From e2500a853e365b9103a635c3a00d070d8e227631 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Dermot Duffy <dermot.duffy@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 6 Oct 2025 21:25:50 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] fix: Prefer H265 when browser supported (#2200)

- Closes #2192
---
 src/components/live/providers/go2rtc/video-rtc.js | 6 +++++-
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/components/live/providers/go2rtc/video-rtc.js b/src/components/live/providers/go2rtc/video-rtc.js
index ac0a4ca7..269766d4 100644
--- a/src/components/live/providers/go2rtc/video-rtc.js
+++ b/src/components/live/providers/go2rtc/video-rtc.js
@@ -702,7 +702,11 @@ export class VideoRTC extends HTMLElement {
 
       /** @type {MediaStream} */
       const stream = video2.srcObject;
-      if (stream.getVideoTracks().length > 0) rtcPriority += 0x220;
+      if (stream.getVideoTracks().length > 0) {
+        // not the best, but a pretty simple way to check a codec
+        const isH265Supported = this.pc.remoteDescription.sdp.includes('H265/90000');
+        rtcPriority += isH265Supported ? 0x240 : 0x220;
+      }
       if (stream.getAudioTracks().length > 0) rtcPriority += 0x102;
 
       if (this.mseCodecs.indexOf('hvc1.') >= 0) msePriority += 0x230;