Bug 490105

Summary: kcm_krdpserver wants H264 video encoding
Product: [Plasma] KRdp Reporter: Johannes Obermayr <johannesobermayr>
Component: generalAssignee: Unassigned bugs <unassigned-bugs-null>
Status: CONFIRMED ---    
Severity: normal CC: ahiemstra, bugs.kde.org
Priority: NOR    
Version First Reported In: unspecified   
Target Milestone: ---   
Platform: Other   
OS: Linux   
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Description Johannes Obermayr 2024-07-11 11:51:19 UTC
Created attachment 171567 [details]
Screenshot

Error: "Remote desktop cannot be enabled because your system does not support H264 video encoding. Please contact your distribution regarding how to enable it."

$ LANG=en zypper se -s krdp h264
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S  | Name             | Type    | Version             | Arch   | Repository
---+------------------+---------+---------------------+--------+-----------------------
i  | krdp6            | package | 6.1.2-1.1           | x86_64 | Haupt-Repository (OSS)
i+ | krdp6-lang       | package | 6.1.2-1.1           | noarch | Haupt-Repository (OSS)
i+ | libopenh264-7    | package | 2.3.1-2.suse1699.30 | x86_64 | (System Packages)
i+ | mozilla-openh264 | package | 2.3.1-2.suse1699.30 | x86_64 | (System Packages)
Comment 1 Arjen Hiemstra 2024-07-11 12:12:44 UTC
With Plasma 6.1 only VAAPI for hardware encoding or libx264 for software encoding is supported. Support for OpenH264 is in the works but will not be available for 6.1.
Comment 2 Piotr Dobrogost 2025-04-02 20:47:06 UTC
"With Plasma 6.1 only VAAPI for hardware encoding or libx264 for software encoding is supported. Support for OpenH264 is in the works but will not be available for 6.1."

What's the current status as of 6.3.3?