If cisco "openh264 video codec" is so great that Mozilla packages it automatically, why is it disabled (Never Activate) as an Add-on?

It seems that every software manufacturer has to write a plethora of little gimmicks into their installation and setup files that loads trash onto my computer. I'm not talking about programs like _Chrome_, that gives me a chance to decline. I'm talking about programs that surreptitiously add basically worthless entries to nearly every accessible niche on the system. And fails to remove anything from the registry upon uninstallation. So, as a matter of operating policy I routinely uninstall programs I never use, turn off services I never use, delete startup entries I never use... (I will not openly admit to my forays into Windows' Registry for fear of being bedeviled by another round of "party policy" alarmisms against it.) Do you get the picture? Hence my question. Before I nuke it too.

hello Stan_Schultz, cisco's openh264 codec would be a part of the browser itself (in order to enable webrtc video conversations), however for licensing purposes mozilla cannot distribute it directly - that's why it is provided in this form as a plugin. i have never seen it disabled by default though...
for more details about this issue, you could also refer to this blog post: http://andreasgal.com/2014/10/14/openh264-now-in-firefox/

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Where Is The File Location Of OpenH264 Video Codec 1.1

HELLO EVERYONE,
Yesterday Tuesday October 14, 2014 I successfully installed Firefox 33. I noticed a new plug-in called "OpenH264 Video Codec provided by Cisco Systems, Inc. 1.1"
I wanted to know the following:
1. Where in my Computer or Firefox profile is this plug-in located?
2. Can I uninstall this plug-in??

Hello,
Type ''about:plugins'' in the address bar and press Enter. Note the path listed under the plug-in.
"OpenH264 Video Codec provided by Cisco Systems, Inc." is a part of Firefox. It's used for WebRTC (video communication). More details below:
* http://andreasgal.com/2014/10/14/openh264-now-in-firefox/

How to uninstall PlugIn "OpenH264 Video-Codec" ?

How can I uninstall "OpenH264 Video-Codec"-PlugIn from my PC ?
Every other plugin could be uninstalled from the source folder.
As user I would chose for my own, which plugin I want to install on my PC, but I do not want to be
forced to have a plugin installed on my PC, which I could not uninstall if I want to.
I do not even know if I am in need to use "OpenH264 Video-Codec"-PlugIn or not.
And since this plugin is installed in the plugin folder, I have some technical problems
to use firefox and to chose websites from internet.
Please send me some information how to uninstall "OpenH264 Video-Codec"-PlugIn.

Hello the-edmeister,
thanks for your support and your answer.
If I would delete the file gmp-gmpopenh264.dll, it should solve this
problem for first, but if mozilla updates a new firefox version, it seems
to be there for the next time, and I appreciate to have not this plugin
on my PC.
I think this is something unusual for a serious firefox user, that for every
time for new, this file gmp-gmpopenh264.dll have to be deleted, if I do
not want to have it on my PC.
But I prefer not to have this file gmp-gmpopenh264.dll automatically
installed.
If someone is interested in to install this file gmp-gmpopenh264.dll
for using it, there should be another way to download and to install,
but not to have it automatically on a PC, and to read somewhere in
internet, that this file is something about adware or malware.
I want to please mozilla.support, not to install this file gmp-gmpopenh264.dll
anymore with forthcoming updates.
Thank you.

Cisco Jabber Video codec negotiation

Hi,
I am wondering if there is a way to limit video negotiation to a one specific video codec: I need that to troubleshoot one way video call prb. I am using Cisco jabber for telepresence ver 4.6 with VCS ver X7.2.1.
Regards,
YM

I suggest moving this thread to the TelePresence space; most of the people who understand Movi are monitoring that area.

How do I remove "OpenH264 Video codec 1.1! by Cisco Systems?? I want WORKING SOLUTION!!

The infested computer uses Win 7 Ultimate x86. I have literary tried everything! There is no forum out there who can handle this. Can you post a sufficient, complete and understandable solution please? I rather not reinstall windows if I don't have to.

hello J-sus, that is a legitimate part of firefox, that for licensing issues has to be shipped as a plugin. do you have any particular reason you want to remove that?: http://andreasgal.com/2014/10/14/openh264-now-in-firefox/

Video streaming stopped working v37.0.1 with OpenH264 Video Codec v1.3

Help. I think the video was working until the last FireFox update sometime last week. Updated the codec plugin and refreshed Firefox, no help. Also tried the recommended settings from the FAQs. Thanks in advance.

Does Firefox display a plugin notification icon in the address bar? It would be to the left of the site address and looks a bit like a small Lego block. If you see such an icon, could you click it and see whether it indicates any plugin issues?
During your last upgrade, do you recall possibly using the Refresh feature? This could come up as a message that Firefox is running slowly and restoring original settings could speed it up. An Old Firefox Data folder would appear on your desktop, with a semi-randomly-named folder inside with a recent modification date. See anything like that?

Why is Mozilla doing buisness with Cisco Systems Inc. A known military contractor with the U.S. Department of Defense, and using their Open H264 Video Codec?

A recent update of Firefox included the OpenH264 Video Codec. This software is made by Cisco Systems Inc. They are a known military contractor of the U.S Department of Defense, who helps the U.S. government spy on everyone. Every single piece of software that comes from this company is suspect and should be considered malware and spyware. About a month ago I posted a question asking why Mozilla was doing business with them and asked how to remove it completely from my computer. The only response I got was a bot response explaining how to disable it, which I made clear was not enough. There was no no explanation given as to why they were doing business with a company like Cisco. I'm sure that if more Firefox users were aware of these facts they would be just as concerned as I am. I'm still waiting to hear back from Mozilla on this issue. They apparently consider the issue close. I do not.

Guess I'm royally screwed since my Cable Modem is made by Cisco. Anyway, they are using it to play HTML5 videos encoded in H.264 on operating systems that do not have the codec: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OpenH264
Might look at this thread for how to get rid of it: http://forums.mozillazine.org/viewtopic.php?f=38&t=2888681

UT Video Codec settings for AVCHD .mts transcoding

Howdy,
Been trying for a while to track down a jittery playback issue (as if frames are randomly held or skipped) when editing .mts files.
Jittery in PPcc and also after exporting to whatever... and especially using Youtube and Vimeo export presets.
VLC media player plays the .mts source files smoothly right off the SD card or HDD/SSD... most of the time, occasionally there is a hiccup but nothing like in PP.
The clips that do this are pretty much all of the panning clips and shot in either 24fps or 60fps 1080p.
I have seen this now on 2 different systems with different collections of .mts footage out of 2 different cameras.
Mine is a PC (running WIN7 i7 3770K 3.5Ghz, 16GB, GTX 660) and the other is a more powerful Mac with 32GB RAM (accustomed to smoothly dealing with RED footage).
I came across an Adobe suggestion to convert to a UTVideo codec ( http://helpx.adobe.com/premiere-pro/kb/audio-video-glitches-avchd.html#id_49687 ) to deal with AVCHD... but it really didn't give much helpful info beyond the link to where it could be downloaded.
I tried the suggestion, downloaded the codec suite, made a preset in Media Encoder and transcoded, but it plays even worse than the AVCHD does natively (VLC doesn't recognize that codec for testing)
Does anyone have any suggestions on the best settings for the UT Video transcoding and/or hardware/software settings for the smoothest PP playback of .mts clips? I see in the forums here and elsewhere that lots of folks have various problems working with .mts footage in PP... I am hoping there is a functional solution beyond what I have unsuccessfully tried:
setting playback to 1/4 or 1/2
rendering the sequance/timeline
transcoding to .mp4/DNxHD
clearing render files
maximizing ram for PP usage
closing all other apps
importing the whole 'private' folder from the SD card (which I can't seem to get PP to recognize anyway, it only will import the individual .mts files as far as I can tell)
changed power options
turbo boost for the i7 on or off
and some other trial-and-errors gleaned from the forums that I can't recall at the moment
Any suggestions for what to try next or the proper settings for using the UT Video codec would be GREATLY appreciated.
Thanks/Cheers!

Thanks Fuzzy!
Great article and it led to some more testing with a couple different lens, pan speeds, shutter speeds and frame rate combos... but still I am not finding anything definitive, I still get random, choppy/juddery playback (never seems to occur in the same place each time).
I have the frame drop indicator on and it says all is good (no dropped frames).
VLC and PotPlayer tend to play the clips off the card just fine, but does once in a while skip... a data transfer problem? I have played off the SD card and SSD main drive and my media HDD.
Caught a recent thread with others having sudden choppy playback, might be related? http://forums.adobe.com/message/5938794#5938794
I have PPro CC 7.2.0 (46)
But the suggestion to clear cache and reset preferences didn't seem to make a difference on my machine.
Still ???
Going to try playing the same clips on a friends SUPER Mac and see what happens... although he sees the same thing with the .mts footage he already has.
Onward!

Why does Firefox work better if I disable Cisco OpenH264?

Videos embedded into webpages had started not playing for more than a couple of seconds. I could drag to a new part of the video and always the same thing. (No - it wasn't bufferering!)
BBC iplayer had the same problem.
I disabled the Cisco OpenH264 add-on and everything worked again.
I didn't turn it on so it must have happened in an upgrade. My settings are all straight out of the box - I'm not a computer expert - I use Firefox as it comes.
My question - is this normal? Have I solved my own problem or do I need OpenH264?
Thnaks,
Andrew

OpenH264 allows mp4s with that codec play more smoothly. Do you have an example url where this is happening to make sure that this is not a file type compatibility issue.
If it helps in regards of performance, does it help on most sites that you view?
Are you using Flash for these videos instead?
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Media Encoder CS6 Avid DNxHD video codec settings do not update in video settings tab

I want to encode a file to Avid DNxHD, but I am unable to change the resolution in the codec settings. I am choosing Avid DNxHD codec within the video codec tab, then clicking on codec settings and choosing a resolution from the resolutions pulldown menu. It will let me choose different resolutions from that menu, but after I hit okay, it has no effect on changing the video settings the way it's supposed to. For instance, if I try to encode a file that is 1280x720 with a source frame rate of 23.98, and I choose 1080i/59.94 DNxHD 145 8-bit, the frame size and frame rate does not change in the video settings tab. I am running Media Encoder CS6.0.2 on a Mac with OS 10.8.4. I am using Avid quicktime codecs v.2.3.7, because my system is running Avid Symphony 6.0.2.
Any help would be greatly appreciated!

No one ever responded unfortunately and I never figured out a work around.
In Media Encoder CC there is a system preset for DNxHD MXF which I've used
to yield Avid files. The weird thing is that the CC version does the exact
same thing as the CS6 if you choose quicktime, DNxHD codec, and try to
change the codec settings. None of the settings update. If you find out
anything more about this I'd appreciate getting an update. Thanks!

AVCHD / "Advanced Video Codec High Definition" & Cheap cams & Linux?

Hi!
A customer of mine seems to have his mind set on the general awesomeness of the "Advanced Video Codec High Definition". I can't seem to understand why anyone would want to have a multi-track video editor work with that random assortment of specs - at least as long as it's coming from a (relatively) cheap cam...
So my first impression: "The cam costs significantly less than 20000$ and therefore the video quality can't really get noticeable worse if one just converts the video files with ffmpeg to whatever '60 minutes of video per CD' format it sees fits".
Am I wrong / missing the point? Do you have any experience with "Advanced Video Codec High Definition" cams & archlinux / gnu software etc that should concern me?
Thanks!

So... does that mean, that usually the cams just encode with one of those "generic-jpeg-intel-codecs" (or don't compress at all) and the client-side software (that isn't used on a linux platform anyway) or something else does the rest? Or what would be a realistic / common scenario?
Also: for someone who didn't pay much attention to "video standards" in the past, just to understand the general principle... which one of the following two is closer to "the truth"?
(a) To ensure high video quality, it needs to be taken care of that in every step between the camera recording the raw video and burning the finished / rendered "movie" onto a portable medium, the software & hardware is capable of working with the advantages of "AVCHD".
or
(b) Someone obviously has been going around putting AVCHD-stickers on random objects and telling people to buy only those. If one just ignores those stickers, everything should be just fine.
And finally: Does anyone have a cam that says its "AVCHD" and used kdenlive or something & other open software to do a DVD of some sort? Was everything in between manageable with a "normal modern desktop pc" (no highend hardware)?
It seems to me like you are looking for some documentations so go there http://www.vcodex.com/h264overview.html and skip to the section 4 "h264 in practice"
Basically h264 advantage is for the same video quality, your clip takes much less space (or for the same space it will have better quality). But it will need more power to decode/encode.
Even a "low-end" camera like for example the Panasonic Lumix TZ7 (one of the best compact I think) offers 9Mbps, 13Mbps or 17Mbps when you record AVCHD. With those bitrates a "generic-jpeg-intel-codecs" will be okay. (actually the generic-jpeg-intel-codecs on the cam is a dedicated Digital Signal Processing chip aka DSP chip)
proposition (a) everything capable of working with AVC/h264 can work with AVCHD, it's just a marketing name, there is no special features.
Ensuring high quality is another beast, online guides and common sense help: the less you convert (colorspace for example) or reencode, the less information you will lose.
(b) AVCHD just means the cam can record in h264 instead of DV or Motion Jpeg.
For your final point, beyond a bitrate of 3Mbps dual-core Core 2 Duo CPU feels really sluggish when encoding to h264 but they are good enough to encode to dvd/mpeg2 format. I can't say about kdenlive/openshot/cinelerra and other NLE though, but every open source NLE can work with AVC-HD (via gstreamer or ffmpeg).
Like Gusar asked, it would be great if you can tell us your workflow.

8941 video codec

hi everyone
who can tell me the cisco ip phone 8941 use which video codec h.264?
thanks very much

probably becasuse the phone doesn't support the codec of the video file unfortunately. if its a high definition video, then it definitely won't work, as the 2700 classic hardware isn't capable of processing that. you can check out the specifications of the 2700classic here: http://www.developer.nokia.com/Devices/Device_specifications/2700_classic/

Sorting out video codecs

I've never bothered to understand all these video codecs available in drop down menus. There's a bunch. I found an article at Wiki that goes into it in great detail. Apparently, many of them are just brand name versions of the same codec. Thus far, I've narrowed down my choices to:
1. PP's H.264 for Web. (the bit rate is very adjustable)
2. CineForm AVI for playing on computer. (larger files but looks great)
3. Mpeg2, of course, for DVD/Blu-Ray.
Are there better choices?

2. CineForm AVI for playing on computer. (larger files but looks great)
I assume that you do mean CineForm and not Cinepak (by Radius). The one limitation with the AVI will be the lack of X-platform support on the Mac, should any clients be on that platform. In that case, you might want to consider going the .MOV route with the Animation CODEC. Both platforms seem to also handle MPEG-2 pretty well. WMV would likely work only on the PC, regardless of which "flavor" you use.
Some have had better luck with the MainConcept H.264, than with the Apple version. Have not tried them both, so I cannot comment directly.
Yes, CODEC's are a bit of alchemy, and some of it/them go back to the dark ages.
Good luck,
Hunt

PE4 Video Codec Help Please

I have two video files types that will not import in PE4. They play fine in VLC media player and I have not found a way to convert them into a usable file, let alone a usable file that maintains the original video quality.
File 1 is a .avi file with XVID video codec at 720x400 and 30 frame rate. Audio is mpga mono 32kHz 64 kb/s.
File 2 is .avi file with XVID video codec at 640x480 and 30 frame rate. Audio is araw mono 8kHz 16b/s.
I would like to either convert these to a usable file or upgrade PE4 so that they will play.
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Even with the DivX/Xvid CODEC's, it is likely that neither file will edit well in PE. VLC player has its own set of CODEC's, so it will play most formats and CODEC's.
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Good luck,
Hunt

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Hi phrogs69, and a warm welcome to the forums!
iMove, & Final Cut of the proper version will do it, you you have the right iMac...
http://www.jakeludington.com/mac/20080425editing_avchd_on_mac_os_x_with_imovie_or_finalcut.html

If cisco "openh264 video codec" is so great that Mozilla packages it automatically, why is it disabled (Never Activate) as an Add-on?

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