Can Firefox No Longer Handle 1080p Video?

Discussion in 'Software' started by Jesse Newell, May 16, 2018.

  1. Jesse Newell

    Jesse Newell MajorGeek

    Every time I try playing one in the native player, it completely freezes. If I try playing one on YouTube, the video freezes but the audio continues and the video eventually catches up with it. Chrome has no problem with 1080p. I've only had this problem in the last few days since I updated to the latest version of Firefox.
     
    Jesse Newell, May 16, 2018
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  2. Replicator

    Replicator MajorGeek

    Go into firefox settings and turn off 'Hardware Acceleration' ;)
     
    Replicator, May 17, 2018
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  3. Jesse Newell

    Jesse Newell MajorGeek

    Already tried that. Didn't help. Made no difference at all, in fact. And yes, I did close Firefox and restart it after I did it but there was no change. Firefox just updated again and still no change, either with hardware acceleration or without it.
     
    Jesse Newell, May 17, 2018
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  4. plodr

    plodr MajorGeek Super Extraordinaire Moderator Staff Member

    What version of Firefox and what version of Windows?

    I'm not sure what you mean by "native player".

    Windows 7, FF v 60.0.1 played this


    I tested it on my old desktop running 32 bit Win 7 home premium with no special video card and my netbook running Win 7 home premium 64 bit. The desktop buffered a bit which is understandable because a 32 bit computer can't use all 4 GB of RAM.
     
    plodr, May 17, 2018
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  5. satrow

    satrow Major Geek Extraordinaire

    By 'native player' do you mean HTML5 rather than Adobe Flash player? What results do you see when visiting this page: https://www.youtube.com/html5
     
    satrow, May 17, 2018
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  6. Jesse Newell

    Jesse Newell MajorGeek

    Firefox Quantum 60.0.1 64-bit and Windows 8.1

    Try right-clicking on a 1080p video you have on your hard drive and selecting Open with Firefox; that's what I mean by the native player.

    The rest of your post I can't understand. A RAM to me is a male sheep. I know nothing about computers.
     
    Jesse Newell, May 17, 2018
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  7. Jesse Newell

    Jesse Newell MajorGeek

    I guess?

    Everything is ticked and "The HTML5 player is currently used when possible."
     
    Jesse Newell, May 17, 2018
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  8. TimW

    TimW MajorGeeks Administrator - Jedi Malware Expert Staff Member

    Why are you using a browser to open videos? VLC or Media Player would be better options.
     
    TimW, May 17, 2018
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  9. Jesse Newell

    Jesse Newell MajorGeek

    I know. I'm just wondering what's changed. The browser used to be able to play 1080p videos and now suddenly it can't.
     
    Jesse Newell, May 17, 2018
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  10. TimW

    TimW MajorGeeks Administrator - Jedi Malware Expert Staff Member

    Are you trying to watch Netflix videos?
     
    TimW, May 17, 2018
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  11. Jesse Newell

    Jesse Newell MajorGeek

    Nope. But YouTube videos are freezing at 1080p.
     
    Jesse Newell, May 17, 2018
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  12. Eldon

    Eldon Major Geek Extraordinaire

    Firefox is not a native player for videos.
    Good idea...
     
    Eldon, May 17, 2018
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  13. Jesse Newell

    Jesse Newell MajorGeek

    I'm just looking for an explanation as to why Firefox is no longer able to play 1080p videos for me when it could up until last Friday, and why I can't play YouTube videos at 1080p without the video freezing but the audio continuing. That's also just started.
     
    Jesse Newell, May 17, 2018
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  14. TimW

    TimW MajorGeeks Administrator - Jedi Malware Expert Staff Member

    Have you updated your video drivers?
     
    TimW, May 17, 2018
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  15. Jesse Newell

    Jesse Newell MajorGeek

    Nope. Should I? How do I?
     
    Jesse Newell, May 17, 2018
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  16. TimW

    TimW MajorGeeks Administrator - Jedi Malware Expert Staff Member

    Easiest way would be to download Drive Booster and let it work.
     
    TimW, May 17, 2018
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  17. Jesse Newell

    Jesse Newell MajorGeek

    Thanks, I'll try it.
     
    Jesse Newell, May 17, 2018
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  18. Jesse Newell

    Jesse Newell MajorGeek

    OK, tried it. Need to reboot to complete the process. It recommends I install a patch it's offering from Microsoft to fix the Meltdown vulnerability. Should I? I heard Microsoft had released a lot of patches to fix that that all turned out to be buggy.
     
    Jesse Newell, May 17, 2018
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  19. TimW

    TimW MajorGeeks Administrator - Jedi Malware Expert Staff Member

    You can pass it this time...
     
    TimW, May 17, 2018
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  20. Jesse Newell

    Jesse Newell MajorGeek

    Driver Booster worked, thanks.
     
    Jesse Newell, May 19, 2018
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  21. TimW

    TimW MajorGeeks Administrator - Jedi Malware Expert Staff Member

    No problem.
     
    TimW, May 19, 2018
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