pointed out.
Some site creators also appear to make more of an effort than others in compatibility with less limitations.
Open media could indeed sort things…
However, I have spent time today checking other browsers and Dragon is the only one that can’t play twitter videos.
I love Dragon for its speed and security and simplicity - I hate having to change to another browser just to see twitter clips that only Dragon can’t play. If they play on Chrome and Chromium, WHY won’t they play on chrome based Dragon?
Very frustrating
They play in Chrome because Google pays for it (licensing fees). They do not play in Chromium, unless it’s built to decode proprietary formats, and if it is, the one who built it has to pay the licensing fees to MPEG LA.
Opera? Yes, Opera is built upon Chromium and supports proprietary formats, but it does so using the system’s decoders, just like Firefox does. I guess that is what Comodo is working on implementing.
Thanks for reminding. I sent a pm to Shane and Alp but haven’t heard from them. I resent it hoping for an answer. But with the weekend neigh I would expect a reply no earlier than Monday.
Thank you. I hope they will be available in upcoming release. Many users are annoyed. (me too)
Do you have any news about the next release time to solve this?