openh264

OpenH264 library and support for Firefox, from Cisco’s OpenH264 repo.

Compatibility

This sysext is a work in progress. It targets the Fedora Atomic Desktops.

Please report success or failure with this sysext in an issue.

Versions available

See the openh264 versions.

Usage instructions

First time setup

Run those commands if you have not yet installed any sysext on your system:

sudo install -d -m 0755 -o 0 -g 0 /var/lib/extensions /var/lib/extensions.d
sudo restorecon -RFv /var/lib/extensions /var/lib/extensions.d
sudo systemctl enable --now systemd-sysext.service

Installation

Define a helper function:

install_sysext() {
  SYSEXT="${1}"
  URL="https://extensions.fcos.fr/extensions"
  sudo install -d -m 0755 -o 0 -g 0 /etc/sysupdate.${SYSEXT}.d
  sudo restorecon -RFv /etc/sysupdate.${SYSEXT}.d
  curl --silent --fail --location "${URL}/${SYSEXT}.conf" \
    | sudo tee "/etc/sysupdate.${SYSEXT}.d/${SYSEXT}.conf"
  sudo /usr/lib/systemd/systemd-sysupdate update --component "${SYSEXT}"
}

Install the sysext:

install_sysext openh264

Merging

Note that this will merge all installed sysexts unconditionally:

sudo systemctl restart systemd-sysext.service
systemd-sysext status

You can also reboot the system.

Updates

Update this sysext using:

sudo /usr/lib/systemd/systemd-sysupdate update --component openh264

If you want to use the new version immediately, make sure to refresh the merged sysexts:

sudo systemctl restart systemd-sysext.service
systemd-sysext status

To update all sysexts on a system:

for c in $(/usr/lib/systemd/systemd-sysupdate components --json=short | jq --raw-output '.components[]'); do
    sudo /usr/lib/systemd/systemd-sysupdate update --component "${c}"
done

Uninstall

Define a helper function:

uninstall_sysext() {
  SYSEXT="${1}"
  sudo rm -i "/var/lib/extensions/${SYSEXT}.raw"
  sudo rm -i "/var/lib/extensions.d/${SYSEXT}-"*".raw"
  sudo rm -i "/etc/sysupdate.${SYSEXT}.d/${SYSEXT}.conf"
  sudo rmdir "/etc/sysupdate.${SYSEXT}.d/"
}

Uninstall the sysext:

uninstall_sysext openh264

Reboot your system or refresh the merged sysexts:

sudo systemctl restart systemd-sysext.service
systemd-sysext status