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I wonder why it's not on by default. It can't be illegal to ship a browser that uses gstreamer, right? Users can purchase and install fluendo's codec pack to de
by anonymous 13y ago
I wonder why it's not on by default. It can't be illegal to ship a browser that uses gstreamer, right? Users can purchase and install fluendo's codec pack to decode h.264 videos, or use the hw decoders in their graphics cards.
- shmerl 13y agoMostly for technical reasons. See: https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=794282 https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=794282
- wmf 13y agoThe main reason was Mozilla's openness martyrdom, but they've relaxed that position somewhat. There are still problems with pluggable codecs (of while GStreamer is one form): different users will have different codecs installed, leading to poor interoperability and trojan "codec packs" have been a vector for malware.
- wmf 13y agoThe main reason was Mozilla's openness martyrdom, but they've relaxed that position somewhat. There are still problems with pluggable codecs (of while GStreamer is one form): different users will have different codecs installed, leading to poor interoperability and trojan "codec packs" have been a vector for malware.