GeckoView supports HLS content playback using a third-party library[1], and we’re considering stopping it for the following reasons:
- it needs continuous maintenance efforts. Recently, Google replaced the library (ExoPlayer) with a new one (Media3) and recommended that existing users migrate to it [2] - it requires additional work to support ORB [3] - Many websites already use hls.js[4] to play HLS content in desktop browsers, and it works on Android too No final decision has been made yet, but we’ve been running experiments to stop reporting HLS support in Fenix[5] and monitoring user feedback to see if this impacts the experience. The works are tracking in https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1896931 [1] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=577084 [2] https://developer.android.com/media/media3/exoplayer/migration-guide [3] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1778430 [4] https://github.com/video-dev/hls.js [5] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1896932 -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "[email protected]" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/a/mozilla.org/d/msgid/dev-platform/F53110B2-AD2D-4565-9281-335314988B1B%40mozilla.com.
