www.youtube.com - video or audio doesn't play

[ydroneaud]

URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VfDWfZkNrHU

Browser / Version: Firefox 105.0 Operating System: Linux Tested Another Browser: Yes Other

Problem type: Video or audio doesn't play Description: There is no video Steps to Reproduce: Video at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VfDWfZkNrHU doesn't play on Firefox 102 under Ubuntu 22.04, nor on Firefox Nightly under Fedora Rawhide. But the video load on Chromium 104 under Ubuntu 22.04 and Chromium 103 under Fedora Rawhide.

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[ydroneaud]

Puzzling, the video plays in Firefox when the browser window is only half the screen (I haven't checked for other configuration)

Firefox window maximized: failure

Firefox window vertically halved: success

[ydroneaud]

Further investigation seems to point to a firefox / linux issue. I've opened a bug https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1785149

[softvision-oana-arbuzov]

Thanks for the report, but I'm not able to reproduce the issue. For me the video plays both when the browser window is resized and while it is maximized.

Tested with: Browser / Version: Firefox Nightly 105.0a1 (2022-08-17), Firefox Release 103.0.2, Firefox Beta 104.0 Operating System: Ubuntu 20.04.2

@ydroneaud , could you try clearing cache/data/cookies, disable Ad-blocker (if available), or use a clean profile, and check again? Also if there are any changes made to the default settings of the browser (e.g. in about:config) please revert to the default settings.

I'll close this issue in favor of Bugzilla one, since there are users that can reproduce it. Closing as duplicate of https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1785149

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