On Fri, Apr 18, 2025 at 01:29:48PM +0200, Dietmar Maurer wrote:
> The search list is currently hardcoded to: ["x264enc", "openh264enc"]
>
> x264enc: is probably the best available software encoder
> openh264enc: lower quality, but available on more systems.
>
> We restrict encoders to a known list because each encoder requires
> fine tuning to get reasonable/usable results.
>
> Signed-off-by: Dietmar Maurer <[email protected]>
> ---
> ui/vnc-enc-h264.c | 89 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--------
> ui/vnc.h | 1 +
> 2 files changed, 75 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/ui/vnc-enc-h264.c b/ui/vnc-enc-h264.c
> index 3abe6a1528..047f4a3128 100644
> --- a/ui/vnc-enc-h264.c
> +++ b/ui/vnc-enc-h264.c
> @@ -172,9 +220,20 @@ static bool create_encoder_context(VncState *vs, int w,
> int h)
>
> bool vnc_h264_encoder_init(VncState *vs)
> {
> + const char *encoder_name;
> +
> g_assert(vs->h264 == NULL);
>
> + encoder_name = get_available_encoder();
> + if (encoder_name == NULL) {
> + VNC_DEBUG("No H264 encoder available.\n");
> + return -1;
This method has return type 'bool', not 'int', this needs
to be 'false'.
> + }
> +
> vs->h264 = g_new0(VncH264, 1);
> + vs->h264->encoder_name = encoder_name;
> +
> + VNC_DEBUG("Allow H264 using encoder '%s`\n", encoder_name);
>
> return true;
> }
With regards,
Daniel
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