Re: [rtcweb] Congratuiations on the Cisco announcement - but we still prefer VP8

Bernard Aboba <bernard_aboba@hotmail.com> Sat, 02 November 2013 14:00 UTC

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Subject: Re: [rtcweb] Congratuiations on the Cisco announcement - but we still prefer VP8
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Those enterprise scenarios often either involve a defined software image that could include the Cisco plugin (does it always have to be downloaded?) OR involve a relatively recent OS, with native H.264 support. So I am not sure this need come up that often.

> On Nov 2, 2013, at 3:35 AM, "Emil Ivov" <emcho@jitsi.org> wrote:
> Also, while Cisco's grant is quite interesting for certain scenarios it could be very problematic for others. For example: enterprises where installations are handled in a controlled and automated way (e.g. scripted image deployment) and where subsequent Internet access could be limited for various reasons. 
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> On 31 Oct 2013 19:48, "Harald Alvestrand" <hta@google.com> wrote:
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> > We congratulate Cisco on their intention to make an open source H.264 codec available and usable by the community. We look forward to seeing the result of this effort.
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> > Google still believes that VP8 - a freely available, fully open, high-quality video codec that you can download, compile for your platform, include in your binary, distribute and put into production today - is the best choice of a Mandatory to Implement video codec for the WebRTC effort.
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> > Harald (sending this from my Google address)
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