create the StreamingCodecDisabler plugin (#277)

* create StreamingCodecDisabler

* fixes

* fix typo for av1

* Fixes

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Co-authored-by: thororen1234 <78185467+thororen1234@users.noreply.github.com>

README.md

@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ You can join our [discord server](https://discord.gg/5Xh2W87egW) for commits, ch
 ### Extra included plugins
 
 <details>
-<summary>183 additional plugins</summary>
+<summary>184 additional plugins</summary>
 
 ### All Platforms
 
@@ -160,6 +160,7 @@ You can join our [discord server](https://discord.gg/5Xh2W87egW) for commits, ch
 - StatusPresets by iamme
 - SteamStatusSync by niko
 - StickerBlocker by Samwich
+- StreamingCodecDisabler by davidkra230
 - TalkInReverse by Tolgchu
 - TeX by Kyuuhachi
 - TextToSpeech by Samwich

src/equicordplugins/streamingCodecDisabler/index.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,81 @@
+/*
+ * Vencord, a Discord client mod
+ * Copyright (c) 2025 Vendicated and contributors
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-or-later
+ */
+
+import { definePluginSettings, Settings } from "@api/Settings";
+import { EquicordDevs } from "@utils/constants";
+import definePlugin, { OptionType } from "@utils/types";
+import { findStoreLazy } from "@webpack";
+
+const mediaEngine = findStoreLazy("MediaEngineStore");
+
+const originalCodecStatuses: {
+    AV1: boolean,
+    H265: boolean,
+    H264: boolean;
+} = {
+    AV1: true,
+    H265: true,
+    H264: true
+};
+
+const settings = definePluginSettings({
+    disableAv1Codec: {
+        description: "Make Discord not consider using AV1 for streaming.",
+        type: OptionType.BOOLEAN,
+        default: false
+    },
+    disableH265Codec: {
+        description: "Make Discord not consider using H265 for streaming.",
+        type: OptionType.BOOLEAN,
+        default: false
+    },
+    disableH264Codec: {
+        description: "Make Discord not consider using H264 for streaming.",
+        type: OptionType.BOOLEAN,
+        default: false
+    },
+});
+
+export default definePlugin({
+    name: "StreamingCodecDisabler",
+    description: "Disable codecs for streaming of your choice",
+    authors: [EquicordDevs.davidkra230],
+    settings,
+
+    patches: [
+        {
+            find: "setVideoBroadcast(this.shouldConnectionBroadcastVideo",
+            replacement: {
+                match: /setGoLiveSource\(.,.\)\{/,
+                replace: "$&$self.updateDisabledCodecs();"
+            },
+        }
+    ],
+
+    async updateDisabledCodecs() {
+        mediaEngine.setAv1Enabled(originalCodecStatuses.AV1 && !Settings.plugins.StreamingCodecDisabler.disableAv1Codec);
+        mediaEngine.setH265Enabled(originalCodecStatuses.H265 && !Settings.plugins.StreamingCodecDisabler.disableH265Codec);
+        mediaEngine.setH264Enabled(originalCodecStatuses.H264 && !Settings.plugins.StreamingCodecDisabler.disableH264Codec);
+    },
+
+    async start() {
+        const engine = mediaEngine.getMediaEngine();
+        const options = Object.keys(originalCodecStatuses);
+        // [{"codec":"","decode":false,"encode":false}]
+        const CodecCapabilities = JSON.parse(await new Promise(res => engine.getCodecCapabilities(res)));
+        CodecCapabilities.forEach((codec: { codec: string; encode: boolean; }) => {
+            if (options.includes(codec.codec)) {
+                originalCodecStatuses[codec.codec] = codec.encode;
+            }
+        });
+    },
+
+    async stop() {
+        mediaEngine.setAv1Enabled(originalCodecStatuses.AV1);
+        mediaEngine.setH265Enabled(originalCodecStatuses.H265);
+        mediaEngine.setH264Enabled(originalCodecStatuses.H264);
+    }
+});

src/utils/constants.ts

@@ -1082,6 +1082,10 @@ export const EquicordDevs = Object.freeze({
         name: "bbgaming25k",
         id: 851222385528274964n,
     },
+    davidkra230: {
+        name: "davidkra230",
+        id: 652699312631054356n,
+    },
     GroupXyz: {
         name: "GroupXyz",
         id: 950033410229944331n