[rtcweb] H.264 versus VP8 - are we really going to spend 2 full hours rehashing this?

[Harald Alvestrand <[e-mail]>]

I've read the H.264 Constrained Baseline proposal.

It contains no information that hasn't been presented to the list long 
ago; all but the performance evaluations were presented in Florida.

I've written the VP8 proposal.
It contains new information, but only in the form of pointing out that 
VP8 is more widely deployed, closer to being an ISO standard, and 
working better than when we discussed this in Florida. It is also being 
universally deployed in existing WebRTC implementations (Mozilla and 
Chrome).

We know that for most participants, the IPR issue is the only real 
issue. So far, I haven't seen any of the people who were saying "we want 
to ship products but can't possibly use H.264" saying that they have 
changed their minds.

Yet the chairs are proposing the following 2-hour agenda:

Frame discussions and process and agenda: 10 min (chairs)

VP8 presentation with clarify questions -  25 min (???)

H.264 presentation with clarify questions - 25 min (???)

Microphone discussions of pro/cons - 40 min (all)

Call the question - 10 min ( chairs )

Wrap up and next steps - 10 min (chairs)

Celebrate on our successful decision reach.


Don't we have ways in which we can make better use of 2 hours?