(In reply to Markus Popp from comment #33) > Any chance to make testing for early adapters easier? Maybe compile with > --enable-gstreamer by default, but hide behind a pref? Are there any test > builds, maybe on try-builds?
The problem is library compatibility amongst different GStreamer versions and distros. If we turn it on then Firefox won't run on linux distro's that don't have GStreamer or have an incompatible version. We need to look at runtime loading of the shared libraries or some other approach. See the thread "Use cases for official generic “Linux” builds vs. ABI-unstable system libraries" in mozilla.dev.planning that occurred around the end of September. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to firefox in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1051559 Title: Build Firefox with GStreamer support Status in The Mozilla Firefox Browser: Confirmed Status in “firefox” package in Ubuntu: Triaged Bug description: Building Firefox with GStreamer support would provide support for a lot of websites that use h264. To build Firefox with GStreamer support you should use the "--enable-gstreamer" option. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/firefox/+bug/1051559/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
