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Codecs aren't necessarily the problem at all.
Media Foundation may construct a playback topology involving otherwise working codecs which isn't compatible with vanilla wine.
GE-proton adds an extra layer of compatibility atop vanilla wine including patches still pending release from wine-staging which have not been merged into vanilla wine yet. GE-proton may also include additional libraries and configurations to vanilla wine which often solves video playback bugs.
The testcard video file is available at: https://github.com/GloriousEggroll/proton-ge-custom/releases [External Link]
1. Unzip release (such as GE-Proton10-15)
2. play ~/Downloads/GE-Proton10-15/files/share/media/blank.mkv