Why doesn't Firefox support the h.264 codec?
This isn't as much of a support question as a design decision question. I know that WebM is to remain open, and h.264 isn't sure, but from what I can tell from these results:
http://www.streamingmedia.com/Articles/ReadArticle.aspx?ArticleID=68594&PageNum=1
The CPU usage difference is immense, which honestly is an issue for a lot of PC's. h.264 is way lower on CPU usage, and seems to be superior overall. Are there any plans/talks to move that to being an open standard, and will Firefox ever support it?
I understand Firefox is an open source browser, but that doesn't mean it shouldn't support some standards if they are as dramatically superior as this, even if it wont always remain open, drop it at that time instead of just not picking it up.
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hello, firefox will use your system's inbuilt decoders to playback h.264 encoded html5 videos: https://hacks.mozilla.org/2013/01/firefox-development-highlights-h-264-mp3-support-on-windows-scoped-stylesheets-more/
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hello, firefox will use your system's inbuilt decoders to playback h.264 encoded html5 videos: https://hacks.mozilla.org/2013/01/firefox-development-highlights-h-264-mp3-support-on-windows-scoped-stylesheets-more/