xvid codec added in r12119, can be enabled using --encoding=mpeg4
.
Requires a new build of ffmpeg (with mpeg4 decoding support) and xpra build against xvidcore-devel.
Still TODO:
r12125 adds packaging for all platforms except for win32 and osx as servers
This will do for now, not sure if it will help at all with container formats, but it may still help in some other ways (comparing with h264, legacy clients, etc)
How to check for this new codec:
xpra attach --encoding=help
xpra start --encoding=help
@afarr: just a FYI, feel free to close.
none of the development packages include a pkg-config file, so I made one (we use pkg-config to detect if the xvid development headers are installed)
Interestingly, I find an xvid
directory in my v0.17.x
src, but not in my trunk (0.18.x), on the vm where I build xpra.
I'm not quite sure how to build a 0.17.x server that will include the mpeg4 (it doesn't show on my --encoder=help
list for the server, though it does show on the list for the win32 client I downloaded from your repo).
Loader.py is giving me this output:
* csc_cython : /usr/lib64/python2.7/site-packages/xpra/codecs/csc_cython/colorspace_converter.so * csc_libyuv : * csc_opencl : * csc_opencv : /usr/lib64/python2.7/site-packages/xpra/codecs/csc_opencv/colorspace_converter.pyc * csc_swscale : /usr/lib64/python2.7/site-packages/xpra/codecs/csc_swscale/colorspace_converter.so * dec_avcodec2 : /usr/lib64/python2.7/site-packages/xpra/codecs/dec_avcodec2/decoder.so * dec_pillow : /usr/lib64/python2.7/site-packages/xpra/codecs/pillow/decode.pyc * dec_vpx : /usr/lib64/python2.7/site-packages/xpra/codecs/vpx/decoder.so * dec_webp : /usr/lib64/python2.7/site-packages/xpra/codecs/webp/decode.so * enc_pillow : /usr/lib64/python2.7/site-packages/xpra/codecs/pillow/encode.pyc * enc_vpx : /usr/lib64/python2.7/site-packages/xpra/codecs/vpx/encoder.so * enc_webp : /usr/lib64/python2.7/site-packages/xpra/codecs/webp/encode.so * enc_x264 : /usr/lib64/python2.7/site-packages/xpra/codecs/enc_x264/encoder.so * enc_x265 : * nvenc4 : * nvenc5 : * nvenc6 : * xvid : codecs versions: * PIL : 3.1.1 * avcodec2 : 57.24.102 * buffer_api : 1 * cython : 1.0.24 * dec_pillow : 3.1.1 * dec_webp : 0.4.4 * enc_pillow : 3.1.1 * enc_webp : 0.4.4 * numpy : 1.9.2 * opencv : 2.4.12.2 * swscale : 4.0.100 * vpx : 1.5.0 * x264 : 148
I'm not sure the mpeg 4 is meant to be built into a server unless I take some steps (I tried installing xvidcore-devel
, but that alone wasn't sufficient).
I will go ahead and close and see is smo maybe has a tip for where that xvid.pc should be dropped in order to enable the mpeg 4... and open some other ticket if my failures persist.
To build the xvid codec, you need to drop the attachment/ticket/1142/xvid.pc into your pkg-config directory (ie: /usr/lib64/pkgconfig/
).
Sure enough, dropping it there it worked without a hitch.
I do notice that the xvid encode statistics are still displaying, but I assume you're aware. (Leaving closed.)
this ticket has been moved to: https://github.com/Xpra-org/xpra/issues/1142