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by vladvasiliu
700 days ago
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> So, what is it that Firefox and Chrome on Linux (and only on Linux) don't support?
H.265 is what they don't support. Do codecs need to be supported by the browser itself? I thought this was unloaded to some media decoding framework. Linux does have h.265 support at least in mpv. |
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Not necessarily. The browser could defer to licensing established by the operating system vendor, but Firefox places the expectation upon itself to have parity across platforms and to not support encumbered technologies.
> Linux does have h.265 support at least in mpv.
And if you've negotiated the licensing fees you can even use it, but chances are... Microsoft and Apple have dealt with the licensing for you on their platforms, so the ballgame is different there.