Re: wrapping up the Newmoon Browser package

[Mark H Weaver <mhw@netris.org>]

ng0 <ng0@n0.is> writes:

> ng0 transcribed 2.1K bytes:
>> Mark H Weaver transcribed 1.6K bytes:
>> > Do you know if the New Moon browser supports EME?  If so, it would need
>> > to be disabled somehow.  The GNU FSDG specifically prohibits browsers
>> > that support EME.
>> 
>> I have no idea if it has support for EME. I will check next month.
>
> Actually I was able to find it now:
>
> Media support
> Media support is a regularly-discussed topic for Pale Moon users,
> since part of the user base would prefer a browser to also be a
> full-featured and fully dedicated&specialized media player. This is,
> however, not a goal of Pale Moon because of the inherent shift of
> focus from document content to media content. That being said, the Web
> has shifted to be more visual-media heavy and as such will require a
> browser to at least to some extent take on the media player role.
>
> The following specific media streaming feature(s) is/are not on Pale Moon's roadmap:
>
>     In-browser DRM (EME)

Looks good.  While this roadmap was last updated July 2017, I think we
can assume for now that EME is not currently an issue for the New Moon
browser.  Thanks for checking.

       Mark


> We are extending the browser (especially for Linux) with FFmpeg media
> as a replacement for the (generally problematic) GStreamer and
> libstagefright solutions that are currently in place. Work is underway
> to make this the default decoding/media back-end for all supported
> platforms.
>
>
> source: https://www.palemoon.org/roadmap.shtml (is behind cloudflare without tor exception last time I tried)