Closed Bug 1266748 Opened 9 years ago Closed 9 years ago

firefox 45 displays blank page instead of using plugin when opening webm file with internal webm player disabled

Categories

(Core Graveyard :: Plug-ins, defect)

Product:
Core Graveyard
Component:
Plug-ins
Version:
45 Branch
Platform:
x86_64
Linux
Type:
defect
Priority:
Not set
Severity:
normal

Tracking

(Not tracked)

Status:
RESOLVED WONTFIX

People

(Reporter: gilles.chanteperdrix, Unassigned)

Details

User Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:45.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/45.0 Build ID: 20160407164938 Steps to reproduce: Install video player plugin supporting webm format (eg. vlc media player plugin) Set media.webm.enabled to false in about:config Open webm link Actual results: Blank page Expected results: The webm file should be played by the video player plugin (as it was a few versions ago).
OS: Unspecified → Linux
Hardware: Unspecified → x86_64
Component: Untriaged → Plug-ins
Product: Firefox → Core
I don't know if this was an accidental side effect, but with the removal of NPAPI later this year this is not something that we're going to investigate and probably not something I'd take a patch for. So I'm going to resolve this WONTFIX.
Status: UNCONFIRMED → RESOLVED
Closed: 9 years ago
Resolution: --- → WONTFIX
Ok. With whatever will replace NPAPI (PPAPI maybe ?), will there be a way to override firefox media player with an external media player as was possible until recently?
It should be possible to open them in an external application, but it will not be possible to open them in the browser. We do not intend to support PPAPI.
As long as I do not have to wait for the file to be downloaded before the external application is launched, it is fine by me.
Product: Core → Core Graveyard
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