Re: [rtcweb] confirming sense of the room: mti codec

[Jean-Marc Valin <[e-mail]>]

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On 05/12/14 10:31 PM, Bernard Aboba wrote:
> [BA] While this does appear to be a statement from an implementer 
> about support in their own product, it does not correctly 
> characterize the nature of the "consensus" as a whole. The 
> "consensus" here did not involve acceptance by RTCWEB implementers
> of the necessity for them to support both H.264 and VP8.  Had such
> a proposal been made it most probably would have failed. Instead
> the "consensus" call involved imposing an obligation on a subset
> of implementers without their agreement.  There is a term for
> *that*, but it isn't "consensus" - the 13 colonies called it
> "taxation without representation".

OK, so it's browsers implementer that matter now? Let's see, the
original position from Google and Mozilla -- who represent more than
50% of the market and (AFAIK) 100% of WebRTC browsers -- was
originally "VP8 or die". Despite that, the "VP8 or die" option failed
the consensus call (as did the "H.264 or die" option). Now, the same
implementers are agreeing to make VP8 *and* H.264 MTI, while rallying
some of the H.264 supporters (obviously not you) and you're still
thinking it's a minority imposing its will on the majority of browser
implementers? I'd like to understand what other outcome you're aiming
for here:
1) Call for consensus on "H.264 or die" until enough people in the
other camp get distracted;
2) No MTI, voice only ought to be good for everyone; or
3) Some other clever compromise we haven't yet heard of

	Jean-Marc
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