Wayk Now Change the format of the recording

Hi Julian,

This is something that was considered but pushed back due to the difficulty of correctly supporting such formats without sacrificing the portability and package size of the application and the interoperability of the resulting video files. In addition to this, H.264-based (or codecs of the same family) are covered by patents covering the distribution of the encoder/decoder. Last but not least, most popular open source encoders/decoders are also distributed under a (L)GPL license, which makes it difficult to package with our application.

All of this to say, WebM + VP8 requires no patent license, and a reasonably small, portable encoder is available under a permissive license that makes it suitable for redistribution with our application. The resulting video can be viewed using most modern browsers, or with the VLC video player. This is the trade-off with came up with to avoid sacrificing all the rest.

Adding support for additional video formats is on our wish list, but it is currently not planned short term. Can you elaborate on the reasons why you would like a different video format? The primary reason I can see is that it would work out of the box with your platform-specific video player. If we were to do it, it would technically be feasible by leveraging the built-in H.264 encoder provided by recent versions of Windows, but it would be a platform-specific feature.

Best regards,

Hello,

Thank you for your response. Then that is done.

Thanks.