Add Youtube codecs in the supported codec list

[HaArLiNsH]

This is a follow up of this issue :

https://github.com/microsoft/vscode/issues/158858

We are in 2024, Youtube is still present and very largely used and I would like to humbly request that the codec they use are added in the list of supported codecs.

Otherwise it is nearly impossible to use embedded Yt video files in our projects.

[isidorn]

Dup of https://github.com/microsoft/vscode/issues/167685

[HaArLiNsH]

This is NOT a Dup of https://github.com/microsoft/vscode/issues/167685

There you are talking about the AAC audio codec, but what about the vp9, av1, opus VIDEO codecs ?

I get that you don't have a legal response for the AAC codec but the videos one are royalty free. We could at least use the video even without the sound.

[isidorn]

We can reopen this issue. But those codecs are also not royalty free based on our legal team. So we can not use them. Sorry.

[HaArLiNsH]

I don’t understand, the wiki page of these codecs says :

VP9 is an open and royalty-free[1] video coding format developed by Google.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VP9

AOMedia Video 1 (AV1) is an open, royalty-free video coding format initially designed for video transmissions over the Internet.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AV1

Opus is a totally open, royalty-free, highly versatile audio codec.

https://opus-codec.org/

[isidorn]

Sorry but for legal / fee questions I trust our legal team and not Wikipedia. Thanks for understanding.

[HaArLiNsH]

Oh no problem, they must be more competent than my 30 sec of research for sure :)

[HaArLiNsH]

I don’t understand your legal team, the wiki page of these codecs says :

VP9 is an openhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_format and royalty-freehttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royalty-free[1]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VP9#cite_note-Gigaom-1 video coding formathttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Video_coding_format developed by Googlehttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VP9

AOMedia Video 1 (AV1) is an openhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_format, royalty-freehttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royalty-free video coding formathttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Video_coding_format initially designed for video transmissions over the Internet.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AV1

Opus is a totally open, royalty-free, highly versatile audio codec.

https://opus-codec.org/

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We can reopen this issue. But those codecs are also not royalty free based on our legal team. So we can not use them. Sorry.

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