1911651 - Disable ExoPlayer HLS use (media.hls.enabled pref) in Fenix release to see what breaks

Status: REOPENED

(GeckoView :: Media, task)

Description

[Cathy Lu [:calu]]

Continue the experiment in release channels

Comment 1

[Cathy Lu [:calu]]

Attachment: Bug 1911651 - Disable ExoPlayer HLS Support in release channels

Comment 2

[Pulsebot]

Pushed by [e-mail]:
https://hg.mozilla.org/integration/autoland/rev/ed7631b1a525
Disable ExoPlayer HLS Support in release channels r=jolin

Comment 3

[Sean Feng [:sefeng]]

This is existing.

Shall we give a ping to https://groups.google.com/a/mozilla.org/g/dev-platform/c/7DOnZqybtG4/m/KSfLM3hdAwAJ?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer&pli=1 ?

Comment 4

[Narcis Beleuzu [:NarcisB]]

https://hg.mozilla.org/mozilla-central/rev/ed7631b1a525

Comment 5

[Jim Mathies [:jimm]]

Release Note Request (optional, but appreciated)
[Why is this notable]:
We're deprecating support for an older form of media playback support that relies on a 3rd party library we no longer want to maintain.
[Affects Firefox for Android]:
Rolling out in 131.
[Suggested wording]:
Deprecation of HLS playlist support in the Fenix mobile browser. Extended testing showed no adverse impact as newer playback technologies have been widely adopted by web sites. It's also worth noting that Firefox Desktop has never supported HLS.
[Links (documentation, blog post, etc)]:
N/A

Comment 6

[Donal Meehan [:dmeehan]]

Added a slightly reworded note to the Fx131 nightly release notes, please allow 30 minutes for the site to update.
Keeping the relnote-firefox flag as ? to keep it on the radar for inclusion in the final Fx131 release notes

Comment 7

[Dianna Smith [:diannaS]]

Re-opening and removing relnote from Fx131 since this was reverted by bug 1913403 for 131.0b2