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From: Nganon <nganon+gentoo@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] >=www-client/chromium-6.0.472.33 and h264
Date: Tue, 17 Aug 2010 11:55:14
Message-Id: AANLkTinyELNcPiKemr0n2ZsiB=ZGiM6AF_Y28MAJH38u@mail.gmail.com
In Reply to: [gentoo-user] >=www-client/chromium-6.0.472.33 and h264 by Andy Wilkinson
1 On 17 August 2010 04:26, Andy Wilkinson <drukargin@×××××.com> wrote:
2
3 > I've noticed that ebuilds of chromium at and later than 6.0.472.33 no
4 > longer use the system-provided ffmpeg, and seem to lose support for h264
5 > videos (test any non-webm, html5 video at youtube; it will never load).
6 >
7 > I've tried doctoring the ebuild to use the system-provided ffmpeg, which
8 > does not fix h264 video and causes crashes on webm videos: probably why we
9 > went back to the bundled ffmpeg.
10 >
11 > Has anyone else noticed this? Is there a straightforward work-around
12 > beyond going back to 6.0.472.14ish?
13 >
14 > Thanks,
15 >
16 > -Andy
17 >
18
19 Using system-ffmpeg is commented as TODO in the ebuild refering to [1].
20 There is also bug report[2] related to this. Seems like it maybe fixed in a
21 never branch than 472.
22
23 [1] http://crbug.com/50678
24 [2] http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=329641

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Re: [gentoo-user] >=www-client/chromium-6.0.472.33 and h264 Andy Wilkinson <drukargin@×××××.com>