&mcscreensharecodec

Option to change codec of the &meshcast parameter while screen-sharing

Meshcast Option / Sender-Side Option! (&meshcast, &push)

Aliases

• &mcsscodec

Options

Example: &mcscreensharecodec=h264

Value	Description
h264	h264 codec
vp8	vp8 codec
vp9	vp9 codec
42e01f*	open h264 codec
(xxxxxx)*	h264 profile IDs

*on beta and alpha

Details

Adding &mcsceensharecodec to the publisher's side together with &meshcast gives the option to change the publishing codec while screen-sharing via meshcast.

Example usage: https://vdo.ninja/?meshcast&mcscreensharecodec=vp8

There's 4 codec options currently, including the default option:

• The unspecified default, which is software h264.

• There's also h264, which is what the browser then sets. This could include hardware encoding, but that will not work with Firefox or Safari viewers then.

• vp8 is pretty compatible, so if the default codec doesn't work, you can try that.

• vp9 is also available, which has better compression/quality, but not fully compatible with all devices.

• av1 and svc are not yet supported, but that is planned at some point.

Related

page&meshcastpage&mcscreensharebitratepage&meshcastcodecpage&codecpage&h264profile