[gentoo-user] >=www-client/chromium-6.0.472.33 and h264

[gentoo-user] >=www-client/chromium-6.0.472.33 and h264

[Andy Wilkinson]

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 I've noticed that ebuilds of chromium at and later than 6.0.472.33 no
longer use the system-provided ffmpeg, and seem to lose support for h264
videos (test any non-webm, html5 video at youtube; it will never load).

I've tried doctoring the ebuild to use the system-provided ffmpeg, which
does not fix h264 video and causes crashes on webm videos: probably why
we went back to the bundled ffmpeg.

Has anyone else noticed this?  Is there a straightforward work-around
beyond going back to 6.0.472.14ish?

Thanks,

-Andy

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Re: [gentoo-user] >=www-client/chromium-6.0.472.33 and h264

[Nganon]

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On 17 August 2010 04:26, Andy Wilkinson <drukargin@gmail.com> wrote:

>  I've noticed that ebuilds of chromium at and later than 6.0.472.33 no
> longer use the system-provided ffmpeg, and seem to lose support for h264
> videos (test any non-webm, html5 video at youtube; it will never load).
>
> I've tried doctoring the ebuild to use the system-provided ffmpeg, which
> does not fix h264 video and causes crashes on webm videos: probably why we
> went back to the bundled ffmpeg.
>
> Has anyone else noticed this?  Is there a straightforward work-around
> beyond going back to 6.0.472.14ish?
>
> Thanks,
>
> -Andy
>

Using system-ffmpeg is commented as TODO in the ebuild refering to [1].
There is also bug report[2] related to this. Seems like it maybe fixed in a
never branch than 472.

[1] http://crbug.com/50678
[2] http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=329641

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Re: [gentoo-user] >=www-client/chromium-6.0.472.33 and h264

[Andy Wilkinson]

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 On 08/17/2010 04:54 AM, Nganon wrote:
>
>
> On 17 August 2010 04:26, Andy Wilkinson <drukargin@gmail.com
> <mailto:drukargin@gmail.com>> wrote:
>
>     I've noticed that ebuilds of chromium at and later than 6.0.472.33
>     no longer use the system-provided ffmpeg, and seem to lose support
>     for h264 videos (test any non-webm, html5 video at youtube; it
>     will never load).
>
>     I've tried doctoring the ebuild to use the system-provided ffmpeg,
>     which does not fix h264 video and causes crashes on webm videos:
>     probably why we went back to the bundled ffmpeg.
>
>     Has anyone else noticed this?  Is there a straightforward
>     work-around beyond going back to 6.0.472.14ish?
>
>     Thanks,
>
>     -Andy
>
>
> Using system-ffmpeg is commented as TODO in the ebuild refering to [1]. 
> There is also bug report[2] related to this. Seems like it maybe fixed
> in a never branch than 472.
>
> [1] http://crbug.com/50678
> [2] http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=329641
>
Thanks for the info.  That doesn't entirely answer my question,
though... shouldn't chromium's bundled ffmpeg have h264 support? 
Google's youtube.com/html5 page suggests that Chrome (and thus
chromium?) supports h264.  Is this a licensing issue going to the open
source build that I've not heard of yet?

Thanks again,

-Andy

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Re: [gentoo-user] >=www-client/chromium-6.0.472.33 and h264

[Nganon]

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On 17 August 2010 19:49, Andy Wilkinson <drukargin@gmail.com> wrote:

> Thanks for the info.  That doesn't entirely answer my question, though...
> shouldn't chromium's bundled ffmpeg have h264 support?  Google's
> youtube.com/html5 page suggests that Chrome (and thus chromium?) supports
> h264.  Is this a licensing issue going to the open source build that I've
> not heard of yet?
>

Yes bundled ffmpeg should have h264 support but I think it as broken with
a patch for ubuntu.

Did you read the bug report on crbug? It is reported for 479 and marked
as *fixed* in the trunk as of Aug 9th.  I didnt read the release note of it
but
490 was released on 13th and is in portage since then. So..you can
either unmask it and give it a try or wait for the next release and keep an
eye on the release notes.

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Re: [gentoo-user] >=www-client/chromium-6.0.472.33 and h264

[Andy Wilkinson]

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On 08/17/2010 10:58 AM, Nganon wrote:
>
>
> On 17 August 2010 19:49, Andy Wilkinson <drukargin@gmail.com
> <mailto:drukargin@gmail.com>> wrote:
>
>     Thanks for the info.  That doesn't entirely answer my question,
>     though... shouldn't chromium's bundled ffmpeg have h264 support? 
>     Google's youtube.com/html5 <http://youtube.com/html5> page
>     suggests that Chrome (and thus chromium?) supports h264.  Is this
>     a licensing issue going to the open source build that I've not
>     heard of yet?
>
>
> Yes bundled ffmpeg should have h264 support but I think it as broken
> with 
> a patch for ubuntu. 
>
> Did you read the bug report on crbug? It is reported for 479 and marked 
> as *fixed* in the trunk as of Aug 9th.  I didnt read the release note
> of it but 
> 490 was released on 13th and is in portage since then. So..you can 
> either unmask it and give it a try or wait for the next release and
> keep an 
> eye on the release notes.

I have tried 490, and it has the same problem: html5test.com reports no
h264 support, and non-webm, html5 youtube videos don't work.

I'll continue trying successive builds as they're posted... maybe 490
doesn't have that commit yet?

-Andy

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Re: [gentoo-user] >=www-client/chromium-6.0.472.33 and h264

[Nganon]

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On 17 August 2010 23:42, Andy Wilkinson <drukargin@gmail.com> wrote:

> I have tried 490, and it has the same problem: html5test.com reports no
> h264 support, and non-webm, html5 youtube videos don't work.
>
> I'll continue trying successive builds as they're posted... maybe 490
> doesn't have that commit yet?
>

Maybe not. I suggest poke around crbug.com and also keep an eye on the
release blog.
http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/

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