FF123 Expr - Web Codecs API - video interfaces (#32233)

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+### Web Codecs API
+
+The [Web Codecs API](/en-US/docs/Web/API/WebCodecs_API) gives web developers low-level access to the individual frames of a video stream and chunks of audio.
+The following interfaces are supported (on Linux desktop only): [`VideoEncoder`](/en-US/docs/Web/API/VideoEncoder), [`VideoDecoder`](/en-US/docs/Web/API/VideoDecoder), [`EncodedVideoChunk`](/en-US/docs/Web/API/EncodedVideoChunk), [`VideoFrame`](/en-US/docs/Web/API/VideoFrame), [`VideoColorSpace`](/en-US/docs/Web/API/VideoColorSpace).
+([Firefox bug 1874445](https://bugzil.la/1874445)).
+
+<table>
+  <thead>
+    <tr>
+      <th>Release channel</th>
+      <th>Version changed</th>
+      <th>Enabled by default?</th>
+    </tr>
+  </thead>
+  <tbody>
+    <tr>
+      <th>Nightly</th>
+      <td>123</td>
+      <td>Yes. Linux desktop only.</td>
+    </tr>
+    <tr>
+      <th>Developer Edition</th>
+      <td>123</td>
+      <td>No</td>
+    </tr>
+    <tr>
+      <th>Beta</th>
+      <td>123</td>
+      <td>No</td>
+    </tr>
+    <tr>
+      <th>Release</th>
+      <td>123</td>
+      <td>No</td>
+    </tr>
+    <tr>
+      <th>Preference name</th>
+      <td colspan="2"><code>dom.media.webcodecs.enabled</code></td>
+    </tr>
+  </tbody>
+</table>
+
 ## Security and privacy
 
 ### Block plain text requests from Flash on encrypted pages

diff --git a/files/en-us/mozilla/firefox/releases/123/index.md b/files/en-us/mozilla/firefox/releases/123/index.md
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 These features are newly shipped in Firefox 123 but are disabled by default. To experiment with them, search for the appropriate preference on the `about:config` page and set it to `true`. You can find more such features on the [Experimental features](/en-US/docs/Mozilla/Firefox/Experimental_features) page.
 
+- **Web Codecs API:** `dom.media.webcodecs.enabled`.
+
+  The video interfaces of the [Web Codecs API](/en-US/docs/Web/API/WebCodecs_API) are supported on Linux desktop on Nightly.
+  These include: [`VideoEncoder`](/en-US/docs/Web/API/VideoEncoder), [`VideoDecoder`](/en-US/docs/Web/API/VideoDecoder), [`EncodedVideoChunk`](/en-US/docs/Web/API/EncodedVideoChunk), [`VideoFrame`](/en-US/docs/Web/API/VideoFrame), [`VideoColorSpace`](/en-US/docs/Web/API/VideoColorSpace).
+  ([Firefox bug 1874445](https://bugzil.la/1874445)).
+
 ## Older versions
 
 {{Firefox_for_developers(122)}}