Video-Tag Support for more video container/codecs?

Achim Feldmann

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Oct 23, 2012, 9:03:51 AM10/23/12

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Is it possible to play different video container and/or codecs when extending node-webkit with the ffmpeg lib as described in the wiki?

Or is the lib only to extend the chrome video tag with h264?

Since its called libffmpegsumo.dylib (on mac) maybe its possible to play other formats supported by ffmpeg?

Zhao Cheng

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Oct 23, 2012, 10:56:59 PM10/23/12

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Because of issues on patent, node-webkit only provides support for
free media formats like WebM and Ogg, if you want to support other
formats you should compile a custom libffmpeg. And you should take the
responsibility of patent issues if you do it.

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Cheng
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Roger

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Oct 23, 2012, 11:09:08 PM10/23/12

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Is there any interface in node-webkit if the user has a licensed codec?

Roger

Zhao Cheng

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Oct 23, 2012, 11:22:18 PM10/23/12

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Simply replacing the ffmpeg library file with a custom compiled one
should enable new codecs, and there is a HOWTO in wiki:
https://github.com/rogerwang/node-webkit/wiki/Support-mp3-and-h264-in-video-and-audio-tag

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