Re: [AVT] File format for EVRC/SMV vocoder

Adam
   I have a question:  Why take a file format specification through the IETF?

Best regards, Mark
At 12:13 PM 3/5/2003 -0800, Adam Li wrote:
>Hi folks,
>
>One issue just recently been raised about the file format for EVRC and
>SMV data, which is specified the MIME registration for them. We very
>much would like to hear your ideas and comments on this issue.
>
>As you may have known, we are working the IETF specification on the RTP
>Payload Format for EVRC/SMV. It specifies how the EVRC/SMV payload is
>carried in RTP sessions, and it also registered the MIME format for the
>EVRC and SMV vocoders. The draft (draft-ietf-avt-evrc-smv) is currently
>at the final editing stage at the IETF FRC Editor's queue.
>
>There has been a file format defined in the draft-ietf-avt-evrc-smv at
>the MIME registration for EVRC/SMV. The file format specified there
>hasn't been changed much since the first version of the draft in 2000.
>
>There is a new Internet Draft, draft-garudadri-qcp-00.txt, specifies a
>different way of storage using the QCP file format, which has been used
>for QCEPL-13K and EVRC by some applications.
>
>Currently, it has been proposed to remove the file format specification
>in the draft-ietf-avt-evrc-smv, and to expand the draft-garudadri-qcp to
>be the only formal specification for the file format for EVRC/SMV. On
>the other hand, there are also suggestions to keep the file format at it
>is specified in the draft-ietf-avt-evrc-smv.
>
>We would like to hear your suggestions, and hear from you how you think
>would be the best way to proceed. Your comments are very much
>appreciated.
>
>Adam
>
>
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