H265 codec support

[edmundherbert]

Hi just a question do you intend to support H265 codec and if so when would it be available,

Thanks

 

[Max]

Hello

Internal ticket is already raised WCS-3106.
We will report into this thread once we have any progress.
Please note. We do not provide any ETA on forum-support level.

Similar voting thread.

Regarding H.265 implementation. Please tell us more about your case.
For example, browsers do not support H.265 for publishing and WebRTC playback.
Therefore we can see few cases for H.265 support:
1) RTSP > WebRTC, Server-Side Transcoding from H.265 to H.264 and further WebRTC playback H.264 output in a browser. Low latency and high CPU utilization due transcoding.
2) RTSP > Apple HLS without transcoding H.265 codec as is. Possible latency 15-20 seconds.

 

[edmundherbert]

I use IP cameras from Foscam at the moment they use H264 encoding I use RTSP streams, most manufacturers are moving to H265 encoding could I use a camera in future with Server ( RTSP > WebRTC ) that would be running H265 encoding

 

[Max]

I use IP cameras from Foscam at the moment they use H264 encoding I use RTSP streams, most manufacturers are moving to H265 encoding could I use a camera in future with Server ( RTSP > WebRTC ) that would be running H265 encoding

So you need to capture RTSP stream in codec H265 and play it as WebRTC in H264 codec (because H265 is not supported for WebRTC). In this case, transcoding H265->H264 will need on server. Please note that transcoding requires a lot of server CPU resources (1 CPU core to encode 2 720p streams, or 2 CPU cores to encode one 1080p stream).
We'll let you know when H265 RTSP capturing will be implemented.

 

[Max]

Good day.
Since build 5.2.1579 it is possible to capture RTSP stream published by camera as H265: Capturing H265 RTSP stream
Also, H265 MPEG-TS stream may be published: H265 publishing