[SOLVED] web browser with HEVC/H.265 support

zdolar · 10-29-2023, 01:32 PM

I have a surveillance cameras system (Zoneminder).
It saves Events in HEVC/H.265 format.
This format is not supported in any web browsers on Slackware.

On Windows Chromium can play HEVC, on Linux not.
Tried to run Windows Chromium on Wine, but failed.

Anybody know one that can be installed on Slackware?

Do not suggest swich back to AVC/H.264 video, as this is not I want.

yvesjv · 10-29-2023, 02:55 PM

https://caniuse.com/hevc

But not good enough I think...
I'm considering some IP cameras and H265 would be nice to have in any browser.

teckk · 10-29-2023, 03:54 PM

https://test-videos.co.uk/bigbuckbunny/mp4-h265

h265 video sample
https://test-videos.co.uk/vids/bigbu...80_10s_1MB.mp4

You could always playback the video with a media player like mplayer, mpv, ffplay

Code:

mplayer https://test-videos.co.uk/vids/bigbuckbunny/mp4/h265/1080/Big_Buck_Bunny_1080_10s_1MB.mp4
MPlayer SVN-r38412 (C) 2000-2023 MPlayer Team
...
Opening video decoder: [ffmpeg] FFmpeg's libavcodec codec family
libavcodec version 60.3.100 (external)
Selected video codec: [ffhevc] vfm: ffmpeg (FFmpeg HEVC / H.265)
...
Clip info:
 major_brand: isom
 minor_version: 512
 compatible_brands: isomiso2mp41
 title: Big Buck Bunny, Sunflower version
 artist: Blender Foundation 2008, Janus Bager Kristensen 2013
...

BrunoLafleur · 10-30-2023, 10:08 AM

Gnome Web Browser which is Epiphany which is on Sbo seems to have the h265 support. It is based on Webkit which is the Safari engine.

I have compiled it on Slackware 15. I didn't test the h265 support. It uses gstreamer.

Firefox and Chrome don't seem to plan to support it because of patents issues.

yvesjv · 10-30-2023, 04:20 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by BrunoLafleur

Gnome Web Browser which is Epiphany which is on Sbo seems to have the h265 support. It is based on Webkit which is the Safari engine.

It's a confirm, merci Monsieur :-)
Just installed it via sbopkg and can play the links supplied by teckk, but no sound??

Had to install the required packages first and saw no hurdles when finally installing epiphany.
In sequence:
gcab
libwpe
bubblewrap
xdg-dbus-proxy
unifdef
geoclue2
libdazzle
appstream-glib
libportal
## libhandy (1.8.2 make sure you have this one already installed, if not it will downgrade to 1.5.0)
## libsoup3 (3-3.4.3 if already installed, but it will try to upgrade to libsoup3-3.4.3-x86_64-1_SBo anyway)
webkit2gtk4.1 (go shopping, it's a bit long to install)
epiphany

cwizardone · 10-30-2023, 05:24 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by BrunoLafleur

Gnome Web Browser which is Epiphany which is on Sbo seems to have the h265 support. It is based on Webkit which is the Safari engine.............

Isn't KDE's Konqueror also based on Webkit?

yvesjv · 10-30-2023, 05:31 PM

Yes, also tried Konqueror but no dice.

cwizardone · 10-30-2023, 05:50 PM

just throwing out a thought..... would installing x265 from SBo help?
https://www.slackbuilds.org/reposito...ltimedia/x265/

zeebra · 10-31-2023, 02:22 AM

ffmpeg and gstreamer on Slackware is compiled without support for any controversial codecs. That's where I would start. Alot of program use gstreamer as a backend for various audio and video functions, while Firefox (I think) use ffmpeg. So, add the necessary codecs first, then you probably need to recompile gstreamer and ffmpeg.

0XBF · 10-31-2023, 08:05 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by yvesjv

It's a confirm, merci Monsieur :-)
Just installed it via sbopkg and can play the links supplied by teckk, but no sound??

Had to install the required packages first and saw no hurdles when finally installing epiphany.
In sequence:
gcab
libwpe
bubblewrap
xdg-dbus-proxy
unifdef
geoclue2
libdazzle
appstream-glib
libportal
## libhandy (1.8.2 make sure you have this one already installed, if not it will downgrade to 1.5.0)
## libsoup3 (3-3.4.3 if already installed, but it will try to upgrade to libsoup3-3.4.3-x86_64-1_SBo anyway)
webkit2gtk4.1 (go shopping, it's a bit long to install)
epiphany

Do the video clips linked in that post actually have sound?

I tried a couple test clips from here: https://www.libde265.org/downloads-videos/

These are mkv containers with HEVC encoded video and AAC audio tracks. They played in epiphany (and mplayer), but only after I "upgraded" the stock ffmpeg package with the restricted one from Alien Bob.

BTW, the SBo webkit2gtk4.1 build is capped at nproc/2 in its SlackBuild. You can speed that build up by uncapping it and letting it run at full nproc. There is a warning about "crashing high specs machines" in the script. My machine is 8core/16thread with 16GB and uncapping it doesn't crash and brings the build time from around 40 minutes down to 10 minutes or so.

yvesjv · 10-31-2023, 03:03 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by 0XBF

Do the video clips linked in that post actually have sound?

I tried a couple test clips from here: https://www.libde265.org/downloads-videos/

The ones posted by teckk do not appear to have sound.
Downloaded one of the files from the link you posted and they play with sound

BrunoLafleur · 10-31-2023, 03:05 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by yvesjv

It's a confirm, merci Monsieur :-)
Just installed it via sbopkg and can play the links supplied by teckk, but no sound??

Had to install the required packages first and saw no hurdles when finally installing epiphany.
In sequence:
gcab
libwpe
bubblewrap
xdg-dbus-proxy
unifdef
geoclue2
libdazzle
appstream-glib
libportal
## libhandy (1.8.2 make sure you have this one already installed, if not it will downgrade to 1.5.0)
## libsoup3 (3-3.4.3 if already installed, but it will try to upgrade to libsoup3-3.4.3-x86_64-1_SBo anyway)
webkit2gtk4.1 (go shopping, it's a bit long to install)
epiphany

Maybe the sound is not supported in the default compile settings of gstreamer ? What is the audio format of the video files (maybe it is in the thread above, I didn't reread it) ?

Edit : I didn't see all the previous answers. The last one appear just now.

yvesjv · 10-31-2023, 04:28 PM

Yeah but not sure how good epiphany will be with cameras either.
I've put a Google Nest Cam to monitor the front driveway.
Cannot load the live feed and it crashes...

(epiphany:6000): epiphany-WARNING **: 06:49:29.535: Web process crashed

(epiphany:6000): epiphany-WARNING **: 06:49:54.985: Web process crashed

(epiphany:6000): epiphany-WARNING **: 06:53:31.535: Web process terminated by API request

Meanwhile the Firefox 115.4.0esr (64-bit) installation works flawlessly and the feed is very clear.

@zdollar will have to test with zoneminder and provide feedback.

lancsuk · 10-31-2023, 04:38 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by zdolar

I have a surveillance cameras system (Zoneminder).
It saves Events in HEVC/H.265 format.
This format is not supported in any web browsers on Slackware.

On Windows Chromium can play HEVC, on Linux not.
Tried to run Windows Chromium on Wine, but failed.

Anybody know one that can be installed on Slackware?

Do not suggest swich back to AVC/H.264 video, as this is not I want.

Have you ever tried the Thorium browser?

zeebra · 10-31-2023, 10:49 PM

Sound and video are two separate things actually, so you need to install the correct codecs for audio as well in ffmpeg for Firefox. It's probably one of those proprietary audio codecs which are not installed on Slackware by default, like ac3 or aac.