1213499 - Enable H.264 MSE on Linux

Status: RESOLVED FIXED

(Core :: Audio/Video: Playback, defect, P1)

Description

[Chris Peterson [:cpeterson]]

Jean-Yves wants to uplift all ffmpeg-related changes to 43 and enable H.264 MSE on Linux.

Comment 1

[Justin Wood (:Callek)]

I would (as a user) like this, but I don't have good context on any of the risks involved.

Comment 2

[Liz Henry (:lizzard) (relman/hg->git project)]

Tracking this since it's part of a feature aimed for 43.

Comment 3

[Sylvestre Ledru [:Sylvestre]]

Release Note Request (optional, but appreciated)
[Why is this notable]: New feature for our GNU/Linux users
[Suggested wording]: H264 decoding available from the MSE API (GNU/Linux)
[Links (documentation, blog post, etc)]:

Comment 4

[Anthony Jones (:ajones, :kentuckyfriedtakahe, :k17e)]

Jean-Yves - can we mark this as fixed?

Comment 5

[Jean-Yves Avenard [:jya]]

this is fixed by bug 1213173 and others

Comment 6

[Liz Henry (:lizzard) (relman/hg->git project)]

Should this be noted for 43 or for 44?  I just realized bug 1213173 is only fixed on 44.

Comment 7

[Jean-Yves Avenard [:jya]]

It should be in 43 too. 
I believe the fix went on there too (will confirm)

We will have to get 1219134 fixed and uplifted too.

Comment 8

[Chris Peterson [:cpeterson]]

Release Note Request (optional, but appreciated)
[Why is this notable]: This change will allow Linux users to play H.264 video, which is a pretty big deal. This issue was fixed in 44 but uplifted to 43. I made bug 1219134 block this bug because Jean-Yves said (in comment 7) that fix must be uplifted to 43.
[Suggested wording]: Enable H.264 on Linux when FFmpeg is available.
[Links (documentation, blog post, etc)]:

Comment 9

[Liz Henry (:lizzard) (relman/hg->git project)]

Is this now fixed for 43 and 44? Or are there still some cleanup bugs coming?  If it's done now then can you mark the status for 43 and 44 ? Thanks :)

Comment 10

[Ritu Kothari (:ritu) (Inactive, please n-i to RyanVM, jcristau, or pascal)]

Added to Beta44 release notes.

Comment 11

[Sylvestre Ledru [:Sylvestre]]

Wording updated to "Enable H.264 if system decoder is available"