Support additional codecs and video formats?

[tzarebczan]

Are there plans to add support for additional codecs and video formats? We are using this plugin in the LBRY Desktop App (https://github.com/lbryio/lbry-desktop) as part of RenderMedia and we'd like to be able to support other formats/codecs like AVI/MKV/MOV/MPEG/FLV (not streaming necessarily, but at least the ability to play them when fully downloaded)

We would tip in LBRY Credits (LBC) for anyone that would want to help out.

[jhiesey]

I don't have any plans for that at present, but I can tell there's more interest in this library these days so it's a possibility. If anyone is interested in donating cash that would help a lot :)

So there are codecs and containers, which are different things. Sounds like you actually want support for more containers, which roughly correspond to file extensions.

.mov is probably close to working if it doesn't already (it's nearly the same as .mp4) as long as the actual codec is still h264.

.mkv is probably the next format I'd add support for. That would involve a bunch of refactoring and new code.

[rigelk]

@jhiesey I would be willing to help on Mastroska (or WebM for that matter).