Re: [rtcweb] Making both VP8 and H264 MTI

[cowwoc <[e-mail]>]

On 06/11/2013 4:30 AM, Daniel-Constantin Mierla wrote:
> As it stands today, there are well known IPR issues with h264. Cisco's 
> move doesn't lift them.
>
> So why to choose it if falls under the rules to remove it?
>

     No one says it has to be H.264 and VP8. It could be H.261 and VP8.

> With both on board, I still expect the majority of the apps will 
> implement only the most convenient for them, eventually expecting the 
> other to have both. Then responsibility is getting divided, like "it's 
> not _only_ my fault", blaming the other end point as well. 

     That is a reasonable concern, and one that we need to address. 
Implementations that violate these rules will make it harder for us to 
replace older MTI codecs without breaking backwards compatibility.

Gili