Re: [rtcweb] H.261

Ron <ron@debian.org> Fri, 22 November 2013 20:12 UTC

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On Fri, Nov 22, 2013 at 01:30:34PM -0600, Stefan Slivinski wrote:
> No, this is taking things to extremes.  This codec hasn't been used in any
> industry for 15 years.  The entire video conferencing industry uses H.264,
> the broadcast industry uses H.264, the streaming video industry uses H.264,
> facetime, skype both use H.264.  The list goes on and on.

And this working group exists precisely _because_ the other solutions in
existence today all have obvious failings.

A solution that depended on technology with a restrictive licence that
prevented many potential implementors from being able to deploy it would
just be a very long winded way of adding one to the number of failed
solutions in this space.

So we _can't_ choose H.264 which has exactly that problem.

We're also told we can't choose VP8 "because patent fears".


One of those problems has a potential solution available to us.


> There is not a single company is existence today using H.261 over H.264
> because of patent fears.  It is asinine that this is even being discussed.

I especially like the irony that obstinate fearmongering of unknown
VP8 patents are exactly why we're now resigned to discussing it.

  Thanks for the giggle.  Hee Haw,
  Ron