# Calm before the storm (Pre-release v1.0.0-alpha.1)

**URL:** <https://discourse.lynckia.com/t/calm-before-the-storm-pre-release-v1-0-0-alpha-1/90>\
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**Created:** [March 18, 2014, 6:13pm UTC](https://discourse.lynckia.com/t/calm-before-the-storm-pre-release-v1-0-0-alpha-1/90 "2014-03-18T18:13:33Z")\
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**Author:** ![Philipp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/46a35a/32.png) [@Philipp](https://discourse.lynckia.com/u/Philipp)\
**Post date:** [March 18, 2014, 6:13pm UTC](https://discourse.lynckia.com/t/calm-before-the-storm-pre-release-v1-0-0-alpha-1/90/1 "2014-03-18T18:13:33Z")

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I have some questions regarding last pre-release.  
See: [https://github.com/ging/licode/releases/tag/v1.0.0-alpha.1](https://github.com/ging/licode/releases/tag/v1.0.0-alpha.1)

External Inputs (H.264 via RTSP

Is the H.264 input encoded to VP8 on server side to stream it to the  
clients? I guess this requires a lot of CPU usage.  
Or does the client receive H.264?

Chrome, Chrome Android, Firefox and Opera support

Do you have any news about bandwidth constraints regarding Firefox?  
maxVideoBW was only working in Google Chrome before.  
See: [https://github.com/ging/licode/search?q=maxVideoBW&ref=cmdform](https://github.com/ging/licode/search?q=maxVideoBW&ref=cmdform)

[image: Pedro Rodriguez] lodoyun [https://github.com/lodoyun](https://github.com/lodoyun) released  
this 6 days ago · 0 commits[https://github.com/ging/licode/compare/v1.0.0-alpha.1...master](https://github.com/ging/licode/compare/v1.0.0-alpha.1...master) to  
master since this release

This is a usable release.  
What’s in, everything in the previous release plus:

- Chrome, Chrome Android, Firefox and Opera support
- Video, audio and ScreenSharing(only in Chrome)
- Centralised and P2P Rooms
- Data exchange via Websockets
- Recording (to MKV format)
- External Inputs (H.264 via RTSP)
- TURN Support

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**Author:** ![Pedro\_Rodriguez](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex031/user_avatar/discourse.lynckia.com/pedro_rodriguez/32/23_2.png) [@Pedro\_Rodriguez](https://discourse.lynckia.com/u/Pedro_Rodriguez)\
**Post date:** [March 20, 2014, 11:10am UTC](https://discourse.lynckia.com/t/calm-before-the-storm-pre-release-v1-0-0-alpha-1/90/2 "2014-03-20T11:10:58Z")

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Hi Phillip!

Thanks for the interest and the questions!  
Ill answer inline :)–  
Pedro Rodriguez

On 18 Mar 2014 at 19:13:34, Philipp ([philipp.seeser@gmail.com](mailto:philipp.seeser@gmail.com)) wrote:

I have some questions regarding last pre-release.

ee: [https://github.com/ging/licode/releases/tag/v1.0.0-alpha.1](https://github.com/ging/licode/releases/tag/v1.0.0-alpha.1)

External Inputs (H.264 via RTSP

Is the H.264 input encoded to VP8 on server side to stream it to the clients? I guess this requires a lot of CPU usage.  
Or does the client receive H.264?

Yes, we transcode H.264 to VP8, and yes, sadly it is quite CPU intensive. At this point none of the browser implementations support H.264, if this changes, though, we will make Licode intelligent enough to avoid unneeded transcoding.

Chrome, Chrome Android, Firefox and Opera support

Do you have any news about bandwidth constraints regarding Firefox?  
maxVideoBW was only working in Google Chrome before.  
See: [https://github.com/ging/licode/search?q=maxVideoBW&ref=cmdform](https://github.com/ging/licode/search?q=maxVideoBW&ref=cmdform)  
Not at this point, sorry. We will keep testing this and add it to the other stacks as soon as possible:)

lodoyun released this 6 days ago · 0 commits to master since this release

This is a usable release.  
What’s in, everything in the previous release plus:

## Chrome, Chrome Android, Firefox and Opera support Video, audio and ScreenSharing(only in Chrome) Centralised and P2P Rooms Data exchange via Websockets Recording (to MKV format) External Inputs (H.264 via RTSP) TURN Support

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