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I could never understand why does a browser even have to know what codec is used in a video (let alone implement it) when there are ffmpeg, DirectShow and whate
by qwerty456127 7y ago
I could never understand why does a browser even have to know what codec is used in a video (let alone implement it) when there are ffmpeg, DirectShow and whatever the Apple alternative is. Same thing with picture formats: if I were developing a browser I would just support them all via ImageMagick or something like that.
- vbezhenar 7y agoAFAIK until recently there was no support for H.264 in DirectShow. So your browser would not be very useful. Also you wouldn't be able to control video from JavaScript (get current time, get current loaded amount, play, pause, stop, etc).
- qwerty456127 7y agoThen just stick to ffmpeg, libav, gstreamer or whatever such a library.