&whipoutscreensharecodec

Option to change codec of the WHIP while screen-sharing

WHIP Option / Sender-Side Option! (&push)

Aliases

Example: &whipoutscreensharecodec=h264

Value

Description

h264

h264 codec

vp8

vp8 codec

vp9

vp9 codec

42e01f

open h264 codec

(xxxxxx)

h264 profile IDs

Adding &whipoutscreensharecodec to the publisher's side gives the option to change the publishing codec while screen-sharing via WHIP.

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.

Last updated 1 year ago