Re: [rtcweb] The MTI Codec Questions (what to ask and how to ask them)

tim panton <tim@phonefromhere.com> Wed, 05 November 2014 19:13 UTC

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On 5 Nov 2014, at 15:47, Iñaki Baz Castillo <ibc@aliax.net> wrote:

> 2014-11-04 18:01 GMT+01:00 tim panton <tim@phonefromhere.com>:
>> All implementations of the rtcweb specification must implement at least one of  VP8 or H.264,
>> implementations that also implement the w3c’s webRTC javascript  API must implement  both VP8 and H264
> 
> +1
> 
> This is obviously the only way-to-go and the only reasonable and
> feasible decision.
> 
> BTW and given that this is a W3C business, I would replace:
>  "implementations that also implement the w3c’s webRTC javascript  API"
> with:
>  “browsers"

Yes, that is the intention, but I think it is easier to get agreement on this clear, if clumsy, definition.
If you want to come up with a good  definition of a browser, feel free :-)
Me, I’m dodging that bullet!

T.


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