GNU bug report logs - #63173
Epiphany can't play videos

Message received at submit <at> debbugs.gnu.org:

Received: (at submit) by debbugs.gnu.org; 29 Apr 2023 09:01:09 +0000
From debbugs-submit-bounces <at> debbugs.gnu.org Sat Apr 29 05:01:09 2023
Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:35234 helo=debbugs.gnu.org)
	by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2)
	(envelope-from <debbugs-submit-bounces <at> debbugs.gnu.org>)
	id 1psgS5-0001hh-4f
	for submit <at> debbugs.gnu.org; Sat, 29 Apr 2023 05:01:09 -0400
Received: from lists.gnu.org ([209.51.188.17]:42242)
 by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2)
 (envelope-from <d@HIDDEN>) id 1psgS0-0001hT-CL
 for submit <at> debbugs.gnu.org; Sat, 29 Apr 2023 05:01:08 -0400
Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10])
 by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256)
 (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from <d@HIDDEN>) id 1psgRz-0002RM-Rp
 for bug-guix@HIDDEN; Sat, 29 Apr 2023 05:01:03 -0400
Received: from delgado.nrw ([217.160.67.216])
 by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256)
 (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from <d@HIDDEN>) id 1psgRs-0007oL-SE
 for bug-guix@HIDDEN; Sat, 29 Apr 2023 05:01:03 -0400
Message-ID: <a8bc4aa3-e333-7a39-4c6e-cbe52f754784@HIDDEN>
DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=delgado.nrw; s=mail;
 t=1682758850; bh=KNiYb/H6V9AEaw78aLcO6TR91Pmiu/1Uai0Usyavrn0=;
 h=Date:To:From:Subject:From;
 b=BAZ3T1fhlIx/F0rDfhVK06uE8WRdVPyHsVn4oL4JSNiy+CtX5AcCbeffycgaFmmYe
 ygGxfssUMGZc3bue2Ia/z+AaHRgQQ/N8F1PhasHAQyR+At9zfUXUserg1Q5TDGFSNa
 65CI5IoE3G/BZR3ktwNZAU9TKZlJR0AhB4qobQz8cWnF7I3heimJuT5M9sDXm6qGeg
 UITX1WZNouH5yKgtM7PDKXB159tsgLLgGkZhPE+P6GiAVdfwZIdZ3BxiodN/mBVD7w
 OvftaVRnQHLqK5J/5IX87joOeZ96feiXZYOdftZ3vymLUHYIfTgTpIW/huhTctKAdV
 iPwxYvXGOGRYQ==
Date: Sat, 29 Apr 2023 11:00:50 +0200
MIME-Version: 1.0
User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:102.0) Gecko/20100101
 Thunderbird/102.10.0
Content-Language: en-US
To: bug-guix@HIDDEN
From: Dominik Delgado Steuter <d@HIDDEN>
Subject: Epiphany can't play videos
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed
Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit
Received-SPF: pass client-ip=217.160.67.216; envelope-from=d@HIDDEN;
 helo=delgado.nrw
X-Spam_score_int: -16
X-Spam_score: -1.7
X-Spam_bar: -
X-Spam_report: (-1.7 / 5.0 requ) BAYES_00=-1.9, DKIM_INVALID=0.1,
 DKIM_SIGNED=0.1, SPF_HELO_PASS=-0.001, SPF_PASS=-0.001,
 T_SCC_BODY_TEXT_LINE=-0.01 autolearn=no autolearn_force=no
X-Spam_action: no action
X-Spam-Score: -1.4 (-)
X-Debbugs-Envelope-To: submit
X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit <at> debbugs.gnu.org
X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18
Precedence: list
List-Id: <debbugs-submit.debbugs.gnu.org>
List-Unsubscribe: <https://debbugs.gnu.org/cgi-bin/mailman/options/debbugs-submit>, 
 <mailto:debbugs-submit-request <at> debbugs.gnu.org?subject=unsubscribe>
List-Archive: <https://debbugs.gnu.org/cgi-bin/mailman/private/debbugs-submit/>
List-Post: <mailto:debbugs-submit <at> debbugs.gnu.org>
List-Help: <mailto:debbugs-submit-request <at> debbugs.gnu.org?subject=help>
List-Subscribe: <https://debbugs.gnu.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/debbugs-submit>, 
 <mailto:debbugs-submit-request <at> debbugs.gnu.org?subject=subscribe>
Errors-To: debbugs-submit-bounces <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Sender: "Debbugs-submit" <debbugs-submit-bounces <at> debbugs.gnu.org>
X-Spam-Score: -2.4 (--)

Hi,

epiphany doesn't come with any codecs to play YouTube videos.
Epiphany is targeted at non-technical users, being able to
play videos from YouTube is an essential thing the browser should be 
capable of.
Without the codecs, the package looks like it is broken/not properly 
cared about. Especially as IceCat can play the videos out-of-the-box.

I don't know which package is the best suited, but I know that
including either of these as an input to epiphany gets the job done:
- gst-libav
- libva
- libx264

I can imagine that there are other packages that could also be used instead.

Regards,

Dominik