Hey there,
I’ve been using Firefox for ages now, and I was completely satisfied with it… until very recently, that is. For space-saving reasons, I started to convert my media library to H265, since all devices in my network support it now. Or so I thought. One very noticeable omission is my desktop PC with Firefox. Now, if I watch something from my local media server, the server has to waste resources to convert to H264, which is a noticeable performance hit to all other things running on the server. The GPU in my Desktop PC (or the CPU for that matter) could have displayed H265 without even changing clock speed from idle. So I tried to use the native Plex App for Windows for that, but that one does not support RTX Super Resolution which was really nice when watching old DVD stuff.
From what I can see, to get both, I need a Chromium browser. Since I would rather not have two browsers open all the time: Is there any browser based on the latest Chromium Builds that is not a massive insult to one’s privacy?
solution:
Firefo does support H265. It didn’t for a very long time so most posts online talk about how it has no support and that it ain’t planned. Yet, it has gotten support in the meantime.
change
media.wmf.hevc.enabled
To 1 in about:config, restart browser, done.
Thanks, mate
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Holy… why the fuck would this be disabled? And why the fuck didn’t I find this information in the first place?!
To all wondering: change
media.wmf.hevc.enabledTo 1 in about:config, restart browser, done.
Thanks, mate
The reason is software patents and asinine licensing for HEVC. Thank the greedy fucks in suits for that.
So it can be implemented but not enabled? Weird shit, man
AFAIK, this is a Windows-specific option which requires the user to have purchased a license for the Windows HEVC decoder on the windows store.
Could be that Firefox downloads the codec after you enable that. At least, I’ve heard of it being implemented like that in other software…
Sounds like you had an XY problem
Well, I thought I had ruled out X as solution, so I didn’t ask about it in the first place
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Long term you are probably better off converting to AV1 and sticking with Firefox, but I understand that your desktop GPU might not currently support AV1?
My GPU does, but many other devices in my Network don’t, so that would only shift the problem.
What devices are those?
Have you considered converting to AV1 instead of H265?
I have a similar issue with my mac+chrome having to convert H265 -> H264 (even though it should be able to play it), but it has no trouble direct-playing AV1 for some reason.
My GPU does, but many other devices in my Network don’t, so that would only shift the problem.
The only Chromium I know which isn’t an insult to privacy is Vivaldi
I’ve had the same issue. I just use AV1 now. AV1 video + Opus audio in WebM container. Seems like a good combination.
Handbrake supports it too.
What’s wrong with ungoogled-chromium?
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OP wanted a Chromium browser that wasn’t a massive privacy invasion. With Google stuff removed, it’ll be good enough. Add uBO and ClearURLs.
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it tells u how to get extensions at the first start and its literally just 4 clicks to setup
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I don’t think that ungoogling chromium is to much use. For a start, take the points given by uBlock Origin’s developer: https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/wiki/uBlock-Origin-works-best-on-Firefox
I’m sure there are more details where, where it’s not that Firefox is better, but that chromium is worse. Chromium is not only tainted by embedded google services, but by many design decisions of google.
Librewolf is my go-to
