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authorMichael BrĂ¼ning <michael.bruning@theqtcompany.com>2016-03-22 10:01:58 +0000
committerThe Qt Project <gerrit-noreply@qt-project.org>2016-03-22 10:01:58 +0000
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@@ -31,6 +31,19 @@
\brief Contains information about issues that are specific to the Qt WebEngine module.
+ \section1 Target Platforms
+
+ Qt WebEngine does try to support all \l{Supported Platforms} of Qt. However, due to
+ different requirements of Chromium this is not always possible. Known limitations are:
+
+ \list
+ \li Qt WebEngine currently supports only Windows, Linux, and OS X.
+
+ \li On Windows, Qt WebEngine only supports Windows Vista or newer as target platform.
+ Due to use of newer API in Chromium, Windows XP is not supported. WinRT is
+ not supported, either.
+ \endlist
+
\section1 Building Qt WebEngine from Source
The requirements for building Qt 5 modules from source are listed separately for each supported
@@ -72,11 +85,11 @@
The MIME type is important because it determines which embeds the plugin is used for.
- This process has been automated for the Adobe Flash Player Plugin.
+ This process has been automated for the Pepper Flash player plugin.
- \section2 Adobe Flash Player Plugin Support
+ \section2 Pepper Flash Player Plugin Support
- The Adobe Flash player plugin can be loaded automatically if it is installed in one of the
+ The Pepper Flash player plugin can be loaded automatically if it is installed in one of the
following locations, depending on the platform:
\list
@@ -97,12 +110,21 @@
\endcode
\endlist
- You can also load the Flash player from a specific location by using command line arguments:
+ You can also load the Pepper Flash player from a specific location by using command line
+ arguments:
\code
--ppapi-flash-path=./libpepflashplayer.so
\endcode
+ By default, the Flash version is set to \c{11.2.999.999}. You can use the
+ \c{ppapi-flash-version=} argument to set another Flash version in the
+ in the format \c{major.minor.build.revision}:
+
+ \code
+ --ppapi-flash-version=16.0.0.235
+ \endcode
+
\section1 Audio and Video Codec Support
Qt WebEngine supports the MPEG-4 Part 14 (MP4) file format only if the required proprietary