Post B17C8yRtwA1GdvPy2i by yoasif@mastodon.social
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(DIR) Post #B17BMtMrWfjMz38Lp2 by fox@social.hostnetwork.xyz
2025-12-10T19:15:04Z
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Why can't Firefox use ffmpeg or mpv for videoplayback. Both of them support almost all codecs and formats and are Foss.#firefox
(DIR) Post #B17BSBOHwblOKSK7aC by yoasif@mastodon.social
2025-12-10T19:16:24Z
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@fox Patents.
(DIR) Post #B17BpB6t9b9K7R9MRM by fox@social.hostnetwork.xyz
2025-12-10T19:20:36Z
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@yoasif I doubt ffmpeg or mpv pay to use them...
(DIR) Post #B17BrxqutyAPs00Y40 by yoasif@mastodon.social
2025-12-10T19:21:04Z
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@fox Yeah, they don't.
(DIR) Post #B17BtwNlL4vltCJVCK by miamiworm@uralkids.fun
2025-12-10T19:18:15.709Z
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@fox@social.hostnetwork.xyz I can a make a mistake but
(DIR) Post #B17BtxfWYWjTsZdCWO by fox@social.hostnetwork.xyz
2025-12-10T19:21:25Z
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@miamiworm so they use ffmpeg but take more then a decade to add mkv support. Good job mozilla
(DIR) Post #B17C4tymc4zfcdr9fc by fox@social.hostnetwork.xyz
2025-12-10T19:23:27Z
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@yoasif they probably did something like compaq did with the IBM pc bios. Which means that patents are irrelevant.
(DIR) Post #B17C8yRtwA1GdvPy2i by yoasif@mastodon.social
2025-12-10T19:24:09Z
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@fox I don't think that is accurate. They are simply infringing.
(DIR) Post #B17CVDDNicmaoEELMe by fox@social.hostnetwork.xyz
2025-12-10T19:28:12Z
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@yoasif and the big money hungry organization that's owns that patents doesn't give a fuck? Sounds very unlikely
(DIR) Post #B17CXAzQxi7GUIdvYu by yoasif@mastodon.social
2025-12-10T19:28:32Z
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@fox Who are they going to sue? Mozilla, probably.