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Re: [rtcweb] Video Codec Selection Plan

Bernard Aboba <bernard_aboba@hotmail.com> Tue, 17 September 2013 20:18 UTC

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On Sep 17, 2013, at 12:53, "John Leslie" <john@jlc.net> wrote:

> cowwoc <cowwoc@bbs.darktech.org> wrote:
>> 
>> 
>> 1. Mandate a video codec whose IPR has expired. I agree that video
>>   quality will degrade, which brings me to the next point.
> 
>   This is what I support. It won't be that long before whatever we
> mandate will be obsolete anyway...

[BA] I agree that the VP8 vs. H.264 discussion is past it's due date.  However, starting a discussion of even older, completely obsolete codecs that no browser vendor has shown an interest in doesn't seem like a better choice.

>   I do not choose to do so.

[BA] Thank you for your leadership on this. Now if everyone else would follow your lead we can recover the time for more productive pursuits :)

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