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Some YouTube videos only play audio, no video, in Edge v116
ISSUE There is an issue in the Edge 116 stable-release with some YouTube videos. Some videos that used to play without-issue in the 115 release no-longer work in the 116 release: the audio...
First bit of media-coverage I've seen of this issue, on a site called PiunikaWeb:
https://piunikaweb.com/2023/08/30/some-youtube-videos-not-playing-properly-on-microsoft-edge/
Erik_AndersonMicrosoft
Thanks for letting us know about the problem you're encountering.
We believe we have addressed the issue via an Edge configuration update.
Please let us know if the issue goes away after restarting Edge. If a single browser restart doesn't address it, please wait ~30 seconds after launching and restart the browser one more time to ensure you pick up the configuration change.Erik_Anderson Yes, that seems to have addressed the issue, thanks -- though I wonder if the workaround is ideal?
Following the change, it appears Edge is simply forcing AV1 format-videos to be sent in VP9 format to users on older-hardware (rather than doing software-decoding of AV1, as Firefox does -- refer to the "Codecs" line):
Given that Alphabet have said their plan is to move all new videos on YouTube to be in AV1 format only, won't this workaround make such future videos inaccessible in Edge?
Was forcing VP9 format the way Edge v115 used to operate, also?
Thanks
