w3c / w3c/webcodecs

Correct support for avc3, hev1?

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Description

  • Apparently avc3 and hev1 are specific forms for writing the AVC and HEVC bitstreams.
  • AVC1 and AVC3 don't differ much beyond the codec string, but HEV1 has a array_completeness value which should be set to 1 if parameter sets are expected to change.
  • WebCodecs VideoEncoder requires explicit config changes, so no matter what we always emit AVC1/HVC1 compliant streams.

The WebCodecs codec registry currently reports support for both of these forms. Should we remove that? Should we require implementations to set array_completeness=1 for HEV1 content even if we don't allow in-band parameter set changes?

@Djuffin @sandersdan

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Research direction

Start by reviewing the WebCodecs codec registry and the VideoEncoder requirements mentioned in the issue, focusing on AVC3 and HEV1 support. No files or tests are named; done requires a decided specification change covering registry support and the HEV1 array_completeness requirement.

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Domain
audio-video-rtc
Issue type
Bug
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5/5
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Over a week
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Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
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