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		coldpie on Oct 4, 2013 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Mozilla bug 923590: Pledge never to implement HTML... As far as I'm aware, Firefox doesn't support h.264. They support codecs provided by your operating system. Firefox can't include h.264 decode because they would be violating patent law.

takluyver on Oct 4, 2013 | [–]

And they could presumably find a way to support DRM modules provided by the operating system, if the pressure was great enough.

mmcclure on Oct 4, 2013 | [–]

It kinda does. New FF versions will play back h.264 if the system has the codec installed.

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