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Why is there an OpenH264 plugin in Firefox?
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Firefox comes with the OpenH264 add-on to support WebRTC or video communication.
Firefox comes with the OpenH264 add-on to support WebRTC or video communication.
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Many streaming videos rely on the H.264 codec in order to work. Because of licensing restrictions, H.264 is not available for open source software like Firefox. Instead, Firefox uses its open source alternative, [http://www.openh264.org/ OpenH264], to support video calls.
OpenH264 is released in collaboration with Cisco and Mozilla. It is automatically installed by Mozilla on your Firefox browser to enable video calls with devices that require the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H.264/MPEG-4_AVC H.264] codec.
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Many videos on the Internet use the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H.264 H.264 codec]. Because of licensing restrictions, Firefox cannot bundle H.264 for free, so it relies on your operating system to play them.
macOS and most Windows versions support this codec out of the box. [[Fix video and audio problems on Firefox for Windows N editions|It needs to be installed manually on Windows N editions]]. Linux may require a special package such as '''ubuntu-restricted-extras'''.
Even when proper codec support is not available, though, Firefox can still enable [https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/WebRTC_API WebRTC] streams, such as video calls, thanks to [https://www.openh264.org/ OpenH264], an open source solution developed by Cisco. It is installed automatically for Firefox users.
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