feat: smart codec defaults + mid-stream codec switching

- Gaming mode defaults to H.264 (NVENC hardware encoding, zero CPU)
- Text mode defaults to VP9 (better compression, CPU is free)
- Changing mode auto-updates codec to smart default
- User can manually override codec via UI pills
- Changing codec mid-stream auto-restarts the stream (~1s interruption)
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Jannis Braun
2026-03-23 23:35:33 +01:00
parent 894ce68194
commit 8897a5894c
2 changed files with 26 additions and 4 deletions
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@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ import {
import { getMediaStreamTrack } from '../utils/livekitInternals';
let _activeRoom: Room | null = null;
let _publishedScreenShareCodec: 'vp9' | 'h264' | null = null;
export function getActiveRoom(): Room | null {
return _activeRoom;
@@ -608,8 +609,21 @@ export function useLiveKit() {
const updateActiveTracks = async () => {
if (isScreenSharing) {
const opts = buildScreenShareOptions(screenShareConfig);
// Codec changed mid-stream — must restart (codec is baked into SDP negotiation)
if (_publishedScreenShareCodec && _publishedScreenShareCodec !== opts.publish.videoCodec) {
_publishedScreenShareCodec = null;
await stopScreenShare(room);
setTimeout(() => startScreenShare(room).catch(() => {}), 200);
return;
}
const screenPub = room.localParticipant.getTrackPublications().find(p => p.source === Track.Source.ScreenShare);
if (screenPub?.videoTrack) {
// Track the published codec for mid-stream change detection
if (!_publishedScreenShareCodec) {
_publishedScreenShareCodec = opts.publish.videoCodec;
}
const mediaTrack = getMediaStreamTrack(screenPub.videoTrack);
if (mediaTrack) {
if (opts.capture.width > 0 && opts.capture.height > 0) {
@@ -625,6 +639,9 @@ export function useLiveKit() {
resolveNativeOverdrive(mediaTrack ?? null, screenShareConfig, opts);
await applyOverdrive(room, Track.Source.ScreenShare, opts.overdrive);
}
} else {
// Screen share stopped — clear published codec tracker
_publishedScreenShareCodec = null;
}
if (isCameraOn) { await applyOverdrive(room, Track.Source.Camera, CAMERA_OVERDRIVE); }
};