From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Mark H Weaver Subject: Re: wrapping up the Newmoon Browser package Date: Fri, 23 Mar 2018 18:04:36 -0400 Message-ID: <87h8p630uj.fsf@netris.org> References: <20180320134737.6jb7ux6hx24zyxh6@abyayala> <878tai4tez.fsf@netris.org> <20180323174852.gyuuxezxlyc2euwj@abyayala> <20180323180459.kk4ljvt62we4j4hb@abyayala> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:37242) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ezUoT-0007Xr-Kp for guix-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 23 Mar 2018 18:05:30 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ezUoQ-00042g-9m for guix-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 23 Mar 2018 18:05:29 -0400 Received: from world.peace.net ([50.252.239.5]:56428) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ezUoQ-00042G-4U for guix-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 23 Mar 2018 18:05:26 -0400 In-Reply-To: <20180323180459.kk4ljvt62we4j4hb@abyayala> (ng0@n0.is's message of "Fri, 23 Mar 2018 18:04:59 +0000") List-Id: "Development of GNU Guix and the GNU System distribution." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: guix-devel-bounces+gcggd-guix-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sender: "Guix-devel" To: guix-devel@gnu.org ng0 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)