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Enable h.264 video #640

Open GoogleCodeExporter opened 9 years ago

GoogleCodeExporter commented 9 years ago 
Is there any plan to support high definition video? Thanks.

Original issue reported on code.google.com by jsso...@gmail.com on 11 Oct 2010 at 9:41

GoogleCodeExporter commented 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

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Original comment by ffdixon@gmail.com on 11 Oct 2010 at 10:11

GoogleCodeExporter commented 9 years ago 
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

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Original comment by ffdixon@gmail.com on 7 Feb 2011 at 4:25

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Original comment by ffdixon@gmail.com on 7 Feb 2011 at 4:25

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Original comment by ffdixon@gmail.com on 7 Feb 2011 at 6:22

GoogleCodeExporter commented 9 years ago 
Is there any update on the status of HD video? Thanks!

Original comment by ahart...@gmail.com on 6 Jun 2012 at 3:39

GoogleCodeExporter commented 9 years ago 
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

GoogleCodeExporter commented 9 years ago 
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

GoogleCodeExporter commented 9 years ago 
Issue 735 has been merged into this issue.

Original comment by ffdixon@gmail.com on 24 Jun 2012 at 8:40

GoogleCodeExporter commented 9 years ago 
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