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HTML5 on Linux

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MJV1989
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I've been wondering for a while now why the HTML5 capabilities of Firefox on Linux operating systems (Ubuntu) are a lot behind the Windows version? There seems to be no 1080p or 60 FPS support yet on YouTube and the player is a lot laggier and choppier than on Windows.

Are these issues being worked on and will these features come to Linux eventually? Or is it unlikely? Yes, I know you can turn some of these things on by messing around in the configuration, but obviously there is a reason why these features are not enabled by default at the moment.

Also, will that DRM-thingy come to Linux version as well at some point? Something to do with Netflix (I don't use that service)?

I've been wondering for a while now why the HTML5 capabilities of Firefox on Linux operating systems (Ubuntu) are a lot behind the Windows version? There seems to be no 1080p or 60 FPS support yet on YouTube and the player is a lot laggier and choppier than on Windows. Are these issues being worked on and will these features come to Linux eventually? Or is it unlikely? Yes, I know you can turn some of these things on by messing around in the configuration, but obviously there is a reason why these features are not enabled by default at the moment. Also, will that DRM-thingy come to Linux version as well at some point? Something to do with Netflix (I don't use that service)?

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guigs
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MJV1989 said

There seems to be no 1080p or 60 FPS support yet on YouTube ... Also, will that DRM-thingy come to Linux version as well at some point? Something to do with Netflix (I don't use that service)?

This will be youtube dependent afaik.

DRM prime time is only available for Windows. I do not have an eta on this at the moment.

cor-el
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You need Media Source Extensions support to make YouTube offer these formats and on Linux this is still disabled (media.mediasource.enabled = false). Mote that toggling this pref to true can make Firefox unstable and cause hangs or cause crashes.