is a video codec—a piece of software that compresses and decompresses video. Cisco made it open-source specifically for real-time applications like WebRTC (browser-based streaming). In theory, it’s great. In practice, when a streaming platform falls back to OpenH264, it means your browser couldn’t access the more efficient H.264 hardware acceleration.
If you watched Loaded in Paradise Season 2, Episode 4 live on the ITVX app or a third-party streamer last night, you might have noticed something odd halfway through the boat chase sequence. loaded in paradise s02e04 openh264