Re: [AVTCORE] What does "same codec+configuration" mean?

[Iñaki Baz Castillo <[e-mail]>]

2016-03-22 15:55 GMT+01:00 Magnus Westerlund <[e-mail]>:
> 10.1.2.  Payload Type (PT) Value Reuse
>
>    Multiple bundled "m=" lines might represent RTP based media.  As all
>    RTP based media associated with a BUNDLE group belong to the same RTP
>    session, in order for a given payload type value to be used inside
>    more than one bundled "m=" line, all codecs associated with the
>    payload type number MUST share an identical codec configuration.
>    This means that the codecs MUST share the same media type, encoding
>    name, clock rate and any parameter that can affect the codec
>    configuration and packetization.
>    [I-D.ietf-mmusic-sdp-mux-attributes] lists SDP attributes, whose
>    attribute values must be identical for all codecs that use the same
>    payload type value.
>
> So identical a=rtpmap and a=fmtp lines would meet this criteria.

This is becoming so hard to manage:


Offer by Firefox 48:

  m=audio 49706 UDP/TLS/RTP/SAVPF 109 9 0 8
  a=rtpmap:109 opus/48000/2
  a=fmtp:109 maxplaybackrate=48000;stereo=1
  a=rtpmap:9 G722/8000/1
  a=rtpmap:0 PCMU/8000
  a=rtpmap:8 PCMA/8000

  m=video 61083 UDP/TLS/RTP/SAVPF 120 126 97
  a=rtpmap:120 VP8/90000
  a=fmtp:120 max-fs=12288;max-fr=60
  a=rtpmap:126 H264/90000
  a=fmtp:126 profile-level-id=42e01f;level-asymmetry-allowed=1;packetization-mode=1
  a=rtpmap:97 H264/90000
  a=fmtp:97 profile-level-id=42e01f;level-asymmetry-allowed=1



Answer by Chrome 51:

  m=audio 61998 UDP/TLS/RTP/SAVPF 109 9 0 8
  a=rtpmap:109 opus/48000/2
  a=fmtp:109 minptime=10; useinbandfec=1
  a=rtpmap:9 G722/8000
  a=rtpmap:0 PCMU/8000
  a=rtpmap:8 PCMA/8000

  m=video 9 UDP/TLS/RTP/SAVPF 120
  a=rtpmap:120 VP8/90000



Obviously they both interop at opus and VP8 level, so let's see codecs
definition:


1a) opus in Firefox:

  a=rtpmap:109 opus/48000/2
  a=fmtp:109 maxplaybackrate=48000;stereo=1

1b) opus in Chrome:

  a=rtpmap:109 opus/48000/2
  a=fmtp:109 minptime=10; useinbandfec=1

So I must assume that maxplaybackrate, stereo, minptime and
useinbandfec are optional params for opus, or that their default
values (if omitted) match those values, so both codecs+configuration
are the "same".


2a) VP8 in Firefox:

  a=rtpmap:120 VP8/90000
  a=fmtp:120 max-fs=12288;max-fr=60

2b) VP8 in Chrome:

  a=rtpmap:120 VP8/90000

Here also I assume that max-fs and max-fr are optional parameters that
do not prevent both offered codec+configuration to match.


3a) G722 in Firefox:

  a=rtpmap:9 G722/8000/1

3b ) G722 in Chrome:

  a=rtpmap:9 G722/8000

Do they match? Is "1" the default value for the 'encoding' field in a
rtpmap entry?


4) H264 in Firefox:

  a=rtpmap:126 H264/90000
  a=fmtp:126 profile-level-id=42e01f;level-asymmetry-allowed=1;packetization-mode=1

  a=rtpmap:97 H264/90000
  a=fmtp:97 profile-level-id=42e01f;level-asymmetry-allowed=1

Since Firefox offers two H264 codecs I must assume they are, indeed,
different codecs. So it seems that "packetization-mode=1" make them
different (which also means that its default value is not 1). Right?


This is terribly complex and unmanageable. And this requires the SFU
developer to become an expert in codec specific parameters (regardless
the SFU won't decode media).




-- 
Iñaki Baz Castillo
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