On 04/28/18 07:42, Sam Varshavchik wrote: > Todd Zullinger writes: > >> Samuel Sieb wrote: >> > On 04/27/2018 01:38 PM, Todd Zullinger wrote: >> >> I installed the f27 packages in f28 to test and that was >> >> not sufficient for H.264 on youtube though. That might >> >> be the same thing you did. (I just changed $releasever >> >> in the fedora-cisco-openh264 repo to 27 to install.) >> > >> > Did you check that the plugin was enabled in Firefox? >> >> It's set to "Always Activate." Still doesn't work >> (including restarting Firefox after toggling the "Always >> activate" setting). >> >> Whether that's because it's not built for f28 is hard to >> tell. If I remember, I'll try to check it after the proper >> f28 repo is updated. But compat-ffmpeg28 works now. :) > > I distinctly recall that the automatic download and install of the external plugin > was explicitly disabled in Firefox, a year or so, ago. I was able to find this > thread in the archives: > > https://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/devel/2013-November/thread.html#191178 > > I didn't reread the entire thread; but I recall that the outcome was that the > downloading of that plugin has been disabled ever since. > > Is the plugin you're talking about really relevant? The description of it says: This plugin is automatically installed by Mozilla to comply with the WebRTC specification and to enable WebRTC calls with devices that require the H.264 video codec. It doesn't appear to me that it is involved in providing h.264 player support. -- Conjecture is just a conclusion based on incomplete information. It isn't a fact.
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