WebChimera is not supported Linux officially, But I have used that on a Ubuntu 16.04 by upgrading VLC to 2.2.4 and using a pre-built package fount at WebChimera.js v0.2.7 Releases (WebChimera.js_electron_1.4.13_x64_linux.zip)
I have built WebChimera myself on Ubuntu 16.04 and VLC 2.2.2 (official version of VLC on 16.04). Every thing is OK for some videos but for some of videos, I just can hear the audio when playing and there is a black screen (no video output but audio is OK). I don't want to upgrade my VLC to 2.2.4. How can I fix this problem?
On electron v1.6.8, console writes this error:
[h264 @ 0x2e3c62ba0880] No start code is found.
[h264 @ 0x2e3c62ba0880] Error splitting the input into NAL units.
on older electron versions like v1.4.0 or v1.1.0, this error is written:
[h264 @ 0x1262f42c8480] no frame!
or
[h264 @ 0x3f08b31d5000] The maximum value for lowres supported by the decoder is 0
sample output of vlc is:
majid@majid-K55VD:~$ vlc --version
VLC media player 2.2.2 Weatherwax (revision 2.2.2-0-g6259d80)
VLC version 2.2.2 Weatherwax (2.2.2-0-g6259d80)
Compiled by buildd on lgw01-18.buildd (Mar 28 2017 11:23:57)
Compiler: gcc version 5.4.0 20160609 (Ubuntu 5.4.0-6ubuntu1~16.04.4)
This program comes with NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.
You may redistribute it under the terms of the GNU General Public License;
see the file named COPYING for details.
Written by the VideoLAN team; see the AUTHORS file.
sample output of ffmpeg is:
majid@majid-K55VD:~$ ffmpeg -version
ffmpeg version 2.8.11-0ubuntu0.16.04.1 Copyright (c) 2000-2017 the FFmpeg developers
built with gcc 5.4.0 (Ubuntu 5.4.0-6ubuntu1~16.04.4) 20160609
configuration: --prefix=/usr --extra-version=0ubuntu0.16.04.1 --build- suffix=-ffmpeg --toolchain=hardened --libdir=/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu --incdir=/usr/include/x86_64-linux-gnu --cc=cc --cxx=g++ --enable-gpl --enable-shared --disable-stripping --disable-decoder=libopenjpeg --disable-decoder=libschroedinger --enable-avresample --enable-avisynth --enable-gnutls --enable-ladspa --enable-libass --enable-libbluray --enable-libbs2b --enable-libcaca --enable-libcdio --enable-libflite --enable-libfontconfig --enable-libfreetype --enable-libfribidi --enable-libgme --enable-libgsm --enable-libmodplug --enable-libmp3lame --enable-libopenjpeg --enable-libopus --enable-libpulse --enable-librtmp --enable-libschroedinger --enable-libshine --enable-libsnappy --enable-libsoxr --enable-libspeex --enable-libssh --enable-libtheora --enable-libtwolame --enable-libvorbis --enable-libvpx --enable-libwavpack --enable-libwebp --enable-libx265 --enable-libxvid --enable-libzvbi --enable-openal --enable-opengl --enable-x11grab --enable-libdc1394 --enable-libiec61883 --enable-libzmq --enable-frei0r --enable-libx264 --enable-libopencv
libavutil 54. 31.100 / 54. 31.100
libavcodec 56. 60.100 / 56. 60.100
libavformat 56. 40.101 / 56. 40.101
libavdevice 56. 4.100 / 56. 4.100
libavfilter 5. 40.101 / 5. 40.101
libavresample 2. 1. 0 / 2. 1. 0
libswscale 3. 1.101 / 3. 1.101
libswresample 1. 2.101 / 1. 2.101
libpostproc 53. 3.100 / 53. 3.100
Updating VLC to 2.2.4 and upper resolved my problem.