[CentOS] MP4/H.264 codec for Firefox?

Tue Sep 26 20:04:51 UTC 2017
Roman Kennke <roman at kennke.org>

Am 26.09.2017 um 21:51 schrieb Phil Perry:
> On 26/09/17 20:26, Roman Kennke wrote:
>> Hello,
>>
>> I am trying to get MP4/H.264 playback in Firefox to work on my CentOS 
>> laptop (for vimeo).
>>
>> I installed the gstreamer plugins as described here:
>>
>> https://wiki.centos.org/TipsAndTricks/MultimediaOnCentOS7
>>
>> (No, I did not install Flash, VLC and all the other stuff. I only 
>> want HTML5 MP4 playback..)
>>
>> I enabled the nux repos. I did install all available gstreamer 
>> plugins, i.e. -good -bad -ugly -ffmpeg etc. No success.
>>
>> Has anybody got mp4 playback working?
>>
>> Here's a test page:
>>
>> https://www.quirksmode.org/html5/tests/video.html
>>
>> Help would be appreciated!
>>
>> Best regards, Roman
>>
>
>
> Yes, it's working here, but I can't remember for sure exactly what I 
> needed to install to get it working.
>
> Here's my installed gstreamer packages:
>
> rpm -qa | grep gstreamer | sort
> gstreamer-0.10.36-7.el7.x86_64
> gstreamer1-1.10.4-2.el7.x86_64
> gstreamer1-libav-1.0.6-1.el7.nux.x86_64
> gstreamer1-plugins-bad-free-1.10.4-2.el7.x86_64
> gstreamer1-plugins-bad-freeworld-1.0.6-1.el7.nux.x86_64
> gstreamer1-plugins-base-1.10.4-1.el7.x86_64
> gstreamer1-plugins-good-1.10.4-2.el7.x86_64
> gstreamer1-plugins-ugly-1.0.6-2.el7.nux.x86_64
> gstreamer-plugins-bad-free-0.10.23-23.el7.x86_64
> gstreamer-plugins-base-0.10.36-10.el7.x86_64
> gstreamer-plugins-good-0.10.31-13.el7.x86_64
> gstreamer-plugins-ugly-0.10.19-17.el7.nux.x86_64
> gstreamer-tools-0.10.36-7.el7.x86_64
> PackageKit-gstreamer-plugin-1.1.5-1.el7.x86_64
> phonon-backend-gstreamer-4.6.3-3.el7.x86_64
>
> and here's everything from the nux repo on this box:
>
> rpm -qa | grep 'el7\.nux' | sort
> faac-1.28-6.0.el7.nux.x86_64
> faad2-libs-2.7-5.el7.nux.x86_64
> ffmpeg-2.6.8-3.el7.nux.x86_64
> ffmpeg-libs-2.6.8-3.el7.nux.x86_64
> gstreamer1-libav-1.0.6-1.el7.nux.x86_64
> gstreamer1-plugins-bad-freeworld-1.0.6-1.el7.nux.x86_64
> gstreamer1-plugins-ugly-1.0.6-2.el7.nux.x86_64
> gstreamer-plugins-ugly-0.10.19-17.el7.nux.x86_64
> libavdevice-2.6.8-3.el7.nux.x86_64
> libcddb-1.3.2-12.el7.nux.x86_64
> libdca-0.0.5-7.el7.nux.x86_64
> libdvdcss-1.2.13-1.el7.nux.x86_64
> libmimic-1.0.4-7.el7.nux.x86_64
> libmms-0.6.4-1.el7.nux.x86_64
> libmpeg2-0.5.1-10.el7.nux.x86_64
> libquicktime-1.2.4-19.el7.nux.x86_64
> librtmp-2.4-2.20131205.gitdc76f0a.el7.nux.x86_64
> libsidplay-1.36.60-2.el7.nux.x86_64
> live555-2013.11.26-1.el7.nux.x86_64
> mjpegtools-libs-2.1.0-5.el7.nux.x86_64
> nux-dextop-release-0-5.el7.nux.noarch
> opencore-amr-0.1.3-3.el7.nux.x86_64
> twolame-libs-0.3.13-3.el7.nux.x86_64
> vlc-2.2.5.1-2.el7.nux.x86_64
> vlc-core-2.2.5.1-2.el7.nux.x86_64
> vo-amrwbenc-0.1.2-1.el7.nux.x86_64
> x264-libs-0.142-11.20141221git6a301b6.el7.nux.x86_64
> x265-libs-1.9-1.el7.nux.x86_64
> xvidcore-1.3.2-5.el7.nux.x86_64
>
>
> Let me know if you need info on other installed packages.

Thanks, that helped!
The missing part was ffmpeg-libs and its dependencies.

Thanks and cheers,
Roman