getDefaultVideoCodec()

Part of the @remotion/webcodecs package.

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Unstable API: This package is experimental. We might change the API at any time, until we remove this notice.

Gets the default video codec for a container that @remotion/webcodecs uses if no other audio codec was specified.

Get the default video codec for a container
tsx
import {getDefaultVideoCodec} from '@remotion/webcodecs';
 
getDefaultVideoCodec({container: 'webm'}); // 'vp8'

Get the default video codec for a container
tsx
import {getDefaultVideoCodec} from '@remotion/webcodecs';
 
getDefaultVideoCodec({container: 'webm'}); // 'vp8'

Default video codecs

Container	Default video codec
webm	"vp8"
mp4	"h264"
wav	null

See also

• Source code for this function
• getDefaultAudioCodec()