{"id":45466,"date":"2022-07-30T19:51:25","date_gmt":"2022-07-30T19:51:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/zeru.com\/blog\/?p=45466"},"modified":"2022-08-14T06:53:43","modified_gmt":"2022-08-14T06:53:43","slug":"why-wont-twitter-videos-play-on-chrome","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/zeru.com\/blog\/why-wont-twitter-videos-play-on-chrome","title":{"rendered":"Why Won&#8217;t Twitter Videos Play on Chrome?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_43 counter-flat ez-toc-counter ez-toc-light-blue ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\">Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a3127ee5729f\" class=\"cssicon\"><span style=\"display: flex;align-items: center;width: 35px;height: 30px;justify-content: center;direction:ltr;\"><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/label><label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a3127ee5729f\"  class=\"cssiconcheckbox\">1<\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a3127ee5729f\" ><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/zeru.com\/blog\/why-wont-twitter-videos-play-on-chrome\/#Why_Wont_Twitter_Videos_Play_on_Chrome\" title=\"Why Won&#8217;t Twitter Videos Play on Chrome?\">Why Won&#8217;t Twitter Videos Play on Chrome?<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/zeru.com\/blog\/why-wont-twitter-videos-play-on-chrome\/#Disabling_hardware_acceleration\" title=\"Disabling hardware acceleration\">Disabling hardware acceleration<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/zeru.com\/blog\/why-wont-twitter-videos-play-on-chrome\/#Clearing_caches\" title=\"Clearing caches\">Clearing caches<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/zeru.com\/blog\/why-wont-twitter-videos-play-on-chrome\/#Converting_videos_to_a_format_supported_by_Twitter\" title=\"Converting videos to a format supported by Twitter\">Converting videos to a format supported by Twitter<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/zeru.com\/blog\/why-wont-twitter-videos-play-on-chrome\/#Using_iMyMac_Video_Converter\" title=\"Using iMyMac Video Converter\">Using iMyMac Video Converter<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Why_Wont_Twitter_Videos_Play_on_Chrome\"><\/span>Why Won&#8217;t Twitter Videos Play on Chrome?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"max-width: 33% margin:0px 10px; height: auto; width: auto; max-height: 251px;\" src=\"https:\/\/i.imgur.com\/ugkgXcG.jpg\" alt=\"why wont twitter videos play on chrome\" align=\"right\" \/><\/p>\n<p>If your Twitter videos are not playing in Chrome, the first thing you should do is reconnect to your mobile data or Wi-Fi network. Then, restart Chrome and try to play them again. If that doesn&#8217;t work, try converting your videos to a format that Twitter supports. We recommend iMyMac Video Converter. If none of those methods work, follow our other tips to fix this problem. Follow these steps and your Twitter videos should play in Chrome.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Disabling_hardware_acceleration\"><\/span>Disabling hardware acceleration<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>If you&#8217;re experiencing problems playing twitter videos on Chrome, you may be unable to use your video card, or you may have disabled hardware acceleration. Fortunately, you can disable hardware acceleration by re-launching Chrome. The hardware acceleration settings can be found at chrome:\/\/gpu. You can toggle this setting on or off to improve the performance of your browser. If you are experiencing problems playing twitter videos on Chrome, follow these steps to fix the issue:<\/p>\n<p>If you don&#8217;t see any Twitter videos when you play a video on Chrome, it&#8217;s possible that the video codecs that your browser uses are causing the problem. This can happen for a variety of reasons, from old hardware to poorly configured apps. You can disable hardware acceleration in Chrome&#8217;s Settings menu. If you&#8217;re running a Windows computer, you can disable hardware acceleration to speed up video playback.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Clearing_caches\"><\/span>Clearing caches<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>If clearing caches won&#8217;t play Twitter videos on Chrome, you may want to disable your browser&#8217;s extensions. Go to chrome:\/\/extensions, type &#8220;chrome:&#8221; and click &#8220;manage extensions&#8221; to disable any extensions you may have on your computer. If this doesn&#8217;t solve the problem, try disabling all plugins and ad-blockers. If these methods still don&#8217;t work, you can try downloading Twitter videos. If you&#8217;d rather download the videos, you&#8217;ll need a Twitter video downloader.<\/p>\n<p>If you&#8217;re experiencing this problem, you&#8217;re not alone. There are many possible reasons why you&#8217;re not able to play Twitter videos on Chrome. One of the most common is that your browser&#8217;s settings prevent Flash from running. By default, Flash is set to &#8220;Block,&#8221; so you have to click the arrow to allow it. Once you&#8217;ve done this, you&#8217;ll have to reload the page. Then, you can try playing the video again.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Converting_videos_to_a_format_supported_by_Twitter\"><\/span>Converting videos to a format supported by Twitter<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Fortunately, there are many free online tools to help you convert your videos to a format supported by Twitter. OpenShot is one such program, which will convert your videos to Twitter&#8217;s supported format. You can use OpenShot on Windows, MacOS, or Linux. Besides using the same format for all formats, OpenShot is also compatible with a variety of video formats. For a complete guide on converting videos for Twitter, check out the following steps.<\/p>\n<p>First of all, you must understand what a video container is. In order to upload a video to Twitter, you must convert it into a format that the platform supports. The codec of your video is different from the container. The container that holds the video is referred to as the video container, while the codec is the container in which the video is contained. For example, a video file may be MP4 on a computer but not be supported on Twitter&#8217;s mobile app. You can also choose between up to 4 photos, or an MP4 video on Twitter.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Using_iMyMac_Video_Converter\"><\/span>Using iMyMac Video Converter<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>You are experiencing an error message &#8220;Using iMyMac video converter won&#8221;t play Twitter videos on Chrome&#8221; &#8211; but don&#8217;t worry, there&#8217;s a simple solution for you. First, you have to ensure that your browser is up-to-date. You can also try disabling any browser plugins or extensions to fix this issue. If all else fails, you can try disabling hardware acceleration in Chrome. Then, relaunch your browser and try again. 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