[AG-DEV] VPCScreen and newer codecs

[Rhys Hawkins]

Hi Jason,

When I originally wrote VPCScreen, I tried Mpeg4 and Theora but at the time they
were too slow for the size of the desktops I was trying to stream, hence I 
quickly whipped up H261AS, mainly to demo at the AG retreat. It was never 
intended to get out into the wild but I released it anyway never really expecting
it to be used widely.

I suspect Moore's law would make H264 (or MPEG4 or Theora) feasible now. I don't
have the spare cycles to do this myself but I could help someone out if they 
needed to pick my brain (I haven't touched this for over 5 years so I'm not sure
how useful I will be).

Hope all is well with you.

Cheers,
    Rhys

On Tue, 10 May 2011 15:06:31 +1000
Jason Bell <j.bell at cqu.edu.au> wrote:

> G'day AG Developers
> 
> Just wondering if there is anyone that could provide some information on newer codec support for the VPCScreen AG node service.
> 
> The reason being for asking about this, is that the H261AS codec is not a "standard" codec and therefore, is not support on other applications.  I am seeing an increasing demand and utilization of "Bridged" AG (and other technologies) sessions.  The unfortunately issue is that whenever another uses VPCScreen ("sharing the desktop"), other technologies are unable to see the video transmission.
> 
> Therefore, my question is this:
> 
> *	Has anyone done any development, or knows of a version that supports codecs such as H264 and Mpeg4?
> 
> *	Is anyone out there thinking about working on adding this capability?
> 
> I would be very interested in hearing any feedback.
> 
> Many regards,
> Jason.
> 
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