#26629: Prompt users to install missing video codecs --------------------------------------+-------------------------- Reporter: arthuredelstein | Owner: tbb-team Type: defect | Status: new Priority: Medium | Milestone: Component: Applications/Tor Browser | Version: Severity: Normal | Resolution: Keywords: | Actual Points: Parent ID: | Points: Reviewer: | Sponsor: --------------------------------------+--------------------------
Comment (by tom): There are two scenarios for this: Windows and Linux. I understand Windows more. If you install Windows N or KN you'll be missing Windows Media Foundation and Firefox will detect that and prompt you here if you try to play something and can't: https://searchfox.org/mozilla- central/rev/403038737ba75af3842ba6b43b6e2fb47eb06609/dom/media/doctor/DecoderDoctorDiagnostics.cpp#682 If you're on Linux and you're missing 'ffmpeg' you'll get a similar situation - but I don't understand all the details of what 'ffmpeg' entails. It appears there's code for that right next to the Windows one though so hopefully one can figure it out from that? In both cases, our telemetry indicates that the users who are in this situation is minimal: a few percent. I don't know if we can technically or legally bundle codecs with the browser in either case. -- Ticket URL: <https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/ticket/26629#comment:3> Tor Bug Tracker & Wiki <https://trac.torproject.org/> The Tor Project: anonymity online
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