Mechanism to access hardware/software codecs present on the system

[tidoust]

Some plug-in mechanism to access the hardware or software encoders/decoders present on the system, even though the browser may not natively support them.

Raised in:

• Bringing Desktop-Class Creative Expression to the Web
• Improving Clipchamp's in-browser video editing pipeline with WebCodecs
• Live and post production for Sports Broadcasting

[chcunningham]

For folks interested, am I right that this is this mostly about HEVC? Or are there other codecs you see on platforms that are frequently missing from browsers?

[tidoust]

For folks interested, am I right that this is this mostly about HEVC? Or are there other codecs you see on platforms that are frequently missing from browsers?

As discussed during the live sessions, codecs used in media production workflows are more specialized ones, like REDCODE, ARRIRAW, or ProRes.