Support additional video codec and container format

[Sverre Moe]

I wanted to revive this discussion when I saw Java 9 has gotten
upgraded GStreamer in JEP-257.
Also Java 11 has an upgrade to GStreamer 1.14
https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8199527

The formats supported are very few:
https://docs.oracle.com/javase/10/docs/api/javafx/scene/media/package-summary.html

What does it take to implement support for these Video formats?
It cannot be a license problem because Java 10 already has x264 as the
Only supported video format.

Is there any work scheduled to improve on this in JavaFX?



Den søn. 10. sep. 2017 kl. 20:49 skrev Sverre Moe <sverre.moe at gmail.com>:
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> Some very old issues for this kind of change
> https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8091063
> https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8091656
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> One new comment on the latter issue suggesting to add new formats like
> "Ogg/{Vorbis,Theora}, flac, matroska (MKV), Opus, VP8, 3GPP, GSM"
>
> This would be great to have on JavaFX. I seriously hope they would add it for Java 10 at least, or a later Java 9 update.
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>> Date: Fri, 8 Sep 2017 20:51:06 +1000
>> From: John-Val Rose <johnvalrose at gmail.com>
>> To: Sverre Moe <sverre.moe at gmail.com>
>> Cc: openjfx-dev at openjdk.java.net
>> Subject: Re: Support additional video codec and container format
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>> +1
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>> > On 8 Sep 2017, at 19:05, Sverre Moe <sverre.moe at gmail.com> wrote:
>> >
>> > Why is JavaFX not supporting open video container and codec?
>> > From Java 9 VP6 is deprecated.
>> >
>> > The only relevant supported coded for JavaFX is H.264/AVC. The only other
>> > alternative is VP6 which has been deprecated in Java 9.
>> >
>> > We cannot use H.264 without paying lisence fee for a commercial application.
>> >
>> > Support for Ogg Theroa/Vorbis should be considered, at least VP8 and/or VP9
>> > in place for the deprecated VP6. The MediaPlayer for Java 10 has not gotten
>> > any changes either. I reckon it is too late for Java 9 to get new formats.
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