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WebCodecs Bugs

This page is a list of known WebCodecs issues in browsers that our community has filed. It serves as a tracker for overall progress and known issues.

IssueProductFiled byFixed?
AudioData.copyTo with interleaved f32 handles frameOffset incorrectlyFirefox@JonnyBurgerNo
H.264 packet with "Unspecified" NALU (24..31) trips up key frame validation, erroring VideoDecoderChrome@VanilagyYes
YUV VideoFrame draws onto a canvas are 5-10x slower when resizedChrome@VanilagyYes
AAC AudioEncoder produces incorrect decoder config descriptionSafari@VanilagyNo
AudioData.copyTo() crashes the tab with valid conversionSafari@JonnyBurgerYes
AudioEncoder emits humorous AAC bitrate suggestions in error messageChrome@VanilagyYes
VideoEncoder encodeQueueSize behaves unpredictably after calling encode()Chrome@VanilagyWon't fix
AudioEncoder queue size not accurately reflected by encodeQueueSizeChrome@VanilagyYes
WebCodecs VideoDecoder Outputs Frames in Incorrect OrderSafariJozef ChúťkaYes
HDR HEVC VideoFrame draws onto a canvas as fully transparent (regression)Chrome@VanilagyYes
VideoDecoder HEVC key frame detection is too strict; rejects packets that Chromium decodes just fineChrome@VanilagyNo