Re: [rtcweb] Agenda time request for draft-marjou-rtcweb-audio-codecs-for-interop-01

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Cc: "rtcweb@ietf.org" <rtcweb@ietf.org>, MARJOU Xavier OLNC/OLN <xavier.marjou@orange.com>
Subject: Re: [rtcweb] Agenda time request for draft-marjou-rtcweb-audio-codecs-for-interop-01
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On 03/13/2013 06:48 PM, stephane.proust@orange.com wrote:
> The reason is simply that AMR and AMR-WB are supported in billions
> of devices !

Just curious, why exclude from the list other codecs with similar huge
deployment? I can think of at least:
- - GSM-FR (mobile)
- - Speex (Flash)
- - G.729 (PSTN gateways)
- - iLBC (PSTN gateways)
- - G.726 (DECT)
- - SILK (original non-Opus version in Skype)

(sorry, if I missed someone's favorite codec in this list)

It's not at all clear to me what's so special that makes AMR, AMR-WB
and G.722 different from the other codecs in the list above. Not that
I insist on shipping G.729 :-)

Personally, I'd favor a draft that included a lot more codecs,
describing for each one the benefits of supporting it. Implementers
could then choose which of these they care about for their particular
situation.

Cheers,

	Jean-Marc

> Stéphane
> 
> 
> -----Message d'origine----- De : Andrew Allen
> [mailto:aallen@blackberry.com] Envoyé : mercredi 13 mars 2013
> 23:41 À : PROUST Stephane OLNC/OLPS; Markus.Isomaki@nokia.com;
> jmvalin@mozilla.com Cc : MARJOU Xavier OLNC/OLN; rtcweb@ietf.org 
> Objet : Re: [rtcweb] Agenda time request for
> draft-marjou-rtcweb-audio-codecs-for-interop-01
> 
> 
> No this wouldn't be acceptable to me.
> 
> I don't see a reason to push a particular set of Codecs over any
> other set of codecs supported on the device. If the device supports
> the codecs and they are available to the browser then we should
> recommend that they be offered in the negotiation.
> 
> The marjou draft can advertise the merits and reasons why they are
> good codecs to support.
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- From: stephane.proust@orange.com
> [mailto:stephane.proust@orange.com] Sent: Wednesday, March 13, 2013
> 05:14 PM Central Standard Time To: Markus.Isomaki@nokia.com
> <Markus.Isomaki@nokia.com>; jmvalin@mozilla.com
> <jmvalin@mozilla.com> Cc: MARJOU Xavier OLNC/OLN
> <xavier.marjou@orange.com>; rtcweb@ietf.org <rtcweb@ietf.org> 
> Subject: Re: [rtcweb] Agenda time	request	for
> draft-marjou-rtcweb-audio-codecs-for-interop-01
> 
> Dear Markus
> 
> Thanks for your attempt to help !
> 
> Of course each Telco can handle this directly with vendors and
> browsers manufacturers at business level. But I don't'think this
> need of interoperability with mobile devices is specific to Orange.
> I think all mobile operators will have the same issue and this is
> why standardization exist. It's most cost and time efficient to
> have one common way forward for all the industry.
> 
> Then if the issue is that "conditional MUST/SHOULD are a too
> complicated requirement. We could also live as a compromise with a
> formulation that has already been suggested on the reflector:
> 
> "If other suitable audio codecs are available to the browser to use
> it is recommended that they are also included in the offer in order
> to maximize the possibility to establish the session without the
> need for audio transcoding" If possible with the addition of This
> is especially the case for AMR, AMR-WB for interoperability with
> mobile devices and G.722 for interoperability with fixed DECT
> CAT-iq devices
> 
> Would it have one chance to reach consensus ?
> 
> I think this Group should at least make one small step so that the
> interoperability issue with mobile terminals be not fully ignored
> in the RTC Web specification considering the huge number of
> deployed devices. At least something must be written on this !
> G.711 which is the only codec in addition to OPUS for
> interoperability purpose is not a proper answer to this.
> 
> Stéphane
> 
> -----Message d'origine----- De : Markus.Isomaki@nokia.com
> [mailto:Markus.Isomaki@nokia.com] Envoyé : mercredi 13 mars 2013
> 22:37 À : PROUST Stephane OLNC/OLPS; jmvalin@mozilla.com; MARJOU
> Xavier OLNC/OLN Cc : rtcweb@ietf.org Objet : RE: [rtcweb] Agenda
> time request for draft-marjou-rtcweb-audio-codecs-for-interop-01
> 
> Hi Stephane, Xavier,
> 
> I understand the intent of your proposal. I'm not sure if the IETF
> is the best venue for you to pursue it, however. Perhaps you as a
> mobile operator should rather set it as a requirement to your
> mobile device platforms that they open up the APIs to AMR and
> AMR-WB and that at least the in-built default browser needs to
> support it. If there are enough operators setting such requirements
> directly to the device and platform vendors, it probably has a
> bigger impact than an IETF RFC. Getting that support for
> user-installed additional browsers might be more difficult, but
> most mobile device users stick with the default browser anyway.
> 
> The RTCWEB codec document needs to definitely explain this case and
> the benefits, but the conditional MUSTs or SHOULDs you are
> proposing are perhaps a bit too complicated. Hmm, perhaps we need
> to do an _informational_ RFC as something like "Recommendations for
> WebRTC on Mobile Devices" addressing the codec and perhaps other
> issues, that you could use as a reference in your requirements.
> 
> Markus
> 
> 
>> -----Original Message----- From: rtcweb-bounces@ietf.org
>> [mailto:rtcweb-bounces@ietf.org] On Behalf Of ext
>> stephane.proust@orange.com Sent: 13 March, 2013 21:37 To:
>> Jean-Marc Valin; MARJOU Xavier OLNC/OLN Cc: rtcweb@ietf.org 
>> Subject: Re: [rtcweb] Agenda time request for 
>> draft-marjou-rtcweb-audio- codecs-for-interop-01
>> 
>> Hello
>> 
>> Our understanding is that the reason of the "no consensus" on 
>> additional recommended codecs was the additional costs for
>> browsers. The proposal is then to make these "MUST" fully
>> conditional to the case of no (or very reduced) additional costs,
>> when the codecs are already available on the device and when no
>> additional license fee is required
>> 
>> We could even live with lower level of "requirements" with
>> respectively May and Should (instead of Should and shall) but we
>> think that this proposal is a way to take into account both
>> browser manufacturers concerns on browsers costs and telcos
>> concerns on transcoding costs and some other companies share this
>> view.
>> 
>> Stéphane
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> -----Message d'origine----- De : rtcweb-bounces@ietf.org
>> [mailto:rtcweb-bounces@ietf.org] De la part de Jean-Marc Valin
>> Envoyé : mercredi 13 mars 2013 20:24 À : MARJOU Xavier OLNC/OLN
>> Cc : rtcweb@ietf.org Objet : Re: [rtcweb] Agenda time request
>> for draft-marjou-rtcweb-audio-codecs-for-interop-01
>> 
> Hi,
> 
> I'd really like to understand how the chairs coming to the
> conclusion that there was *no consensus* on recommended codecs can
> result in a draft that includes 3 MUSTs and 1 SHOULD. This draft
> effectively makes 3 new codecs MTI for a range of devices. I
> understand that it's an individual draft and you can write whatever
> you like in there, but it definitely goes against the result of the
> WG discussion.
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> Jean-Marc
> 
> On 03/13/2013 09:14 AM, Xavier Marjou wrote:
>>>> Here is a summary of the 
>>>> draft-marjou-rtcweb-audio-codecs-for-interop-00 presentation
>>>> that I had prepared for yesterday's session:
>>>> 
>>>> - The co-authors want to underline that non-WebRTC voice
>>>> endpoints usually use one of the following codecs: AMR,
>>>> AMR-WB or G.722, which will result in massive transcoding
>>>> when there will be communications between WebRTC endpoints
>>>> and non-WebRTC endpoints.
>>>> 
>>>> - On one side, transcoding is bad for many reasons discussed
>>>> in the draft (cost issues, intrinsic quality degradation,
>>>> degraded interactivity, fallback from HD to G.711...);
>>>> 
>>>> - On the other side, it is recognized that implementing
>>>> additional codecs in the browsers can generate additional
>>>> costs.
>>>> 
>>>> - In order to reach a compromise, we would like to add some
>>>> text in the WG draft draft-ietf-rtcweb-audio providing
>>>> incentives for the browser to use these three codecs: make
>>>> them mandatory to implement when there is no cost impact on
>>>> the browser (e.g. if codec already installed, paid by the
>>>> device vendor...).
>>>> 
>>>> Any opinion on that?
>>>> 
>>>> Cheers,
>>>> 
>>>> Xavier
>>>> 
>>>> PS: I will be ready to present the slides on Thursday if time
>>>> permits it.
>>>> 
>>>> (c.f.
>>>> http://tools.ietf.org/agenda/86/slides/slides-86-rtcweb-6.pdf
>>>>
>>>> 
)
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> On Thu, Mar 7, 2013 at 11:18 AM, Ted Hardie
>>>> <ted.ietf@gmail.com <mailto:ted.ietf@gmail.com>> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>> Magnus and I discussed this this morning, and we encourage
>>>> you to prepare something.  If the discussion of working group
>>>> last call items runs short, we may be able to fit this in at
>>>> that time or at the end of day one if its full agenda his
>>>> finished.  This is not a commitment, however, so please try
>>>> and get discussion on the list on the points from the draft
>>>> you feel need resolution.
>>>> 
>>>> regards,
>>>> 
>>>> Ted
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> On Mon, Mar 4, 2013 at 2:31 PM, Espen Berger (espeberg) 
>>>> <espeberg@cisco.com <mailto:espeberg@cisco.com>> wrote:
>>>>> Hello,
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> I would like to request agenda time for:
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> draft-marjou-rtcweb-audio-codecs-for-interop-01
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> The document  presents use-cases underlining why WebRTC
>>>>> needs
>>>> AMR-WB,  AMR
>>>>> and G.722 as additional relevant voice codecs to
>>>>> satisfactorily ensure interoperability with existing
>>>>> systems.
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> A 10-minute time slot should be sufficient for presentation
>>>>> and
>>>> discussion.
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> Regards
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> -Espen
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
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