fix(config): Remove the deprecated configs.

Add the new codec selection settings for desktop and mobile endpoints.

config.js

@@ -427,25 +427,12 @@ var config = {
 
     // Specify the settings for video quality optimizations on the client.
     // videoQuality: {
-    //    // Provides a way to prevent a video codec from being negotiated on the JVB connection. The codec specified
-    //    // here will be removed from the list of codecs present in the SDP answer generated by the client. If the
-    //    // same codec is specified for both the disabled and preferred option, the disable settings will prevail.
-    //    // Note that 'VP8' cannot be disabled since it's a mandatory codec, the setting will be ignored in this case.
-    //    disabledCodec: 'H264',
+    //    // Provides a way to set the codec preference on mobile devices, both on RN and mobile browser based
+    //    // endpoints.
+    //    mobileCodecPreferenceOrder: [ 'VP8', 'VP9' ],
     //
-    //    // Provides a way to set a preferred video codec for the JVB connection. If 'H264' is specified here,
-    //    // simulcast will be automatically disabled since JVB doesn't support H264 simulcast yet. This will only
-    //    // rearrange the the preference order of the codecs in the SDP answer generated by the browser only if the
-    //    // preferred codec specified here is present. Please ensure that the JVB offers the specified codec for this
-    //    // to take effect.
-    //    preferredCodec: 'VP8',
-    //
-    //    // Provides a way to enforce the preferred codec for the conference even when the conference has endpoints
-    //    // that do not support the preferred codec. For example, older versions of Safari do not support VP9 yet.
-    //    // This will result in Safari not being able to decode video from endpoints sending VP9 video.
-    //    // When set to false, the conference falls back to VP8 whenever there is an endpoint that doesn't support the
-    //    // preferred codec and goes back to the preferred codec when that endpoint leaves.
-    //    enforcePreferredCodec: false,
+    //    // Provides a way to set the codec preference on desktop based endpoints.
+    //    codecPreferenceOrder: [ 'VP9', 'VP8' ],
     //
     //    // Provides a way to configure the maximum bitrates that will be enforced on the simulcast streams for
     //    // video tracks. The keys in the object represent the type of the stream (LD, SD or HD) and the values
@@ -935,12 +922,12 @@ var config = {
         // If not set, the effective value is 'all'.
         // iceTransportPolicy: 'all',
 
-        // Provides a way to set the video codec preference on the p2p connection. Acceptable
-        // codec values are 'VP8', 'VP9' and 'H264'.
-        // preferredCodec: 'H264',
-
-        // Provides a way to prevent a video codec from being negotiated on the p2p connection.
-        // disabledCodec: '',
+        // Provides a way to set the codec preference on mobile devices, both on RN and mobile browser based
+        // endpoints.
+        // mobileCodecPreferenceOrder: [ 'VP8', 'VP9' ],
+        //
+        // Provides a way to set the codec preference on desktop based endpoints.
+        // codecPreferenceOrder: [ 'VP9', 'VP8' ],
 
         // How long we're going to wait, before going back to P2P after the 3rd
         // participant has left the conference (to filter out page reload).

react/features/base/config/configType.ts

@@ -441,10 +441,10 @@ export interface IConfig {
     opusMaxAverageBitrate?: number;
     p2p?: {
         backToP2PDelay?: number;
-        disabledCodec?: string;
+        codecPreferenceOrder?: Array<string>,
         enabled?: boolean;
         iceTransportPolicy?: string;
-        preferredCodec?: string;
+        mobileCodecPreferenceOrder?: Array<string>,
         stunServers?: Array<{ urls: string; }>;
     };
     participantsPane?: {
@@ -545,8 +545,7 @@ export interface IConfig {
     useHostPageLocalStorage?: boolean;
     useTurnUdp?: boolean;
     videoQuality?: {
-        disabledCodec?: string;
-        enforcePreferredCodec?: boolean;
+        codecPreferenceOrder?: Array<string>,
         maxBitratesVideo?: {
             [key: string]: {
                 high?: number;
@@ -557,8 +556,8 @@ export interface IConfig {
         minHeightForQualityLvl?: {
             [key: number]: string;
         };
+        mobileCodecPreferenceOrder?: Array<string>,
         persist?: boolean;
-        preferredCodec?: string;
     };
     webhookProxyUrl?: string;
     webrtcIceTcpDisable?: boolean;

react/features/base/config/configWhitelist.ts

@@ -195,7 +195,6 @@ export default [
     'p2p',
     'participantsPane',
     'pcStatsInterval',
-    'preferredCodec',
     'prejoinConfig',
     'prejoinPageEnabled',
     'recordingService',