[gentoo-user] Re: Force Firefox to use gecko-mediaplayer for webm

[Nikos Chantziaras]

On 22/07/12 08:11, Nilesh Govindrajan wrote:
> So yeah, the question is clear.
> How do I force Firefox to play webm videos using gecko-mediaplayer?
> Compile firefox without webm support?
>
> Or there's some other way around?

You misunderstand the job GM is doing.  It's a video player for embedded 
video objects and its plugin registers itself as such.  If the embedded 
video is WebM, GM will play it.  If it's HTML5 video (both WebH and 
H.264), then it will not, and Firefox will play it directly.

So your question should rather be: How do I force Firefox to play HTML5 
videos using gecko-mediaplayer?  :-)  (I don't know the answer.  I 
suspect it is not possible, since the whole point of HTML5 video is to 
have the browser play the video.)