Created attachment 727111 gst codec whitelist This patch makes the gst backend stop in ReadMetadata if the stream being decoded includes unsupported codecs. I'm not sure it's stopping in the right place, it makes playing http://www.tools4movies.com/dvd_catalyst_profile_samples/Harold%20Kumar%203%20Christmas%20bionic%20fast.mp4 fail with a "video has stopped playing since the file is corrupt" message.
-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to firefox in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1051559 Title: Build Firefox with GStreamer support Status in The Mozilla Firefox Browser: Confirmed Status in “firefox” package in Ubuntu: Triaged Status in “iceweasel” package in Debian: New Status in “firefox” package in Fedora: Unknown Bug description: Building Firefox with GStreamer support would provide support for a lot of websites that use h264. To build Firefox with GStreamer support you should use the "--enable-gstreamer" option. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/firefox/+bug/1051559/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp

