(In reply to temptempor from comment #62) > (In reply to Gian-Carlo Pascutto [:gcp] from comment #61) > > >Can you please clarify what does fix-optional status for firefox 100 mean > > >for this bug? > > > > It means that if there is a simple fix for the issue, release management > > would've considered taking that fix into Firefox 100. As is hopefully > > rather obvious, there isn't going to be a simple fix for this. It needs a > > ton of work - that has progressed well, thankfully. > > > > >I assume this bug will be fixed once video decoding has been moved to a > > >utility process (bug 1722051). > > > > The utility process makes it easier to move things in a separate processes > > each with a custom sandbox, but the plan is to fix the current RDD process > > for VA-API support before we consider that. The difficulty is adding > > support for exactly those features VA-API needs - multiplied by each video > > driver having slightly different requirements. Once the sandboxing code > > supports that we can look if there'd be a meaningful security benefit in > > moving things around. > > Is there an official way of working around this in the meantime? Since > disabling RDD sandbox isn't enough anymore on Firefox 100?
For me, it still works with disabling sandbox even on Firefox 100.0. But I still hope this gets fixed soon. :) -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to firefox in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1964547 Title: [upstream] RDD sandbox prevents HW-accelerated video playback Status in Mozilla Firefox: Confirmed Status in firefox package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: • Ubuntu 21.10 (64 bit) • Firefox 98 installed via apt (cookies & cache have been cleared) • Kernel 5.13.0-30-generic x86_64 • Tried on both wayland and X11 session → same result Steps to reproduce: (1) Visit https://www.youtube.com (2) Choose one of the video Actual Result: Video doesn't play What Expected: Video Play normally Previously it was normal on Firefox 97 (apt version) Tried installing Firefox 98 Snap version and it works normally To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/firefox/+bug/1964547/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
