Re: [codec] comparitive quality testing

[Cullen Jennings <[e-mail]>]

On Apr 14, 2011, at 12:21 PM, Roman Shpount wrote:

> I think part of the confusion comes from the fact that there are two purposes for the comparative testing. One is to validate that the codec meets the WG requirements. Another is to show how new codec compares to the industry dominant codecs. For me, the second goal is more important then the first one. I think if we care about the adoption of Opus, we should consider making the comparative test results a deliverable for the working group. It is very hard for a real company in the open market to justify doing something, like adapting a new codec without a compelling reason. Knowing how this codec compares to other existing codecs is a big part of providing such a reason. If we look at the tests from this point of view, we need to see how Opus compares to G.729 and AMR in narrow band, and AMR-WB and G.722 in wideband, Since there are no existing deployments of a meaningful size (apart from a closed proprietary systems, like Skype) for UWB and FB, we can compare Opus with industry leaders, such as G.719. 
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> One can argue that we should also compare Opus with patent free codecs, which adds iLBC and Speex to the list, but I personally see this as less of a requirement. iLBC never managed to get market traction outside of the open source world,

Sort of curios how you came to that conclusion about iLBC's market traction?