The previous version of the SHM export support still required a valid
EGLDisplay. The upcoming WPEBackend-FDO 1.8.x aims to remove this requirement,
hence allowing wpesrc to be used without GPU.
Starting from WPEBackend-FDO 1.6.x, software rendering support is available.
This features allows wpesrc to be used on machines without GPU, and/or for
testing purpose. To enable it, set the `LIBGL_ALWAYS_SOFTWARE=true` environment
variable and make sure `video/x-raw, format=BGRA` caps are negotiated by the
wpesrc element.
When WPEBackend-fdo >= 1.3.0 is detected, the threaded view now relies on the
wpe_fdo_egl_exported_image API instead of the EGLImageKHR-based API which is
going to be deprecated in 2.26. The GLib sources created by the view now use the
default priority as well, the custom priority is no longer required.
Including gl.h from WPEThreadedView.h leads to GST_LEVEL_DEFAULT detected as
redefined. The proposed fix is to include config.h from the CPP implementation
file and disable gl.h inclusion in the header, by using forward declarations.
The wpe element is used to produce a video texture representing a web page
rendered off-screen by WPE. This element can be used to overlay HTML on top of
another video stream for instance.
