1941945 - Remove the pref `media.wmf.hevc.enabled` and create a new general pref to control hevc on all platforms

Status: RESOLVED FIXED

(Core :: Audio/Video: Playback, task)

Description

[Alastor Wu [:alwu]]

We've enabled HEVC playback by default on Firefox Windows on Fx134. Once this feature becomes stable enough, we can remove the pref used for HEVC, and make it always enabled.

Comment 1

[Alastor Wu [:alwu]]

Attachment: Bug 1941945 - create a new pref `media.hevc.enabled` to replace old pref and remove unnecessary checks and tests.

Comment 2

[Pulsebot]

Pushed by [e-mail]:
https://hg.mozilla.org/integration/autoland/rev/8788928faf9e
create a new pref `media.hevc.enabled` to replace old pref and remove unnecessary checks and tests. r=media-playback-reviewers,padenot

Comment 3

[Serban Stanca [:SerbanS]]

https://hg.mozilla.org/mozilla-central/rev/8788928faf9e

Comment 4

[Alastor Wu [:alwu]]

Release Note Request (optional, but appreciated)
[Why is this notable]: This enables the HEVC support on Android.
[Affects Firefox for Android]: Yes
[Suggested wording]: HEVC support is now supported on Android.
[Links (documentation, blog post, etc)]: No

Comment 5

[Pascal Chevrel:pascalc]

FYI, we don't maintain Android release notes for pre-release channels so I am keeping it on my radar for the final release notes.