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[William F Hammond <1643467@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Re 12.04 LTS: It doesn't make sense for an LTS user to add a baroque apt
repository.  Please, could a stable fix be pushed out with regular
updates.  (It's probably at least 8 months before 12.04 LTS is replaced
by what I understand to be its LTS successor, 17.04.1+)

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Title:
  Firefox 50 blocks Ubuntu 12.04 and 14.04 LTS's version of libavcodec

Status in libav:
  Unknown
Status in firefox package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed
Status in libav package in Ubuntu:
  Invalid
Status in firefox source package in Precise:
  Fix Released
Status in libav source package in Precise:
  Confirmed
Status in firefox source package in Trusty:
  Fix Released
Status in libav source package in Trusty:
  Fix Released

Bug description:
  Whenever it tries to play a video, Firefox 50 displays this message at the top of every page:
  "libavcodec may be vulnerable or is not supported, and should be updated to play video"

  https://dxr.mozilla.org/mozilla-central/source/browser/locales/en-
  US/chrome/browser/browser.properties?q=%22libavcodec+may+be+vulnerable%22&redirect_type=single#742

  Firefox refuses any libavcodec version prior to 54.35.1 (unless
  media.libavcodec.allow-obsolete==true).

  https://dxr.mozilla.org/mozilla-
  central/source/dom/media/platforms/ffmpeg/FFmpegLibWrapper.cpp#60

  Users should not be subjected to this warning, as it is vague (does not instruct them how to fix it).
  Ubuntu 14.04 LTS should ship with an updated version of libavcodec.

  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04
  Package: firefox 50.0+build2-0ubuntu0.14.04.2

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