[Qt4-preview-feedback] X11 WebKit media options

[Simon Hausmann]

On Monday 09 February 2009 ext Thiago Macieira, wrote:
> Em Segunda-feira 09 Fevereiro 2009, às 14:28:32, Barney Morrison-Lyons
> escreveu:
> > Hi,
> >
> > Can anyone tell me whether any further plugin support is planned for
> > Linux X11 apart from Flash? Is there a 'how to build' page? I'm trying
> > to use the mplayer plugin for playing Windows Media and Quick Time but
> > it crashes on Qt, not on firefox. Any tips on how to update the plug in
> > to get it working properly? The ability to support all media formats on
> > all platforms would make the WebKit a killer....
> 
> The WebKit feature is to support any kind of Netscape Plugin API plugins. 
That
> should include the mplayer plugin.
> 
> However, we have not tested it.

Note that the mplayer plugin and many other plugins are not pure NPAPI plugins 
but also require the availabity of xpcom at run-time and therefore don't work 
in environments that do not support xpcom (like QtWebKit).


Simon