Building a Video element enabled Firefox
I've had a few comments and emails about problems encountered building Firefox with the video element patch, or from the git repository.
Once you've applied the patch, or retrieved the git repository, you'll need to add a .mozconfig file in the 'mozilla' directory. The Mozilla Build Documentation has the details on what can go in this file. A simple .mozconfig which will get a debug build working is:
There was a problem with the patch in that this default build on some platforms would give a link error due to not finding the Alsa sound libraries. This is fixed in the git repository. The problem only occurred in 'libxul' enabled builds, which is now the default. You can disable libxul in the build process by adding this line to .mozconfig:
In the .mozconfig we specified a MOZ_OBJDIR. This is a directory that will contain the build files and the final executable. When the build completes you can run Firefox with something like:
To build something you can install on another system (a .dmg file on Mac OS X, tar file on Linux, etc) you must have a 'libxul' enabled build and run the following after a successfull build:
Categories: firefox, ogg
Once you've applied the patch, or retrieved the git repository, you'll need to add a .mozconfig file in the 'mozilla' directory. The Mozilla Build Documentation has the details on what can go in this file. A simple .mozconfig which will get a debug build working is:
. $topsrcdir/browser/config/mozconfigThe last line is only needed for Mac OS X builds.
mk_add_options MOZ_OBJDIR=@TOPSRCDIR@/obj-@CONFIG_GUESS@
mk_add_options MOZ_CO_PROJECT=browser
ac_add_options --disable-tests
ac_add_options --enable-debug
ac_add_options --with-macosx-sdk=/Developer/SDKs/MacOSX10.4u.sdk
There was a problem with the patch in that this default build on some platforms would give a link error due to not finding the Alsa sound libraries. This is fixed in the git repository. The problem only occurred in 'libxul' enabled builds, which is now the default. You can disable libxul in the build process by adding this line to .mozconfig:
ac_add_options --disable-libxulDisabling this is quite useful for development as the builds are faster and you can selectively build portions to cut down compile times. Once you have a .mozconfig file you can start the build using make:
make -f client.mk buildNote the use of the 'client.mk' makefile with the 'build' target.
In the .mozconfig we specified a MOZ_OBJDIR. This is a directory that will contain the build files and the final executable. When the build completes you can run Firefox with something like:
obj-a-b-c-d/dist/bin/firefox -ProfileManagerChange 'obj-a-b-c-d' with the name of the object directory that was created. On Mac OS X a '.App' is created and you will need to run Firefox with:
obj-a-b-d/dist/MinefieldDebug.app/Contents/MacOS/firefox -ProfileManagerThe .app will be called 'Minefield' in an optimized build and 'MinefieldDebug' in a debug build.
To build something you can install on another system (a .dmg file on Mac OS X, tar file on Linux, etc) you must have a 'libxul' enabled build and run the following after a successfull build:
make -C obj-a-b-c-d/browser/installerThe packaged installer will be in the obj-a-b-c-d/dist directory.
Categories: firefox, ogg
Labels: mozilla
posted by Chris Double at 10:18 AM
1 Comments:
I got up a running a git video build of firefox on gentoo. sweet!
Is there any way to get the javascript api related to the video element ? or all of them are used in the examples ?
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