From: Mark H Weaver <mhw@netris.org>
To: Nils Gillmann <gillmann@infotropique.org>
Cc: 31356@debbugs.gnu.org, "Clément Lassieur" <clement@lassieur.org>
Subject: bug#31356: Some videos don't work with recent Icecat
Date: Sat, 05 May 2018 15:04:28 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <874ljlj54z.fsf@netris.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20180505095351.n5tvdspf3yj3krf5@abyayala> (Nils Gillmann's message of "Sat, 5 May 2018 09:53:51 +0000")
Nils Gillmann <gillmann@infotropique.org> writes:
> Clément Lassieur transcribed 475 bytes:
>> Nils Gillmann <gillmann@infotropique.org> writes:
>>
>> > Hi, thanks for reporting it.
>> >
>> > This is not a bug, however it has been reported multiple times in the past.
>> > This is a not so obvious reminder that you need to install the some of the
>> > codecs into your global or user profile.
>>
>> Hi ng0,
>>
>> I'd be happy to know about codecs that can be installed in one's profile
>> (and thus aren't shipped with the Icecat package) and would improve
>> Icecat user experience.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Clément
>
> Hm... usually I would've replied "the gstreamer ones, -ugly, -base, -good"
> but I don't have them installed. I am not using icecat and for my aurora esr
> package I think videos just work.
Back in the days of IceCat 45.x and earlier, we compiled IceCat using
gstreamer as its video library, and so the set of gstreamer plugins
installed in your profile determined the set of codecs supported by
IceCat.
However, upstream Mozilla dropped support for gstreamer back around
2016, opting to use ffmpeg instead. So, IceCat 52.x is now linked
directly to ffmpeg, and the set of gstreamer plugins is irrelevant for
purposes of IceCat video support.
Regards,
Mark
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2018-05-05 19:06 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 15+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2018-05-03 13:59 bug#31356: Some videos don't work with recent Icecat Clément Lassieur
2018-05-03 14:16 ` Nils Gillmann
2018-05-05 7:46 ` Clément Lassieur
2018-05-05 9:53 ` Nils Gillmann
2018-05-05 19:04 ` Mark H Weaver [this message]
2018-05-03 14:48 ` Clément Lassieur
2018-05-03 18:25 ` Marius Bakke
2018-05-03 18:32 ` Clément Lassieur
2018-05-03 20:58 ` Catonano
2018-05-04 12:41 ` Catonano
2018-05-04 12:57 ` Clément Lassieur
2018-05-04 13:40 ` Catonano
2018-05-04 18:34 ` Catonano
2018-05-05 18:52 ` Mark H Weaver
2018-05-06 10:06 ` Catonano
Reply instructions:
You may reply publicly to this message via plain-text email
using any one of the following methods:
* Save the following mbox file, import it into your mail client,
and reply-to-all from there: mbox
Avoid top-posting and favor interleaved quoting:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Posting_style#Interleaved_style
List information: https://guix.gnu.org/
* Reply using the --to, --cc, and --in-reply-to
switches of git-send-email(1):
git send-email \
--in-reply-to=874ljlj54z.fsf@netris.org \
--to=mhw@netris.org \
--cc=31356@debbugs.gnu.org \
--cc=clement@lassieur.org \
--cc=gillmann@infotropique.org \
/path/to/YOUR_REPLY
https://kernel.org/pub/software/scm/git/docs/git-send-email.html
* If your mail client supports setting the In-Reply-To header
via mailto: links, try the mailto: link
Be sure your reply has a Subject: header at the top and a blank line
before the message body.
Code repositories for project(s) associated with this public inbox
https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/guix.git
This is a public inbox, see mirroring instructions
for how to clone and mirror all data and code used for this inbox;
as well as URLs for read-only IMAP folder(s) and NNTP newsgroup(s).