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Introduction​

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The balance between vulnerability and compatibility​

  • Question: Is it OK to report a security vulnerability issue?

  • Answer: Sure, because the FFMpeg used in the Linux version is compiled by myself. A good example can be found here #4. However, there is an exception case. For most dependencies, I can pack them together with the release of mpegCoder. But some essenstial libraries, like GLibC is impossible to be loaded locally. In this case, the compatibility is more important than the vulnerability. For example, if a newer GlibC version can solve a vulnerability issue, but it is only provided in the devel versions of the Debian / Ubuntu releases, I will prefer to preserve the current low version. If I bump into a new version, users with a stable Debian / Ubuntu releases may have to compile GlibC before using mpegCoder.

Plan for audio processing​

  • Question: The audio processing is not supported by mpegCoder 3.x. Will it be implemented future?

  • Answer: Sure. The audio processing would be supported since mpegCoder 4.x. But I do not have enough time on this project, so it may take a long time to implement. I am very glad if there is anyone willing to send me a pull request (PR) about this.

Plan for no-encoding streaming​

  • Question: In mpegCoder 3.x, MpegServer only support streaming while encoding. Will there be a class for reading a video while pushing it as a stream?

  • Answer: No. I believe that using the official FFMpeg is a good enough solution. We recommend users to use a server program together with the official FFMpeg streaming features.

Commercial plan​

  • Question: Will there be a commercial plan for mpegCoder?

  • Answer: No. mpegCoder shares exactly the same license (GPL v3) of FFMpeg. This project is totally open-sourced. Although GPLv3 enables coders to add a commercial plan, such a plan would be a burden for me. I will not concern anything about the commercial plan for this project, even sponsorship.