Firefox 15 beta boasts support for Opus audio format, reduces add-on memory leaks

Stefan Mileschin · 23rd July 2012, 08:00

Can't bear to part with your favorite browser extensions, but can't stand to see them devour your system memory? Maybe you should check out Firefox 15. According to Mozilla's Hacks blog, the browser's latest beta should patch up the majority of memory leaks gushing from Firefox add-ons. Also new, is the beta's support for Opus, a free audio format partially supported by Mozilla. The firm hopes competing browsers will pick up the format as well, calling it "as good or better than basically all existing lossy codecs." The blog makes quite a case for the format, citing tests and bitrate information, going as far as giving instructions on embedding Opus players in web pages. Check out the codec of tomorrow for yourself at the source links below.

http://www.engadget.com/2012/07/21/f...at-reduces-ad/

23rd July 2012, 08:00	#1
Stefan Mileschin [M] Reviewer Join Date: May 2010 Location: Romania Posts: 148,553	Firefox 15 beta boasts support for Opus audio format, reduces add-on memory leaks Can't bear to part with your favorite browser extensions, but can't stand to see them devour your system memory? Maybe you should check out Firefox 15. According to Mozilla's Hacks blog, the browser's latest beta should patch up the majority of memory leaks gushing from Firefox add-ons. Also new, is the beta's support for Opus, a free audio format partially supported by Mozilla. The firm hopes competing browsers will pick up the format as well, calling it "as good or better than basically all existing lossy codecs." The blog makes quite a case for the format, citing tests and bitrate information, going as far as giving instructions on embedding Opus players in web pages. Check out the codec of tomorrow for yourself at the source links below. http://www.engadget.com/2012/07/21/f...at-reduces-ad/

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