processing / processing/p5.js

Incorrect rendering h265/HEVC video with alpha channel

Open
#6,071 5 comments 0 reactions 0 assignees View on GitHub

Nobody has claimed this yet.

Area:Core Area:Image Bug
Dominant language
JavaScript
Stars
24k
Forks
3.8k
Avg merge
3d 16h
Merged PRs (30d)
25

Description

Most appropriate sub-area of p5.js?
  • Accessibility
  • Color
  • Core/Environment/Rendering
  • Data
  • DOM
  • Events
  • Image
  • IO
  • Math
  • Typography
  • Utilities
  • WebGL
  • Build Process
  • Unit Testing
  • Internalization
  • Friendly Errors
  • Other (specify if possible)
p5.js version

1.6.0

Web browser and version

111.0.5563.64 (Official Build) (arm64)

Operating System

macOS Ventura 13.2.1

Steps to reproduce this

When using image() to render a video with an alpha channel, pixels from the previous frames are not being cleared.

Steps:
  1. Export a video with alpha channel using h265 codec (macOS can convert to by right click > encode selected video files)
  2. Load it in a p5.js script with createVideo()
  3. Display it with image()
  4. Observe frames not clearing.
Snippet:

Contributor guide

Open the contributing guide

First steps

  1. Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
  2. Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
  3. Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
  4. Open a pull request that references the issue number.

Research direction

Start by reproducing the issue with the linked p5.js Editor sketches, using createVideo() to load an H.265/HEVC video with an alpha channel and image() to draw it. Compare the canvas rendering with playback outside the canvas, then trace the video-image rendering path; done means successive frames clear correctly without pixels from prior frames.

Written by the indexing model from the issue text.

Assessment

Tech stack
javascript
Domain
computer-graphics
Issue type
Bug
Difficulty
3/5
Estimated time
1-2 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
35/100

Get new issues in your inbox

A short digest of beginner-friendly GitHub issues.