Other notable changes in Firefox 47 include:Įnable VP9 video codec for users with fast machinesĮmbedded YouTube videos now play with HTML5 video if Flash is not installed. Specific implementation than I am and so you can shed some light on it
It could be that you’re better at researching this It could be that Linux support for Google’s CDM is To interfaces/APIs that are only exposed through the binary Windows and The way Firefox hooks into the Google Widevine CDM could be limited Google Chrome (not Chromium) for Linux support comes with Google Widevine CDM built-in, which is how you can watch Netflix on Linux using Chrome but not Chromium. This allows sites like Amazon Prime Video and Netflix to stream DRM-protected video using HTML5 and not a third-party plugin (die, Silverlight, die). On the topic of HTML5, Windows and Mac users can now watch HTML5 video content wrapped in DRM thanks to Firefox adding support for Google’s Widevine CDM. This change is specifically that Firefox is now able to “convert” ye-olde YouTube Flash embeds to HTML5 ones so that you can view them. We can help you out there.įirefox 47 can play old YouTube video embeds in HTML5ĭon’t misunderstand this change I know you’ve watched HTML5 YouTube embeds in Firefox for a long time.
Since you’re nosey (like us) you want to know exactly what’s changed.
