{"id":40697,"date":"2013-05-03T22:00:21","date_gmt":"2013-05-03T20:00:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/onsoftware.en.softonic.com\/?p=40697"},"modified":"2025-07-02T01:28:08","modified_gmt":"2025-07-02T08:28:08","slug":"mozilla-working-on-plug-in-free-video-codec","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/mozilla-working-on-plug-in-free-video-codec\/","title":{"rendered":"Mozilla working on plug-in free video codec"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a title=\"mozilla working on plug-in free video codec\" href=\"http:\/\/onsoftware.en.softonic.com\/mozilla-working-on-plug-in-free-video-codec\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-40676\" title=\"Firefox\" src=\"https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/sft\/articles\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2013\/05\/firefox.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"131\" height=\"125\" \/><\/a><a title=\"mozilla\" href=\"http:\/\/en.softonic.com\/author\/mozilla\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Mozilla<\/a> and OTOY, a cloud rendering company, are working on creating a codec that can play video and run apps without the need for a plug-in. Mozilla is aggressively trying to <a title=\"Mozilla to block Firefox plugins by default to increase speed and security\" href=\"http:\/\/onsoftware.en.softonic.com\/mozilla-to-block-firefox-plugins-by-default-to-increase-speed-and-security\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">get rid of all plug-ins<\/a> from their browser to improve security and performance.<\/p>\n<p>The new codec, called ORBX.js, will be open-source and gives content creators the ability to watermark their video without implementing any DRM (digital rights management). ORBX.js is powered by JavaScript, if you couldn&#8217;t already tell by the name. The plug-in is supposedly powerful enough for 3D-rendering software like <a title=\"autodesk maya\" href=\"http:\/\/autodesk-maya.en.softonic.com\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Autodesk<\/a> to run inside a browser.<\/p>\n<p>While H.264 is currently the most popular video codec on the web, it isn&#8217;t open source, requiring companies who make browsers to license its use. This is fundamentally against Mozilla&#8217;s ideology of a free and open web. Mozilla even went as far as blocking <a title=\"Firefox 22 will block all third party cookies by default\" href=\"http:\/\/onsoftware.en.softonic.com\/firefox-22-will-block-all-third-party-cookies-by-default\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">all third party cookies<\/a> by default (<strong>update<\/strong>: only in the Aurora testing build), to the consternation of advertisers.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-34380\" title=\"ctp-in-action1\" src=\"https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/sft\/articles\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2013\/01\/ctp-in-action1.png\" alt=\"ctp-in-action1\" width=\"600\" height=\"478\" srcset=\"https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2013\/01\/ctp-in-action1.png 952w, https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2013\/01\/ctp-in-action1-300x239.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: line-through\">It&#8217;s nice that Mozilla is trying to negate the need for installing plug-ins but ORBX.js will still require the <a title=\"java runtime environment\" href=\"http:\/\/java.en.softonic.com\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Java Runtime Environment<\/a> (JRE) to be installed on a user&#8217;s computer.<\/span> Java is <a title=\"java exploit circulating for recently patched flaw\" href=\"http:\/\/onsoftware.en.softonic.com\/java-exploit-circulating-for-recently-patched-flaw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">notoriously insecure<\/a>, with new exploits popping up frequently. For most users, Java <a title=\"why you don't need java\" href=\"http:\/\/onsoftware.en.softonic.com\/why-you-dont-need-java-for-mac\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">isn&#8217;t a necessity<\/a> for browsing most websites.<\/p>\n<p><strong>UPDATE<\/strong>: A Mozilla spokesperson reached out to clarify that ORBX.js will not, in fact, require JRE to be installed. The spokesperson also clarified about blocking 3rd party cookies:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>&#8220;The third-party cookie patch is currently in our Aurora testing build, not in the General release of the Firefox browser. As with all new Firefox features, there will be months of evaluating technical input from our users and the community before the patch enters our General release. This will stay in our testing builds until we are satisfied with the user experience.&#8221;<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Source: <a title=\"CNET\" href=\"http:\/\/news.cnet.com\/8301-1001_3-57582743-92\/mozilla-look-ma-no-plug-in-for-video-apps\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">CNET<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mozilla and OTOY, a cloud rendering company, are working on creating a codec that can play video and run apps without the need for a plug-in. Mozilla is aggressively trying to get rid of all plug-ins from their browser to improve security and performance. The new codec, called ORBX.js, will be open-source and gives content &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/mozilla-working-on-plug-in-free-video-codec\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Mozilla working on plug-in free video codec&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2033,"featured_media":34380,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","wpcf-pageviews":0},"categories":[],"tags":[],"usertag":[],"vertical":[],"content-category":[],"class_list":["post-40697","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40697","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2033"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=40697"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40697\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":332984,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40697\/revisions\/332984"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/34380"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=40697"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=40697"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=40697"},{"taxonomy":"usertag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/usertag?post=40697"},{"taxonomy":"vertical","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/vertical?post=40697"},{"taxonomy":"content-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/content-category?post=40697"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}