mafintosh / mafintosh/playback
Support for other codecs?
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Description
Is it possible in Electron/Chromium to play video files in other codecs? I'm thinking, for example, Apple ProRes Quicktime files.
Obviously, they're not supported by the `` element, and VLC can no longer be used as a plugin in Chromium due to the retirement of the NPAPI interface.
The Playback webpage mentions "currently has support for playing MP4/WebM..." At what point do you expect to add wider codec support and, more importantly, HOW? I'd be very happy to help with this effort, but I have no idea where to begin.
NB Using ffmpeg to transcode e.g. ProRes to MP4 in order to play it would be a bit of a mad solution, in my opinion. More processor power to produce a lower quality image!
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Research direction
Start with Electron/Chromium media codec support and the Playback webpage's current MP4/WebM support. Investigate the video element, the retired VLC/NPAPI path, and the proposed ProRes QuickTime use case; done would mean a concrete, supported path for wider codec playback rather than transcoding.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- electron, javascript, node.js
- Domain
- desktop
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 5/5
- Estimated time
- Over a week
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 25/100