Bug 146993 - [GStreamer] Make plugin installation work with seccomp filters
Summary: [GStreamer] Make plugin installation work with seccomp filters
Status: RESOLVED WONTFIX
Alias: None
Product: WebKit
Classification: Unclassified
Component: WebCore Misc. (show other bugs)
Version: 528+ (Nightly build)
Hardware: PC Linux
: P2 Normal
Assignee: Nobody
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Depends on: 144099
Blocks: 140072
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Reported: 2015-07-15 18:33 PDT by Michael Catanzaro
Modified: 2016-09-21 05:27 PDT (History)
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Description Michael Catanzaro 2015-07-15 18:33:35 PDT 
When the user installs a missing gstreamer codec, 

This TBH might be more work than is worth the effort. It's required to run the plugin scanner in a child of the UI process, for one. Also, any approach that doesn't involve restarting the web process will require changes in gstreamer.

For discussion of this issue, see:

https://bugs.webkit.org/show_bug.cgi?id=140131
https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=742617
Comment 1 Michael Catanzaro 2015-07-15 18:34:51 PDT 
When the user installs a missing gstreamer codec, it should then be possible to play the media with the codec. Currently this should work fine (sans the current crasher bugs ;), but seccomp filters will break this.