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Why Firefox not support HlS or .M3U8 Video Streaming

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HlS (HTTP Live Streaming) or .M3U8 Video Streaming is a must in Web 2.0 or HTML5, but why Firefox mobile (also desktop) not support this while Chrome, Opera, Dolphin Mobile support it. I tried installing flash player mobile but still it cannot play the video.

HlS (HTTP Live Streaming) or .M3U8 Video Streaming is a must in Web 2.0 or HTML5, but why Firefox mobile (also desktop) not support this while Chrome, Opera, Dolphin Mobile support it. I tried installing flash player mobile but still it cannot play the video.

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found the answer:

Firefox does not support the MPEG H.264 (mp4) format at this time, due to a philosophical disagreement with the closed-source nature of the format.

Updated Nov. 8, 2013

Network infrastructure giant Cisco has announced plans to open-source an implementation of the H.264 codec.... read more: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/12878068/video-format-or-mime-type-is-not-supported

other: https://blog.mozilla.org/blog/2013/10/30/video-interoperability-on-the-web-gets-a-boost-from-ciscos-h-264-codec/

its 1 year after but Mozilla still not implement HLS video.

Modified by ewwink