my FF will not properly display videos at facebook website, vimeo website, twitter videos and animated gifs. several separate websites exhibit problem. is it Ubuntu drivers? is it FF codecs?
I just upgraded to Ubuntu 20.04.01LTS. when I first installed Unbuntu 18, I had similar problem with FF. I don't remember what I had to do to resolve problem then, but now I have problem again with this upgrade install. I tend to believe that Ubuntu is culprit because FF automatically upgrades itself.
is this OS or the FF application?
I have not tried loading other browsers to see if they exhibit same problem.
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 20.04
Package: firefox 82.0.3+build1-0ubuntu0.20.04.1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.4.0-52.57-generic 5.4.65
Uname: Linux 5.4.0-52-generic x86_64
AddonCompatCheckDisabled: False
ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu27.11
Architecture: amd64
AudioDevicesInUse:
USER PID ACCESS COMMAND
/dev/snd/controlC0: eric 1425 F.... pulseaudio
/dev/snd/pcmC0D0p: eric 1425 F...m pulseaudio
BuildID: 20201108180448
CasperMD5CheckResult: skip
Channel: Unavailable
CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME
Date: Wed Nov 11 12:14:20 2020
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:361
DefaultProfileThemes: extensions.sqlite corrupt or missing
ForcedLayersAccel: False
InstallationDate: Installed on 2020-11-07 (3 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 20.04.1 LTS "Focal Fossa" - Release amd64 (20200731)
IpRoute:
default via 192.168.2.1 dev enp3s0 proto dhcp metric 100
169.254.0.0/16 dev enp3s0 scope link metric 1000
192.168.2.0/24 dev enp3s0 proto kernel scope link src 192.168.2.3 metric 100
ProcEnviron:
PATH=(custom, no user)
XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
LANG=en_US.UTF-8
SHELL=/bin/bash
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:361
Profile0PrefSources: prefs.js
Profile0Themes: extensions.sqlite corrupt or missing
Profiles:
Profile1 (Default) - LastVersion=None/None (Out of date)
Profile0 - LastVersion=82.0.3/20201108180448 (In use)
RunningIncompatibleAddons: False
SourcePackage: firefox
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
dmi.bios.date: 06/19/2018
dmi.bios.vendor: AMI
dmi.bios.version: F.11
dmi.board.name: 8441
dmi.board.vendor: HP
dmi.board.version: 00
dmi.chassis.type: 3
dmi.chassis.vendor: HP
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAMI:bvrF.11:bd06/19/2018:svnHP:pnHPSlimDesktop290-a0xxx:pvr:rvnHP:rn8441:rvr00:cvnHP:ct3:cvr:
dmi.product.family: 103C_53311M HP Desktop
dmi.product.name: HP Slim Desktop 290-a0xxx
dmi.product.sku: X6C00AA#ABA
dmi.sys.vendor: HP
Can you try installing libavcodec58 ?
sudo apt install libavcodec58
Does it fix the problem?