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		Eleopteryx on May 30, 2019 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Switch from Chrome to Firefox Can Safari play webm files in the browser? Never works for me.

saagarjha on May 31, 2019 | [–]

No, and due to the removal NPAPI extension support you cannot add this feature to it.

bobbylarrybobby on May 30, 2019 | [–]

It can't. I think Apple is against Webm because there's little hardwire support for it, while mp4 (h264/265) has very good hardware support

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