gstreamer decoders
gstreamer decoders
Posted Jan 26, 2010 22:46 UTC (Tue) by DonDiego (guest, #24141)In reply to: gstreamer decoders by Trelane
Parent article: Blizzard: HTML5 video and H.264 - what history tells us and why we're standing with the web
I just wanted to clarify that gstreamer uses FFmpeg to decode most videos already and that there is no point in writing an H.264 decoder for gstreamer since such a thing already exists and is in widespread use. People are constantly confused about this.
Fluendo also offers an alternative H.264 decoder that hooks into gstreamer. In exchange for money they take away your freedom. It's tasteless.
The LWN site is currently under high scraper load, so comment display has been suppressed for anonymous users. If you are a human, you may read the comments by clicking the button below:
Note: you can avoid this step in the future by logging into your LWN account.