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On Sun 22 Jul 2012 06:53:13 PM IST, Nikos Chantziaras wrote: |
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> On 22/07/12 08:11, Nilesh Govindrajan wrote: |
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>> So yeah, the question is clear. |
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>> How do I force Firefox to play webm videos using gecko-mediaplayer? |
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>> Compile firefox without webm support? |
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>> Or there's some other way around? |
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> You misunderstand the job GM is doing. It's a video player for |
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> embedded video objects and its plugin registers itself as such. If |
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> the embedded video is WebM, GM will play it. If it's HTML5 video |
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> (both WebH and H.264), then it will not, and Firefox will play it |
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> directly. |
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> So your question should rather be: How do I force Firefox to play |
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> HTML5 videos using gecko-mediaplayer? :-) (I don't know the answer. |
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> I suspect it is not possible, since the whole point of HTML5 video is |
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> to have the browser play the video.) |
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Anyway, I got the answer :) |
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Probably compiling firefox without webm support would get me my way. |
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Nilesh Govindrajan |
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http://nileshgr.com |
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