From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D99A5138A1A for ; Mon, 16 Feb 2015 18:46:20 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 24BA2E09F0; Mon, 16 Feb 2015 18:46:17 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-lb0-f179.google.com (mail-lb0-f179.google.com [209.85.217.179]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id A5348E09B1 for ; Mon, 16 Feb 2015 18:46:15 +0000 (UTC) Received: by lbiz11 with SMTP id z11so273600lbi.8 for ; Mon, 16 Feb 2015 10:46:14 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=message-id:date:from:to:subject:in-reply-to:references:mime-version :content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=rIZHYFxbPGJsqyT2PdGbPmGGWAQ110DdcD2P0cVg3y0=; b=SFGyOnWpGGVR50/yITaQVQshQlaNBEFHEwsen0Ii6yxJs6bhRI6yCwo1SLzmlMT1/t ut9x//4ojuzd3yidkGq5ywfSXM4mhZaZeWjaKEFiRQwhg7WDYX7qw3l4FnlW93SMXY6M RNdbYFx6AzHRbb/7NjD3ats8l3ml8wzIkmRs6ekJzBJ/B0F88sLYvi90qLJcfMVEztWh drKbF5pWOhDUBjg1jLMAJQmDJizRPLTuvO/v20mkoSm6fIBLGTWz30pG25wP9Cs3Js9b F1qUmUn44gQZ1L0XFikLGPx2ZqzsZdcpspDANB1BhDa7Ui79BSx9koh5RpvVBZ602FrR fdwQ== X-Received: by 10.152.44.228 with SMTP id h4mr25077576lam.31.1424112374050; Mon, 16 Feb 2015 10:46:14 -0800 (PST) Received: from cosmo ([193.200.85.246]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPSA id oq8sm2997253lbb.8.2015.02.16.10.46.13 for (version=SSLv3 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA bits=128/128); Mon, 16 Feb 2015 10:46:13 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <54e23af5.0884700a.53f8.ffffe2c3@mx.google.com> Date: Mon, 16 Feb 2015 20:44:39 +0200 From: Gevisz To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Package conflict while trying to emerge chromium In-Reply-To: <20150214113648.6db84b2e@marcec.fritz.box> References: <54dca7d6.6154700a.56c5.3b22@mx.google.com> <54DCB279.4020101@alectenharmsel.com> <54de3c74.eaa8700a.33a0.743d@mx.google.com> <20150213231131.GA23782@waltdnes.org> <20150214113648.6db84b2e@marcec.fritz.box> Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Archives-Salt: 92438458-7c48-4dff-ae05-c2b787fdd71e X-Archives-Hash: f715936c0f4f89347cf12b5ea4366b8b On Sat, 14 Feb 2015 11:36:48 +0100 Marc Joliet wrote: > Am Fri, 13 Feb 2015 18:11:31 -0500 > schrieb "Walter Dnes" : > > > On Fri, Feb 13, 2015 at 08:02:08PM +0200, Gevisz wrote > > > > > > 2. I am not sure but my guess is that the gstreamer allows me to watch > > > the video from youtube (partially), edX, cousera, etc. in a web-browser > > > (I mainly use Firefox), as I never install any flash player to avoid > > > too many "flashing" while browsing the Internet. (Would be interested > > > to know if this my guess is correct.) > > Yes, you are correct, at least for Firefox (but I would be surprised if it were > different for qtwebkit). Note that the dependencies aren't specified in the > ebuild itself, but in the mozconfig-* eclasses. See for example the > mozconfig-v5.34 eclass: > > gstreamer? ( > >=media-libs/gstreamer-1.2.3:1.0 > >=media-libs/gst-plugins-base-1.2.3:1.0 > >=media-libs/gst-plugins-good-1.2.3:1.0 > >=media-plugins/gst-plugins-libav-1.1.0_pre20130128-r1:1.0 > ) > > The libav gstreamer plug-in is what lets you watch MP4 videos (and don't > let the name fool you, it also works with ffmpeg). Thank you for information. > And if you install > gst-plugins-mad:1.0, then you can also play MP3s in Firefox (see > https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=536530). > > > I use the Seamonkey variant of Firefox. It has a more "classic" GUI > > interface, and a few other differences. It also has an option in the > > settings... > > > > Edit ==> Preferences ==> Advanced ==> Scripts & Plugins > > > > You can choose whether or not to "Activate all plugins by default". > > ***THIS IS NOT AN ADDON*** like Flashblock, so you don't have to worry > > about the author keeping up with the current version of the browser. It > > is a built-in setting. If you turn that option off, you get a box that > > says "Activate Adobe Flash" on any page with Flash on it. You can click > > on the box, and that activates only the one instance. If there are > > several flash boxes on a page, you can click on just the one(s) you > > want. > > A variant of this setting also exists in Firefox, albeit it is accessed from the > about:addons page under Plugins. There you get a per-plugin tri-state setting, > where you can choose between "always on", "always off", or "always ask". With > the latter, you get the same behaviour you described: a placeholder that you can > click to selectively activate Flash. > > Personally, I don't like that way of doing things, because unless you > completely deactivate Flash, Youtube will stupidly never attempt to use HTML5 > videos (I guess it sees that you have Flash installed?). Yes, it is bad because now I can see at least half of the youtube videos via html5. > Thus, I use the FlashDisable extension, which simply makes it easier to toggle > between "always on" and "always off" (although it won't allow you to selectively > activate Flash per instance on a page, which is too bad, although I rarely see this). Thank you for this hint also. > One thing I've joyfully noticed is how rare the instances where I need to > activate Flash are becoming :-). I hope that with time youtube will completely switch to html5, so flash player won't be needed. Till then youtube-dl can be a good way to "switch flash player on," at least for youtube. :-)