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The funny thing is that when I run into this kind of problem,  I go to 
Chrome v49 and the video almost always works.  I'm using WinXP pro sp3.


"Paul"  wrote in message 
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> XPer wrote:
>> Win XP Pro all updated.
>> Firefox updated.
>>
>> Some on-line videos i can watch and some are scrambled and some say
>> "No compatible source for this media"
>>
>> In some cases i can download and view in VLC but mostly I cannot 
>> download.
>>
>> What am i missing ?
>
> Details. Youtube ?
>
>> How do I view them ?
>
> Carefully.
>
> There aren't a lot of media classifiers. There is
> GSpot tool, which tells you which CODECs a downloaded
> video used. There is some "Media Info" or the like,
> but in a quick test, I wasn't impressed. While GSpot
> is "old" now, it's still the best at what it does.
>
> But when it comes to streaming, the streaming video
> can be a format picked by the server (depends on bitrate
> measurement of your connection, or a preference you've
> set). You can also in some cases, visit a certain page
> and select HTML5 video in preference to Flash video.
> Not all browsers play the entire suite of HTML5 video
> types.
>
> Chrome is no longer provided for WinXP.
>
> Chrome-alikes (SRWare Iron, Opera) will inherit
> Chrome's hatred for WinXP, so you cannot escape that
> way. I think the Youtube web page that checks HTML5 features,
> it voted the Chrome set as complete (six tick marks, no
> X marks).
>
> http://www.youtube.com/html5
>
> Firefox isn't quite complete.
>
> If I knew of an alternative, I'd be using it.
>
> Normally VLC could play what you downloaded.
> FFMPEG ("ffplay") should be able to play quite
> a few. These would be using their own internal
> CODECs. You would only have a lot of DirectShow
> CODECs (ones GSPOT could use), if you downloaded
> some CODEC pack, and with the "bias" setting
> on each CODEC, you can create a mess for yourself
> (wrong CODEC gets selected) without too much trouble.
>
> Personally, I prefer private CODECs, like in VLC,
> because you can uninstall VLC if it pisses you off.
>
> And there's no such thing as easy-peasy video.
> If you're not struggling, you're not trying
> hard enough to break it.
>
> *******
>
> Netflix is video with digital rights management (DRM).
> The video window is "wrapped" with something that
> prevents unauthorized access. And as well, it should
> stop you from downloading, and only support streaming.
>
>    Paul 

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