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The web plugin requires installation and draws a native window with native code, onto your browser viewport. "VLC.js" would theoretically take an HTML <video>
by striking 10y ago
The web plugin requires installation and draws a native window with native code, onto your browser viewport.
"VLC.js" would theoretically take an HTML <video> or <canvas> tag, as well as a filename, as arguments... and that'd be it. No setup, no nothing. You would just have video, playing.
Although I've had some bad experiences with software decoding on mobile platforms, so I don't really know of any advantages to having it as a JS file besides "look at what's possible with emscripten". It'd wreck your laptop's battery life, probably be unplayable on mobile. Why not just have your user... download VLC?