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Expert media engine solutions for Chromium, WebKit, Firefox, and more

Fluendo excels in browser media engines and CEF-based embedded solutions, seamlessly integrating GStreamer with WebAssembly for optimal web codec support.

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Browsers are the ultimate application development example, leveraging the latest technologies for better performance and resource efficiency. Fluendo has extensive experience working on the core of the most popular browsers, including Chromium (Chrome, Opera, Edge, etc.), WebKit (Safari, WebKitGTK, etc.), and Firefox.

Media capture and playback are essential features in modern browsers. Nearly all browsers are built on FFmpeg or implement custom engines for video processing. Chromium, for example, has developed a sophisticated media GPU component to handle platform-specific hardware encoders and decoders. A standout area of Fluendo’s proficiency is the Chromium Embedded Framework (CEF), an open-source framework for embedding Chromium-based browsers within other applications. Our clients in the Virtual Desktop Access (VDA) industry widely use this technology for multimedia redirection.

Web codecs with GStreamer and WebAssembly (WASM)

In recent years, Fluendo has advanced the integration of GStreamer with WebAssembly (WASM). This project aims to:

Allow third-party codecs through a seamless WebCodecs API.
Introduce cutting-edge codecs like VVC and LC-EVC to the web.
Support legacy codecs such as MPEG-2, MPEG-4 Part 2, WMV, and VCI.
Simplify web integration for third-party companies to bring their products to the web effortlessly.

Visit gst.wasm in GitHub to follow the project.

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gstreamer, browsers, open-source, events October 3, 2024

GstWASM: The Open-Source project for GStreamer development in the Web

A new edition of Fluendo’s Innovation Days has ended, and it is time to share with you all our advances in the idea we presented last year: GstWASM, GStreamer for the Web. But, before getting into details, we would like to express our appreciation for all the positive feedback we have received from the attendees during the GStreamer Conference at A Coruña last year. Also, thank you to the event …

gstreamer, browsers, open-source, events October 5, 2023

GstWASM: GStreamer for the web

During Innovation Days at Fluendo, we had the opportunity to step aside from our daily work and duties and focus on the future. Focus on how new technologies can improve our day-to-day to be more efficient. Focus on how we interact with the vast amount of uncategorized information through new paradigms like AI-based chatbots. Focus on developing new ideas that can be the seed of future new …

codecs, browsers, upstreaming, open-source May 18, 2023

Open-source libva driver with vdpau backend powered by Fluendo

Over a year ago, a client requested support for hardware-accelerated H.264 decoding for devices employing NVIDIA GPUs for CEF (on top of Chromium 97).

Fluendo explored diverse possible pathways and finally reached a solution called flu-va-drivers. From now on, it will be published in GitHub, announced to be open-sourced and licensed as MIT.

CEF is an open-source framework that embeds Chromium …

broadcasting, gstreamer, browsers October 16, 2017

Fluendo and SERAPHIC showcase fully compliant HbbTV 2.0.1 and Freeview Play solutions

Fluendo, the influential multimedia provider of GStreamer based solutions, alongside of the global leader of digital TV browser solution provider SERAPHIC, showcased fully compliant HbbTV 2.0.1 and Freeview Play solutions, through integration of SERAPHIC’s TV browser with the Fluendo Adaptive Streaming Module on renowned chipset vendor MStar’s platforms.

Freeview Play, the HbbTV technology based …