microsoft / microsoft/FFmpegInterop

No alpha channel support?

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Description

I tried this out with some videos that have transparent backgrounds. A .webm vp9a, and a .flv vp6a. Both videos play but the alpha channel is ignored. I tried playing to a MediaPlayerElement and I also tried playing it to a Win2d canvas via frameserver. Really not sure why the latter wouldn't work. This article has a link to one of the sample videos I used. https://developers.google.com/web/updates/2013/07/Alpha-transparency-in-Chrome-video

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Reproduce the issue with the linked VP9A .webm and VP6A .flv samples, testing both MediaPlayerElement playback and the Win2D canvas via frameserver. Compare the rendered output with the source videos; the work is done when their alpha channels display correctly in the relevant playback paths.

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Assessment

Tech stack
cpp
Domain
audio-video-rtc, desktop
Issue type
Bug
Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
25/100

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