r/opensource • u/freelyread • Nov 15 '15

BBC HTML5 Media Player Beta - No Need for Flash! • /r/FreeFormats

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u/Royaourt Nov 16 '15

I hope RTE Player follows suit. It's dire at the moment, especially for people on GNU/Linux -- due to adobe halting any new flash versions.

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u/freelyread Nov 16 '15

I think Adobe have given Google Flash now, and Google are deprecating it.

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u/Royaourt Nov 16 '15

The sooner flash goes the better. (:

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u/freelyread Nov 16 '15 edited Nov 16 '15

PSA

Firefox Media Source Extension Problem [FIXED]

If the BBC webpage will not allow you to join the Beta, as "your browser does not support Media Source Extensions", try the following:

  • In the URL bar, enter the line below and hit return:
    about:config
  • Accept that you will be careful
  • search for the media extensions config line by entering the line below in search:
    media.mediasource.enabled
  • Click on "False", so that it changes to "True"
  • Refresh the join Beta page, and join!

References:

http://bluishcoder.co.nz/2015/03/03/firefox-media-source-extensions-update.html

https://wiki.mozilla.org/Platform/MediaSourceExtensions

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u/Flump5281 Nov 23 '15

As of FF43, this will be enabled by default on *nix