Comment 24 for bug 1632870

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Gunnar Hjalmarsson (gunnarhj) wrote :

On 2016-10-25 20:59, Stéphane wrote:
> @Gunnar:
> The PPAPI plugin has some extra features the NPAPI will not get
> according to Adobe:
> "Because this change is primarily a security initiative, some
> features (like GPU 3D acceleration and premium video DRM) will not be
> fully implemented. If you require this functionality, we recommend
> that you use the PPAPI version of Flash Player."

Thanks for pointing that out. (I for one had missed it.)

Are those extra features preserved when connecting the PPAPI to e.g. Firefox via the "wrapper"? If they are, it will be in the interest of some users to keep maintaining browser-plugin-freshplayer-pepperflash, after all.