Open GoogleCodeExporter opened 9 years ago
In a word, yes.
BigBlueButton uses Flash on the client, so we're restricted by their video
codecs.
Flash could play h.264, but not encode it. The encoding is encumbered by
patents and only legally available via a commercial license by MPEG LA
association.
Yes, there are open source implementations of the h.264 (we know them well),
but if we want people to respect our open source license, we have to respect
the commercial license of others.
The development we are *really* watching is webM (using the VP8 Codec from
Google). The minute Adobe releases a version of Flash that has both the
decoder and encoder for webM, your going to see HD video in BigBlueButton.
We're looking forward to it too!
Original comment by ffdixon@gmail.com
on 11 Oct 2010 at 10:11
Original comment by ffdixon@gmail.com
on 11 Oct 2010 at 10:11
Thanks for the update (and thanks for putting out such a great OSS project)!
Will keep an eye out for this.
Original comment by jsso...@gmail.com
on 11 Oct 2010 at 10:19
Original comment by ffdixon@gmail.com
on 7 Feb 2011 at 4:25
Original comment by ffdixon@gmail.com
on 7 Feb 2011 at 4:25
Original comment by ffdixon@gmail.com
on 7 Feb 2011 at 6:22
Is there any update on the status of HD video? Thanks!
Original comment by ahart...@gmail.com
on 6 Jun 2012 at 3:39
We plan to enable this in 0.81, which will be available in beta later this
summer.
Original comment by ffdixon@gmail.com
on 6 Jun 2012 at 3:46
Marking as 0.81 to change the minimum version to Flash player 11 to investigate
taking advantage of h.264 encoding.
We can push a version on a demo server and test it with the community first.
Original comment by ffdixon@gmail.com
on 24 Jun 2012 at 8:39
Issue 735 has been merged into this issue.
Original comment by ffdixon@gmail.com
on 24 Jun 2012 at 8:40
We're removing this from the release of 0.81. Turns out, if we record and
process h.264 videos for a recording, we need to bundle an h.264
decoder/encoder (using ffmpeg) on the server.
This is in violation of the licensing for h.264. We want others to respect our
license, so we need to respect theirs.
BigBlueButton 0.81 will create WebM videos for record and playback, which will
be viewable on Mozilla and FireFox.
Original comment by ffdixon@gmail.com
on 5 Sep 2012 at 7:35
Original issue reported on code.google.com by
jsso...@gmail.com
on 11 Oct 2010 at 9:41