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scottlamb • yesterday at 1:38 PM • 2 replies • view on HN

I've also looked at switching my open source IP camera NVR to WebCodecs and WebTransport (maybe MoQ). Two things giving me pause:

* Firefox support for WebCodecs is poor—none at all on Android [1], H.265 is behind a feature flag. [2]

* Mobile Safari doesn't support WebTransport. Or didn't...I just looked it up again and see it does in 26.4 TP. Progress! [3]

[1] https://searchfox.org/firefox-main/rev/da2bfb8bf7dc476186dfe...

[2] https://searchfox.org/firefox-main/rev/da2bfb8bf7dc476186dfe...

[3] https://caniuse.com/webtransport

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kixelated • yesterday at 4:09 PM

Yeah for Safari support I'm using polyfills; it sucks.

- libav.js for AudioEncoder/AudioDecoder. - QMux over WebSockets for WebTransport.

Both are NPM packages if you want to use them. @kixelated/libavjs-webcodecs-polyfill and @moq/qmux

26.4 removes the need for both so there's hope!

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Sean-Der • yesterday at 3:54 PM

That's exciting! When you were evaluating it everything about the protocol/APIs fits your needs?

Just features/software need to be implemented?

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