RFR: 8273096: Add support for H.265/HEVC to JavaFX Media

[Dan Howard]

Very cool.

On 10/21/2021 5:49 PM, Alexander Matveev wrote:
> - Added support for H.265/HEVC for all 3 platforms.
>   - Support is added only for .mp4 files over FILE/HTTP/HTTPS protocols. HTTP Live Streaming with H.265/HEVC is not supported.
>   - On Windows mfwrapper was introduced which uses Media Foundation APIs to decode HEVC.
>   - 10 and 12-bit HEVC was tested and also supported, however due to graphics pipeline not supporting 10-bit YUV rendering we will use color converter to convert video frame to 8-bit before sending it for rendering.
>   - Resolution upto 4k is supported.
>
> Additional runtime dependency requirements:
> Windows: Windows 10 with HEVC Video Extensions installed.
> macOS: macOS High Sierra and later
> Linux: at least libavcodec56 and libswscale5
>
> Additional build dependency:
> Linux: libswscale-dev
>
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> Commit messages:
>   - 8273096: Add support for H.265/HEVC to JavaFX Media [v2]
>   - JDK-8273096: Add support for H.265/HEVC to JavaFX Media
>
> Changes: https://git.openjdk.java.net/jfx/pull/649/files
>   Webrev: https://webrevs.openjdk.java.net/?repo=jfx&pr=649&range=00
>    Issue: https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8273096
>    Stats: 2039 lines in 30 files changed: 1916 ins; 28 del; 95 mod
>    Patch: https://git.openjdk.java.net/jfx/pull/649.diff
>    Fetch: git fetch https://git.openjdk.java.net/jfx pull/649/head:pull/649
>
> PR: https://git.openjdk.java.net/jfx/pull/649