Re: [rtcweb] H.261

Justin Uberti <juberti@google.com> Fri, 22 November 2013 16:53 UTC

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For 1:many with MCU, I don't understand why you wouldn't do #2, i.e.
transcode. As stated earlier, the bandwidth costs of using an inefficient
codec (which any MCU service will incur) exceed the CPU cost of transcode.


On Fri, Nov 22, 2013 at 4:47 AM, <bryandonnovan@gmail.com> wrote:

> Lots of uses will be 1:1 calls, and maybe 30% fallback applies in this
> case.  My use of WebRTC involves 1:many group calls in the browser with an
> MCU.  For 1:many, the options are 1) fallback to common codec and 2)
> transcode.  So, for 1:many we can say that the chance of using the fallback
> codec is 100%.  Assuming IE and Safari actually ship WebRTC.
>
>
>
> On Thu, Nov 21, 2013 at 10:11 PM, Steve Kann <stevek@stevek.com> wrote:
>
>>
>> Mo,
>>
>> I think we all agree that choosing H.264 or VP8 would be better, but it
>> is clear that neither option today has consensus.    Circumstances could
>> change in the future, but it seems that OpenH264 was not enough to change
>> that circumstance.
>>
>> I think that where your scenario might go astray is that users won’t
>> associate their poor experience with “WebRTC”, or “that web stuff” — they
>> will associate it with the brand of the service which they are using at the
>> time.
>>
>> So, for example, if Facebook builds video chat using WebRTC, and they do
>> no transcoding, 30% of users might associate their poor video with
>> Facebook, but most of them won’t call it “that web shit” — they would say
>> Facebook video sucks.
>>
>> Of course, Facebook could decide to transcode 30% of the time, in which
>> case the user would have a different experience.
>>
>> Facebook obviously just being used as an example service which might
>> implement WebRTC video.
>>
>> -SteveK
>>
>>
>>
>> From: "Mo Zanaty (mzanaty)" <mzanaty@cisco.com>
>> Date: Thursday, November 21, 2013 at 9:17 PM
>> To: Basil Mohamed Gohar <basilgohar@librevideo.org>
>> Cc: "rtcweb@ietf.org" <rtcweb@ietf.org>
>> Subject: [rtcweb] H.261
>>
>> On 11/21/13 12:48, Basil Mohamed Gohar <basilgohar@librevideo.org> wrote:
>>
>> Has anyone actually objected to H.261 being the one MTI codec [...] ?
>>
>>
>> Assume this wins and all obey. Chrome does H.261+VP8, Firefox does
>> H.261+H.264+VP8, IE does H.261+H.264, Safari does H.261+H.264. According to
>> various (incredibly extrapolated, possibly inaccurate and sometimes
>> conflicting) sources [1] on who uses what browser, the chance of H.261
>> fallback is a whopping 30% [2]. Not the minor insignificant case some had
>> assumed.
>>
>> How will these users react to H.261 QCIF/CIF compared to what they use
>> today, say Skype for example? "This web shit really sucks. I’m going back
>> to Skype and never trying it again." Is that the first (and perhaps last)
>> impression we want from users that try webrtc? Those arguing crappy video
>> is better than no video are ignoring the critical importance of first
>> impressions. While some may accept crappy video as usable, many more may be
>> permanently turned off and tune out even faster than if they got only
>> (good) audio. It’s not as if webrtc is the only game in town. Users have
>> options, so it needs to be competitive with competitive technology which
>> has already set the bar.
>>
>> We previously narrowed the options down to H.264 and VP8 for good reasons
>> over the course of this excruciatingly long decision. Reopening discarded
>> tangents like H.261 does not move us forward as a workgroup, and certainly
>> does not move webrtc forward as a technology.
>>
>> Mo
>>
>> [1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Usage_share_of_web_browsers
>> [2] H.261 fallback % = 2 x VP8-only% x H.264-only% = 2 x Chrome% x (IE% +
>> Safari%)
>>
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