Comment 9 for bug 1051559

(In reply to Chris Double (:doublec) from comment #3)
> I think we should enable GStreamer in Linux builds even if we don't support
> H.264 in the other platforms yet.

Agreed.

> Things to be resolved before we can do this though:
>
> 1) Get the mochitest media tests passing. There's a H.264 video file in the
> tests already.
> 2) Ensure Firefox still runs on Linux distributions that don't have
> GStreamer or have older versions.
> 3) Check that we have new enough GStreamer libraries on build machines.

I'd be more than willing to help test at least every Debian-based distribution I can get my hands on as I have basic familiarity with the Advanced Packaging Tool (apt) but not really with rpm or other systems.