** Description changed: Binary package hint: firefox With firefox 3.5 html5 was introduced. However only ogg is supported as it seems. The html5-preview on youtube.com (http://www.youtube.com/html5) doesn't work at all, but it does play in safari and epiphany-webkit. Please make firefox able to install video codecs or use the ones avaible through gstreamer. As of firefox 14, gstreamer support can be enabled with --enable- gstreamer. If the required gstreamer codecs are install then firerfox can play H.264 in a <video> tag. + + Note that the Windows build only supports patent free codecs. Given the + Ubuntu commitment to free software, do we really want to enable support + for patented codec?
** Description changed: - Binary package hint: firefox - - With firefox 3.5 html5 was introduced. However only ogg is supported as - it seems. The html5-preview on youtube.com - (http://www.youtube.com/html5) doesn't work at all, but it does play in - safari and epiphany-webkit. - - Please make firefox able to install video codecs or use the ones avaible - through gstreamer. + With firefox 3.5 html5 was introduced. Since 4.0 both ogg/theora and + webm/vp8 video formats are supported. As of firefox 14, gstreamer support can be enabled with --enable- - gstreamer. If the required gstreamer codecs are install then firerfox - can play H.264 in a <video> tag. + gstreamer. If the required gstreamer codecs are install then firefox can + play H.264 in a <video> tag. - Note that the Windows build only supports patent free codecs. Given the - Ubuntu commitment to free software, do we really want to enable support - for patented codec? + Note that the Windows build still only supports patent free codecs. + Given the Ubuntu commitment to free software, do we really want to + enable support for patented codec? ** Description changed: With firefox 3.5 html5 was introduced. Since 4.0 both ogg/theora and webm/vp8 video formats are supported. As of firefox 14, gstreamer support can be enabled with --enable- - gstreamer. If the required gstreamer codecs are install then firefox can - play H.264 in a <video> tag. + gstreamer. If the required gstreamer codecs are installed then firefox + can play H.264 in a <video> tag. Note that the Windows build still only supports patent free codecs. Given the Ubuntu commitment to free software, do we really want to enable support for patented codec? ** Description changed: With firefox 3.5 html5 was introduced. Since 4.0 both ogg/theora and webm/vp8 video formats are supported. As of firefox 14, gstreamer support can be enabled with --enable- gstreamer. If the required gstreamer codecs are installed then firefox can play H.264 in a <video> tag. - Note that the Windows build still only supports patent free codecs. - Given the Ubuntu commitment to free software, do we really want to - enable support for patented codec? + === Open questions === + + 1. Note that the Windows build still only supports patent free codecs. + 2. How stable that code is? Which regression could introduce? + 3. Given the Ubuntu commitment to free software, do we really want to enable support for other codecs other than the officially supported free ones? -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/412647 Title: Firefox is not able to play mp4 <video> tags To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/firefox/+bug/412647/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
