On Fri, Apr 18, 2025 at 01:29:46PM +0200, Dietmar Maurer wrote:
> This patch implements H264 support for VNC. The RFB protocol
> extension is defined in:
> 
> https://github.com/rfbproto/rfbproto/blob/master/rfbproto.rst#open-h-264-encoding
> 
> Currently the Gstreamer x264enc plugin (software encoder) is used
> to encode the video stream.
> 
> The gstreamer pipe is:
> 
> appsrc -> videoconvert -> x264enc -> appsink
> 
> Note: videoconvert is required for RGBx to YUV420 conversion.
> 
> The code still use the VNC server framebuffer change detection,
> and only encodes and sends video frames if there are changes.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Dietmar Maurer <diet...@proxmox.com>
> ---
>  ui/meson.build    |   1 +
>  ui/vnc-enc-h264.c | 282 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>  ui/vnc-jobs.c     |  49 +++++---
>  ui/vnc.c          |  21 ++++
>  ui/vnc.h          |  21 ++++
>  5 files changed, 359 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)
>  create mode 100644 ui/vnc-enc-h264.c
> 
> diff --git a/ui/meson.build b/ui/meson.build
> index 35fb04cadf..34f1f33699 100644
> --- a/ui/meson.build
> +++ b/ui/meson.build
> @@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ vnc_ss.add(files(
>  ))
>  vnc_ss.add(zlib, jpeg)
>  vnc_ss.add(when: sasl, if_true: files('vnc-auth-sasl.c'))
> +vnc_ss.add(when: gstreamer, if_true: files('vnc-enc-h264.c'))
>  system_ss.add_all(when: [vnc, pixman], if_true: vnc_ss)
>  system_ss.add(when: vnc, if_false: files('vnc-stubs.c'))
>  
> diff --git a/ui/vnc-enc-h264.c b/ui/vnc-enc-h264.c
> new file mode 100644
> index 0000000000..3abe6a1528
> --- /dev/null
> +++ b/ui/vnc-enc-h264.c
> @@ -0,0 +1,282 @@
> +/*
> + * QEMU VNC display driver: hextile encoding
> + *
> + * Copyright (C) 2025 Proxmox Server Solutions GmbH
> + *
> + * Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a 
> copy
> + * of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to 
> deal
> + * in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the 
> rights
> + * to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
> + * copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
> + * furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
> + *
> + * The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in
> + * all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
> + *
> + * THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
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> FROM,
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> + * THE SOFTWARE.
> + */

New code is expected to use SPDX-License-Identifier, without this
boilerplate text. We'd also expect it to be GPL-2.0-or-later, and
if this is not possible for some reason (eg derived from pre-existing
code), it should be justified in the commit message.


With regards,
Daniel
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