Firefox does not auto-play Twitter videos in 20.10 Ubuntu

Bug #1906146 reported by akash rao
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firefox (Ubuntu)
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Bug Description

Hello!
Been facing this problem since many Ubuntu editions ...

Firefox is the default browser but does not play auto-play videos in Twitter. How to fix this - it becomes cumbersome to copy URL to Chrome and see it ...

Any solution?

Thanks.
Akash
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ProblemType: Bug
AddonCompatCheckDisabled: False
ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu50.2
Architecture: amd64
AudioDevicesInUse:
 USER PID ACCESS COMMAND
 /dev/snd/controlC0: akash 1152 F.... pulseaudio
BuildID: 20201012085804
CasperMD5CheckResult: skip
Channel: Unavailable
CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME
DefaultProfileExtensions: extensions.sqlite corrupt or missing
DefaultProfileIncompatibleExtensions: Unavailable (corrupt or non-existant compatibility.ini or extensions.sqlite)
DefaultProfileLocales: extensions.sqlite corrupt or missing
DefaultProfilePrefErrors: Unexpected character ',' before close parenthesis @ /usr/lib/firefox/omni.ja:greprefs.js:733
DefaultProfileThemes: extensions.sqlite corrupt or missing
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 20.10
ForcedLayersAccel: False
InstallationDate: Installed on 2020-11-27 (2 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 20.10 "Groovy Gorilla" - Release amd64 (20201022)
IpRoute:
 default via 192.168.225.1 dev wlp1s0 proto dhcp metric 600
 169.254.0.0/16 dev wlp1s0 scope link metric 1000
 192.168.225.0/24 dev wlp1s0 proto kernel scope link src 192.168.225.79 metric 600
Package: firefox 81.0.2+build1-0ubuntu1
PackageArchitecture: amd64
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.8.0-25.26-generic 5.8.14
Profile0Extensions: extensions.sqlite corrupt or missing
Profile0IncompatibleExtensions: Unavailable (corrupt or non-existant compatibility.ini or extensions.sqlite)
Profile0Locales: extensions.sqlite corrupt or missing
Profile0PrefErrors: Unexpected character ',' before close parenthesis @ /usr/lib/firefox/omni.ja:greprefs.js:733
Profile0PrefSources: prefs.js
Profile0Themes: extensions.sqlite corrupt or missing
Profiles:
 Profile1 (Default) - LastVersion=None/None (Out of date)
 Profile0 - LastVersion=81.0.2/20201012085804
RunningIncompatibleAddons: False
Tags: groovy
Uname: Linux 5.8.0-25-generic x86_64
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
UserGroups: adm cdrom dip lpadmin lxd plugdev sambashare sudo
_MarkForUpload: True
dmi.bios.date: 01/05/2018
dmi.bios.release: 5.12
dmi.bios.version: HQ-BI-11.6-Y116AR130-AA34O-011
dmi.board.asset.tag: To be filled by O.E.M.
dmi.board.name: To be filled by O.E.M.
dmi.board.vendor: WEIBU
dmi.board.version: To be filled by O.E.M.
dmi.chassis.asset.tag: To be filled by O.E.M.
dmi.chassis.type: 10
dmi.chassis.version: To be filled by O.E.M.
dmi.ec.firmware.release: 11.5
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvn:bvrHQ-BI-11.6-Y116AR130-AA34O-011:bd01/05/2018:br5.12:efr11.5:svniBall:pnMeritG9:pvrTobefilledbyO.E.M.:rvnWEIBU:rnTobefilledbyO.E.M.:rvrTobefilledbyO.E.M.:cvn:ct10:cvrTobefilledbyO.E.M.:
dmi.product.family: To be filled by O.E.M.
dmi.product.name: MeritG9
dmi.product.sku: To be filled by O.E.M.
dmi.product.version: To be filled by O.E.M.
dmi.sys.vendor: iBall
mtime.conffile..etc.apport.crashdb.conf: 2020-11-29T18:35:36.913752

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akash rao (akashraoind-deactivatedaccount) wrote :
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lotuspsychje (lotuspsychje) wrote :

Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. Please execute the following command only once, as it will automatically gather debugging information, in a terminal:
apport-collect 1906146

When reporting bugs in the future please use apport by using 'ubuntu-bug' and the name of the package affected. You can learn more about this functionality at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/ReportingBugs.

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akash rao (akashraoind-deactivatedaccount) wrote : AlsaInfo.txt

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tags: added: apport-collected groovy
description: updated
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akash rao (akashraoind-deactivatedaccount) wrote : CurrentDmesg.txt

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akash rao (akashraoind-deactivatedaccount) wrote : Dependencies.txt

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akash rao (akashraoind-deactivatedaccount) wrote : IpAddr.txt

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akash rao (akashraoind-deactivatedaccount) wrote : Lspci.txt

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akash rao (akashraoind-deactivatedaccount) wrote : PaInfo.txt

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akash rao (akashraoind-deactivatedaccount) wrote : PciNetwork.txt

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akash rao (akashraoind-deactivatedaccount) wrote : ProcCpuinfoMinimal.txt

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akash rao (akashraoind-deactivatedaccount) wrote : ProcEnviron.txt

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akash rao (akashraoind-deactivatedaccount) wrote : Profile0Prefs.txt

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akash rao (akashraoind-deactivatedaccount) wrote : PulseList.txt

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akash rao (akashraoind-deactivatedaccount) wrote : modified.conffile..etc.apport.crashdb.conf.txt

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akash rao (akashraoind-deactivatedaccount) wrote :

hello again,

added info requested for.

regards.

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Sebastien Bacher (seb128) wrote :

Thank you for you bug report, do you get any error if you click the reload button? Could you try in a new profile or with the firefox snap to see if you get the issue there?

Changed in firefox (Ubuntu):
status: New → Incomplete
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Olivier Tilloy (osomon) wrote :

Can you try installing libavcodec58 ?

    sudo apt install libavcodec58

Does it fix the problem?

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akash rao (akashraoind-deactivatedaccount) wrote : Re: [Bug 1906146] Re: Firefox does not auto-play Twitter videos in 20.10 Ubuntu

On Wed, 2 Dec 2020 at 01:05, Olivier Tilloy <email address hidden> wrote:
>
> Can you try installing libavcodec58 ?
>
> sudo apt install libavcodec58
>
> Does it fix the problem?
>

yes it does; now playing well :)
many thanks indeed!

akash

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Olivier Tilloy (osomon) wrote :

Excellent, glad this worked.
I'm closing the bug accordingly, the package is working as intended.

Changed in firefox (Ubuntu):
status: Incomplete → Invalid
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