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So Firefox includes the ability to play DRM-encumbered content. Is it implemented using proprietary software? Do all Firefox builds include this? It seems simi

So Firefox includes the ability to play DRM-encumbered content. Is it implemented using proprietary software? Do all Firefox builds include this? It seems similar to Encrypted Media Extensions, which I thought wasn't a web standard yet.

hsivonen 10y ago
Firefox for Windows, Mac and Linux (x86/x86_64) can play DRM content using optional proprietary third-party plug-ins. Firefox itself as distributed by Mozilla is Free Software. In the case of EME-exposed plug-ins, Firefox handles the plug-in download for you. In the case of NPAPI, the download is up to the user.
stonogo 10y ago
Mozilla bascially absconded from the implementation of any video-related web standard whatsoever. After years of wasting everyone's time they finally caved and shipped Cisco's h264 implementation. Google's Widevine (hilariously marketed as a 'video optimizer') DRM platform is also not-quite-built-in-but-just-a-click-away. This has the result of suppressing the development of free implementations and further clenches Intel's x86 dominance, but Mozilla has stated they do not care. All their hundreds of millions of dollars and their thousand-plus employees are busy with other, more important things.
cpeterso 10y ago
This article is about Firefox using the Encrypted Media Extensions (EME) API, not any other DRM content.