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On Monday, April 27, 2015 1:24:59 AM Stroller wrote: |
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> On Sun, 26 April 2015, at 3:49 pm, Alan Mackenzie <acm@×××.de> wrote: |
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> > The following USE flags were used in my building of firefox 31.6.0: |
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> > USE="bindist dbus jit minimal startup-notification -custom-cflags |
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> > -custom-optimization -debug -gstreamer -hardened (-pgo) -pulseaudio |
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> > (-selinux) -system-cairo -system-icu -system-jpeg -system-libvpx |
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> > -system-sqlite {-test} -wifi" |
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> `euses system-libvpx` says "use the system-wide media-libs/libvpx" and if we |
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look up media-libs/libvpx then its description explains that its about the |
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WebM VP8 codec. It would be better if it explained that this is a _video_ |
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codec, but Gentoo's USE flag and package descriptions have always been rubbish. |
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> I would perhaps try rebuilding with USE=system-libvpx and checking the |
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https://www.youtube.com/html5 page again. |
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I believe that option is just a choice between using the libvpx bundled with |
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firefox (as recommended by mozilla) and using the system wide libvpx. |
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> Personally, I would probably also try a later version of Firefox. |
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> I appreciate that 31.x is the latest stable version, but I doubt newer |
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versions are actually unstable in any way, and if I google "youtube html5 |
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firefox" I find that "Google will enforce the use of HTML5 video on YouTube for |
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all Firefox users who use Firefox 33 or newer", "FYI: Firefox 35 uses the |
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HTML5 video player in Youtube by default" and "Firefox 37 Released With Native |
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HTML5 YouTube Playback" |
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I'm using firefox 37 and it has always used the flash player. It has fallen back |
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on HTML5 a few times because the flash plugin crashed. It uses flash even if I |
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open a private session (no cookies) or even if I move the ~/.mozilla |
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directory, It also says on that page that the option to switch between HTML5 |
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and Flash was removed on firefox 33 and I still have it so they must have |
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changed their mind. |
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Fernando Rodriguez |
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