Re: html5 video & firefox

[David Brownlee <abs%absd.org@localhost>]

On 15 July 2011 14:24, Sverre Froyen <sverre%viewmark.com@localhost> wrote:
> On On 2011-07-15 at 03:47 David Brownlee wrote
>
>> Is anyone using firefox to view html5 video content - specifically
>
>> youtube videos?
>
>>
>
>> As a test I went to http://www.youtube.com/html5 to enable youtube html5,
>
>> then tried viewing a video:
>
>> http://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/07/14/spotify_launches_us_service/
>
> I tried the URL above and it "works for me". Main difference in our setups
> appears to be native vs. pkgsrc xorg. There are also some version
> differences in the "needed" package list.
>
> NetBSD 5.99.55 amd64
>
> # pkg_info -N firefox-5.0
>
> Information for firefox-5.0:
>
> Built using:
>
> sqlite3-3.7.6.3nb1
> jpeg-8c
> libIDL-0.8.14nb1
> gtk2+-2.24.4nb1
> xulrunner-5.0
> desktop-file-utils-0.15nb1
> digest-20080510
> zip-3.0nb2
> xulrunner-5.0
> autoconf213-2.13nb1
> gmake-3.82nb2
> perl-5.12.2nb2
> pkg-config-0.25nb1
> x11-links-0.65
> python26-2.6.7

Thanks.

I wonder if it could be related to graphics hardware/acceleration  - I
have a ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3650 (M86M DDR3 600E/700M). I agree the
native/modular xorg difference is more likely... - thanks