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Yes, thanks to the open source H.264 codec from Cisco. This is about open source options and I think Firefox's decisions are completely valid. https://gigaom.c
by marquis 11y ago
Yes, thanks to the open source H.264 codec from Cisco. This is about open source options and I think Firefox's decisions are completely valid.
https://gigaom.com/2014/10/14/h-264-support-arrives-in-firefox-thanks-to-cisco-but-h-264-web-videos-still-wont-play/ https://gigaom.com/2014/10/14/h-264-support-arrives-in-firef...
- astrange 11y agoThe way that article is written makes it sound like a closed-source codec, but it is actually open: https://github.com/cisco/openh264 https://github.com/cisco/openh264 and the code is better than I expected from a commercial project, it even uses may_alias properly. I wonder why the decoder doesn't support CPU multithreading, though? Slice threads are pretty simple to add.
- marquis 11y agoIt's about the patents. "while OpenH264 is not truly open, at least it is the most open widely used video codec" http://andreasgal.com/2014/10/14/openh264-now-in-firefox/ http://andreasgal.com/2014/10/14/openh264-now-in-firefox/
- callesgg 11y agoWell Web rtc in firefox uses the "H.264 codec from Cisco". Normal videos like youtube uses the operating system decoder.